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Election of Labor Party leader
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of Kevin Rudd’s proposal for the leader of the Labor Party to be elected by both the Members of Parliament and the party members?
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Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Total approve |
56% |
73% |
45% |
64% |
|
Total disapprove |
19% |
9% |
30% |
11% |
|
Strongly approve |
18% |
33% |
7% |
29% |
|
Approve |
38% |
40% |
38% |
35% |
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Disapprove |
11% |
8% |
14% |
7% |
|
Strongly disapprove |
8% |
1% |
16% |
4% |
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Don’t know |
25% |
18% |
25% |
25% |
56% approve of Kevin Rudd’s proposal for election of the party leader and 19% disapprove. 73% of Labor voters approve.

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