Election, Greens, Labor, Liberal, Voting intention
Q. If there was a Federal election held today, to which party would you probably give your first preference?
Q. If you ‘don’t know’ on the above question, which party are you currently leaning to?
*1915 sample size
2 week average | % | 2PP | 2PP shift from last report
21 Dec 09 |
Liberal | 35% | ||
National | 3% | ||
Total Lib/Nat | 38% | 44% | +1% |
Labor | 45% | 56% | -1% |
Greens | 8% | ||
Family First | 2% | ||
Other/Independent | 7% |
NB. The data in the above table is derived from our weekly first preference voting question. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ as their first preference are not included in the results.
* Sample is the culmination of two week’s polling data collected on the weeks of the 15 – 20 December 2009 and the 12 – 18 January 2010. Comments »
Election, Greens, Labor, Liberal, Voting intention
Q. If there was a Federal election held today, to which party would you probably give your first preference?
Q. If you ‘don’t know’ on the above question, which party are you currently leaning to?
*1875 sample size
2 week average | % | 2PP | 2PP shift from last week |
Liberal | 32% | ||
National | 3% | ||
Total Lib/Nat | 35% | 42% | – |
Labor | 46% | 58% | – |
Greens | 10% | ||
Family First | 2% | ||
Other/Independent | 7% |
NB. The data in the above table is derived from our weekly first preference voting question. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ as their first preference are not included in the results.
* Sample is the culmination of two week’s data.
approval, approval of PM, kevin rudd, Labor, Prime Minister, rudd
Q. Do you strongly approve, approve, disapprove or strongly disapprove of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Prime Minister?
12 Jan 09 | 9 Feb 09 | 30 Mar 09 | 18 May 09 | 29 Jun 09 | 10 Aug 09 | 28 Sept 09 | 9 Nov 09 | 30 Nov 09 | 14 Dec 09 | |
Strongly approve | 14% | 17% | 21% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 15% | 14% | 9% | 10% |
Approve | 52% | 50% | 50% | 48% | 48% | 47% | 51% | 47% | 47% | 47% |
Disapprove | 16% | 15% | 14% | 18% | 18% | 17% | 17% | 19% | 20% | 20% |
Strongly disapprove | 6% | 8% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 10% | 6% | 13% | 15% | 12% |
Don’t know | 11% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 8% | 10% | 10% |
Total approve | 66% | 67% | 71% | 62% | 62% | 60% | 66% | 61% | 56% | 57% |
Total disapprove | 22% | 23% | 21% | 29% | 29% | 27% | 23% | 32% | 35% | 32% |
Kevin Rudd’s approval rating has increased slightly since we last asked this question (+1%) and his disapproval rating has decreased slightly (-3%).
Opinion followed party lines – Labor voters were more likely to approve (92%) while Coalition voters were more likely to disapprove (74%). 18% of Coalition voters approve of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Prime Minister.
Greens, Labor, Liberal, Voting intention
Q. If there was a Federal election held today, to which party would you probably give your first preference?
Q. If you ‘don’t know’ on the above question, which party are you currently leaning to?
*1922 sample size
2 week average | % | 2PP | 2PP shift from last week |
Liberal | 30% | ||
National | 4% | ||
Total Lib/Nat | 34% | 42% | – |
Labor | 46% | 58% | – |
Greens | 9% | ||
Family First | 3% | ||
Other/Independent | 8% |
NB. The data in the above table is derived from our weekly first preference voting question. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ as their first preference are not included in the results.
* Sample is the culmination of two week’s data.
kevin rudd, Labor, opinion of pm, opinion on pm, rudd
Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd?
29 June 09 | 7 Dec 09 | Difference | |
Intelligent | 84% | 82% | -2% |
Hard-working | 83% | 77% | -6% |
A capable leader | 72% | 69% | -3% |
Demanding | 67% | 60% | -7% |
Arrogant | 46% | 49% | +3% |
Out of touch with ordinary people | 41% | 45% | +4% |
Understands the problems facing Australia | 67% | 59% | -8% |
Visionary | 49% | 48% | -1% |
Superficial | 40% | 41% | +1% |
Good in a crisis | 60% | 58% | -2% |
Narrow-minded | 32% | 36% | +4% |
Down to earth | 56% | 55% | -1% |
Too inflexible | 32% | 38% | +6% |
Complacent | 28% | 38% | +10% |
More honest than most politicians | 47% | 49% | +2% |
Trustworthy | * | 51% | * |
*Not asked in June 2009
Most people consider Rudd intelligent (82%), hard-working (77%), a capable leader (69%) and demanding (60%).
Since we last asked this question in June 2009, Rudd has lost points on qualities such as understanding the problems facing Australia (-8%), demanding (-7%) and hard-working (-6%). Rudd has gained points in terms of being complacent (+10%), too inflexible (+6%), out of touch with ordinary people (+4%) and narrow-minded (+4%).
climate change, ETS, Greens, Labor, Liberal, tackling climate change
Q. Whose position on the ETS and tackling climate change do you most agree with?
% | |
Kevin Rudd and Labor | 24% |
Tony Abbott and the Coalition | 27% |
Bob Brown and Greens | 17% |
Don’t know | 32% |
When it comes to the position that various parties have on the ETS and tackling climate change, 27% of people agree with the position of Tony Abbott and the Coalition, 24% agree with Kevin Rudd and Labor and 17% agree with Bob Brown and the Greens. 32% of people don’t know which position they agree with regarding an ETS and tackling climate change.
The results followed party lines – Labor voters were more likely to agree with Labor’s position (49%), Coalition voters were more likely to agree with the Coalition (67%) and Green voters were more likely to agree with the Green’s position (80%). 30% of Labor voters, 21% of Coalition voters and 9% of Green voters don’t know which position they agree with most.
Males were more likely to agree with the position of Abbott and the Coalition (31%), while females were more likely to indicate that they don’t know (36%).
People aged 55 years and over were more likely to agree with Abbott and the Coalition regarding climate change and an ETS (42%).
2PP, Federal Election, Greens, Labor, Liberal, National, two party preferred, Voting intention
Q. If there was a Federal election held today, to which party would you probably give your first preference?
Q. If you ‘don’t know’ on the above question, which party are you currently leaning to?
*1979 sample size
2 week average | % | 2PP | 2PP shift from last week |
Liberal | 31% | ||
National | 4% | ||
Total Lib/Nat | 35% | 42% | -3% |
Labor | 47% | 58% | +3% |
Greens | 8% | ||
Family First | 3% | ||
Other/Independent | 7% |
NB. The data in the above table is derived from our weekly first preference voting question. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ as their first preference are not included in the results.
* Sample is the culmination of two week’s data.
federal politics, Labor, Labor Party, Liberal, Liberal Party, two party preferred
NB. The data in the above graph is derived from our weekly first preference voting question. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ as their first preference are not included in the results.
* Sample is the culmination of two week’s data.