Leadership Challenge, Liberal party Leadership
Q. This week the Liberal Party MPs rejected a motion to hold an election for leadership positions. Do you approve or disapprove of their decision?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Total approve |
40% |
21% |
71% |
22% |
37% |
|
| Total disapprove |
40% |
63% |
18% |
55% |
42% |
|
| Strongly approve |
16% |
8% |
33% |
5% |
11% |
|
| Approve |
24% |
13% |
38% |
17% |
26% |
|
| Disapprove |
22% |
30% |
13% |
32% |
22% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
18% |
33% |
5% |
23% |
20% |
|
| Don’t know |
20% |
15% |
11% |
23% |
21% |
40% approve of the Liberal Party’s rejection of motion to spill the leadership positions and 40% disapprove.
71% of Liberal/National voters approve.
Q. Which of the following options for the leadership of the Liberal Party do you favour?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Replace Tony Abbott as soon as possible |
39% |
63% |
14% |
50% |
46% |
|
| Give Tony Abbott six months to improve his performance |
22% |
15% |
34% |
16% |
19% |
|
| Keep Tony Abbott as leader until the next election |
28% |
15% |
48% |
24% |
25% |
|
| Don’t know |
11% |
7% |
5% |
10% |
10% |
39% think that Tony Abbott should be replaced as leader of the Liberal Party as soon as possible and 22% think he should be given six months to improve his performance. 28% think he should remain leader until the next election.
48% of Liberal/National voters think he should remain leader until the next election and 34% think he should be given six months to improve his performance.
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Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?
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|
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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Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?
| 27 Sep 10 | 28 February 2011 | ||||
| Total | Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| Tony Abbott | 26% | 24% | 9% | 45% | 1% |
| Malcolm Turnbull | 20% | 18% | 24% | 16% | 29% |
| Joe Hockey | 15% | 16% | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Julie Bishop | 5% | 4% | 6% | 2% | 4% |
| Andrew Robb | na | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Someone else | na | 14% | 18% | 8% | 27% |
| Don’t know | 33% | 22% | 23% | 10% | 20% |
24% of respondents believed that Tony Abbott is the best leader of the Liberal Party, 18% prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 16% Joe Hockey.
Tony Abbott is preferred by 45% of Liberal/National voters while Malcolm Turnbull is preferred by Labor (24%) and Greens voters (29%).
Tony Abbott is more preferred by men (30%) – women are split between Tony Abbott (19%) and Joe Hockey (19%). 23% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull compared to 14% of women.
These figures are little changed since the question was last asked in September 2010.