|
Abbott |
Shorten |
|
Difference |
|
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
66% |
40% |
+26 |
|
| Arrogant |
61% |
35% |
+26 |
|
| Intolerant |
53% |
27% |
+26 |
|
| Narrow-minded |
61% |
36% |
+25 |
|
| Erratic |
52% |
30% |
+22 |
|
| Aggressive |
49% |
29% |
+20 |
|
| Superficial |
54% |
41% |
+13 |
|
| Good in a crisis |
42% |
38% |
+4 |
|
| More honest than most politicians |
30% |
29% |
+1 |
|
| Hard-working |
62% |
64% |
-2 |
|
| Visionary |
27% |
30% |
-3 |
|
| A capable leader |
43% |
46% |
-3 |
|
| Trustworthy |
30% |
34% |
-4 |
|
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
40% |
53% |
-13 |
|
| Intelligent |
51% |
66% |
-15 |
Compared to Bill Shorten, Tony Abbott is much more likely to be considered out of touch with ordinary people (+26), arrogant (+26), intolerant (+26) and narrow minded (+25).
Bill Shorten is regarded by more respondents to be intelligent (-15) and understands the problems facing Australia (-13).
aggressive, arrogant, Attributes of Tony Abbott, hard-working, leader attributes, superficial, visionary
Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott?
|
2 Sep 14 (as Opposition leader) |
29 Oct 14 |
15 Apr |
|
Total 27 May |
Change |
|
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
52% |
51% |
56% |
67% |
+11 |
|
| Arrogant |
52% |
54% |
58% |
63% |
+5 |
|
| Narrow-minded |
55% |
54% |
56% |
61% |
+5 |
|
| Hard working |
71% |
67% |
66% |
57% |
-9 |
|
| Superficial |
48% |
49% |
50% |
57% |
+7 |
|
| Intolerant |
47% |
49% |
47% |
55% |
+8 |
|
| Intelligent |
63% |
62% |
59% |
52% |
-7 |
|
| Aggressive |
47% |
46% |
45% |
52% |
+7 |
|
| Erratic |
43% |
43% |
43% |
51% |
+8 |
|
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
46% |
51% |
48% |
42% |
-5 |
|
| A capable leader |
46% |
52% |
50% |
41% |
-9 |
|
| Good in a crisis |
39% |
45% |
45% |
35% |
-10 |
|
| Visionary |
35% |
33% |
34% |
31% |
-3 |
|
| More honest than most politicians |
34% |
39% |
37% |
30% |
-7 |
|
| Trustworthy |
38% |
40% |
40% |
29% |
-11 |
Tony Abbott’s key attributes were out of touch with ordinary people (67%), arrogant (63%), narrow-minded (61%), hard working (57%) and superficial (57%).
Since April, the largest shifts have been for out of touch with ordinary people (+11), trustworthy (-11), good in a crisis (-10), hard working (-9) and a capable leader (-9).
Bill Shorten, leader attributes, tony abbott
|
Abbott |
Shorten |
|
Difference |
|
| Arrogant |
58% |
40% |
+18 |
|
| Narrow-minded |
56% |
39% |
+17 |
|
| Intolerant |
47% |
32% |
+15 |
|
| Aggressive |
45% |
31% |
+14 |
|
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
56% |
44% |
+12 |
|
| More honest than most politicians |
37% |
26% |
+11 |
|
| Good in a crisis |
45% |
36% |
+9 |
|
| A capable leader |
50% |
42% |
+8 |
|
| Trustworthy |
40% |
32% |
+8 |
|
| Superficial |
50% |
43% |
+7 |
|
| Erratic |
43% |
37% |
+6 |
|
| Hard-working |
66% |
60% |
+6 |
|
| Visionary |
34% |
28% |
+6 |
|
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
48% |
44% |
+4 |
|
| Intelligent |
59% |
63% |
-4 |
Compared to Bill Shorten, Tony Abbott is much more likely to be considered arrogant (+18), narrow minded (+17), intolerant (+15), aggressive (+14), out of touch with ordinary people (+12) and more honest than most politicians (+11).
Bill Shorten is regarded by more slightly respondents to be intelligent (-4).
Note that Bill Shorten’s ratings are mostly lower than those of Tony Abbott on both positive and negative attributes – presumably because he is less well known.
29 October 2013, 291013, leader attributes, tony abbott
Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott?
|
2 Sep (as Opposition leader) |
|
Total 22 Oct |
Change |
|
| Hard working |
71% |
67% |
-4 |
|
| Intelligent |
63% |
62% |
-1 |
|
| Narrow-minded |
55% |
54% |
-1 |
|
| Arrogant |
52% |
54% |
+2 |
|
| A capable leader |
46% |
52% |
+6 |
|
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
52% |
51% |
-1 |
|
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
46% |
51% |
+5 |
|
| Superficial |
48% |
49% |
+1 |
|
| Intolerant |
47% |
49% |
+2 |
|
| Aggressive |
47% |
46% |
-1 |
|
| Good in a crisis |
39% |
45% |
+6 |
|
| Erratic |
43% |
43% |
– |
|
| Trustworthy |
38% |
40% |
+2 |
|
| More honest than most politicians |
34% |
39% |
+5 |
|
| Visionary |
35% |
33% |
-2 |
Tony Abbott’s key attributes were hard working (67%), intelligent (62%), narrow-minded (54%), arrogant (54%) and a capable leader (52%).
Since September, the largest shifts have been for a capable leader (+6), good in a crisis (+6), understands the problems facing Australia (+5), more honest than most politicians (+5) and hard working (-4).
Bill Shorten, leader attributes, tony abott
|
Abbott |
Shorten |
|
Difference |
|
| Narrow-minded |
54% |
31% |
+23 |
|
| Arrogant |
54% |
35% |
+19 |
|
| Intolerant |
49% |
30% |
+19 |
|
| Aggressive |
46% |
31% |
+15 |
|
| Erratic |
43% |
30% |
+13 |
|
| Superficial |
49% |
37% |
+12 |
|
| More honest than most politicians |
39% |
27% |
+12 |
|
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
51% |
42% |
+9 |
|
| Trustworthy |
40% |
34% |
+6 |
|
| Good in a crisis |
45% |
40% |
+5 |
|
| A capable leader |
52% |
49% |
+3 |
|
| Hard-working |
67% |
65% |
+2 |
|
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
51% |
50% |
+1 |
|
| Visionary |
33% |
33% |
– |
|
| Intelligent |
62% |
69% |
-7 |
Compared to Bill Shorten, Tony Abbott is much more likely to be considered narrow minded (+23), arrogant (+19), intolerant (+19), aggressive (+15) and erratic (+13).
Bill Shorten is regarded by more respondents to be intelligent (-7).
Note that Bill Shorten’s ratings are mostly lower than those of Tony Abbott on both positive and negative attributes – presumably because he is less well known.
08 July 2013, 080713, attributes of Kevin Rudd, leader attributes
Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd?
|
Julia Gillard 23 Jun 13 |
|
Kevin Rudd 8 Jul 13 |
Change |
|
| Intelligent |
69% |
77% |
+8 |
|
| Hard-working |
71% |
70% |
-1 |
|
| A capable leader |
44% |
58% |
+14 |
|
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
42% |
57% |
+15 |
|
| Good in a crisis |
41% |
53% |
+12 |
|
| Arrogant |
48% |
49% |
+1 |
|
| Erratic |
47% |
45% |
-2 |
|
| Superficial |
49% |
44% |
-5 |
|
| Aggressive |
45% |
43% |
-2 |
|
| Visionary |
32% |
43% |
+11 |
|
| Trustworthy |
30% |
42% |
+12 |
|
| More honest than most politicians |
30% |
41% |
+11 |
|
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
57% |
39% |
-18 |
|
| Intolerant |
39% |
37% |
-2 |
|
| Narrow-minded |
46% |
34% |
-12 |
Kevin Rudd’s key attributes were intelligent (77%), hard-working (70%), a capable leader (58%), understands the problems facing Australia (57%) and good in a crisis (53%).
He was rated substantially higher than Julia Gillard in terms of understanding the problems facing Australia (+15%), a capable leader (+14%), good in a crisis (+12%) and trustworthy (+12%) and substantially lower on being out of touch with ordinary people (-18%).
comparison, kevin rudd, leader attributes, tony abbott
|
Rudd |
Abbott |
|
Difference |
|
| Intelligent |
77% |
60% |
+17 |
|
| Visionary |
43% |
26% |
+17 |
|
| A capable leader |
58% |
42% |
+16 |
|
| Good in a crisis |
53% |
38% |
+15 |
|
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
57% |
45% |
+12 |
|
| More honest than most politicians |
41% |
30% |
+11 |
|
| Trustworthy |
42% |
32% |
+10 |
|
| Hard-working |
70% |
65% |
+5 |
|
| Erratic |
45% |
45% |
– |
|
| Superficial |
44% |
47% |
-3 |
|
| Arrogant |
49% |
54% |
-5 |
|
| Aggressive |
43% |
50% |
-7 |
|
| Intolerant |
37% |
46% |
-9 |
|
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
39% |
50% |
-11 |
|
| Narrow-minded |
34% |
55% |
-21 |
Compared to Tony Abbott, Kevin Rudd is much more likely to be considered intelligent (+17), visionary (+17), a capable leader (+16) and good in a crisis (+15).
Tony Abbott is regarded by more respondents to be narrow-minded (-21) and out of touch with ordinary people (-11).
020413, 2 April 2013, aggressive, intolerant, leader attributes, tony abbott, trustworthy, visionary
Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott?
|
5 |
4 |
7 |
27 |
2 |
17 |
14 |
2 |
Change |
|
| Hard-working |
76% |
78% |
72% |
75% |
68% |
67% |
70% |
70% |
– |
| Intelligent |
70% |
71% |
64% |
61% |
56% |
62% |
64% |
63% |
-1% |
| Arrogant |
59% |
60% |
58% |
60% |
61% |
63% |
61% |
56% |
-5% |
| Narrow-minded |
56% |
53% |
51% |
54% |
54% |
59% |
56% |
53% |
-3% |
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
57% |
53% |
54% |
57% |
54% |
57% |
54% |
52% |
-2% |
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
50% |
53% |
50% |
48% |
49% |
43% |
47% |
49% |
+2% |
| Superficial |
45% |
49% |
49% |
51% |
48% |
49% |
+1% |
||
| Aggressive |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
59% |
55% |
49% |
-6% |
| Intolerant |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
53% |
49% |
48% |
-1% |
| A capable leader |
47% |
52% |
48% |
45% |
41% |
37% |
43% |
47% |
+4% |
| Erratic |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
51% |
51% |
45% |
-6% |
| Good in a crisis |
40% |
42% |
41% |
40% |
36% |
35% |
39% |
44% |
+5% |
| Visionary |
32% |
31% |
27% |
27% |
26% |
29% |
28% |
37% |
+9% |
| More honest than most politicians |
33% |
32% |
31% |
32% |
30% |
27% |
29% |
36% |
+7% |
| Trustworthy |
33% |
35% |
34% |
32% |
32% |
30% |
33% |
36% |
+3% |
Tony Abbott’s key attributes were hard-working (70%), intelligent (63%), arrogant (56%), narrow-minded (53%) and out of touch with ordinary people (52%).
Since January the major shifts have been for visionary (+9%), more honest than most politicians (+7%), erratic (-6%), aggressive (-6%), arrogant (-5%) and good in a crisis (+5%).