Best leader of the Liberal Party
Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?
|
Total |
|
Male |
Female |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Jun 2014 |
Tony Abbott |
11% |
13% |
8% |
4% |
23% |
3% |
3% |
18% |
|||
Malcolm Turnbull |
24% |
27% |
22% |
27% |
24% |
37% |
22% |
31% |
|||
Joe Hockey |
5% |
4% |
5% |
6% |
4% |
5% |
3% |
6% |
|||
Julie Bishop |
21% |
19% |
23% |
20% |
26% |
11% |
23% |
4% |
|||
Christopher Pyne |
<1% |
1% |
<1% |
– |
<1% |
1% |
1% |
<1% |
|||
Scott Morrison |
2% |
3% |
1% |
1% |
4% |
2% |
– |
1% |
|||
Someone else |
13% |
13% |
14% |
17% |
4% |
23% |
24% |
19% |
|||
Don’t know |
24% |
21% |
27% |
25% |
13% |
19% |
24% |
21% |
24% (down 7% since June) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 21% prefer Julie Bishop (up 17%), 11% (down 7%) prefer Tony Abbott and 5% (down 1%) Joe Hockey.
Among Liberal/National voters, 26% (up 23%) prefer Julie Bishop, 24% (down 3%) Malcolm Turnbull, 23% (down 20%) Tony Abbott and 4% (down 7%) Joe Hockey.
Preferences of men were Malcolm Turnbull 27%, Julie Bishop 19% and Tony Abbott 13%.
Preferences of women were Julie Bishop 23%, Malcolm Turnbull 22% and Tony Abbott 8%.
Best leader of the Liberal Party
Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
23 Apr 12 |
30 May 11 |
28 Feb 11 |
27 Sep 10 |
Tony Abbott |
17% |
5% |
36% |
1% |
23% |
22% |
24% |
26% |
||
Malcolm Turnbull |
37% |
44% |
35% |
51% |
30% |
25% |
18% |
20% |
||
Joe Hockey |
10% |
9% |
13% |
9% |
14% |
17% |
16% |
15% |
||
Julie Bishop |
3% |
4% |
3% |
1% |
5% |
3% |
4% |
5% |
||
Andrew Robb |
* |
* |
* |
– |
1% |
1% |
1% |
na |
||
Someone else |
12% |
20% |
3% |
13% |
12% |
13% |
14% |
na |
||
Don’t know |
19% |
19% |
9% |
24% |
16% |
19% |
22% |
33% |
37% (up 7% since April last year) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 17% (down 6%) prefer Tony Abbott and 10% (down 4%) Joe Hockey.
Among Liberal/National voters, 36% (-3%) prefer Tony Abbott, 35% (+9%) Malcolm Turnbull and 13% (-4%) Joe Hockey.
Malcolm Turnbull is preferred by 39% of men and 36% of women, Tony Abbott by 21% of men and 14% of women.

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