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best leader, Joe Hockey, Julie Bishop, Liberal Party, malcolm turnbull, opposition, tony abbott
Best Leader of 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
Tony Abbott 26% 10% 53% 2% Malcolm Turnbull 20% 27% 15% 27% Joe Hockey 15% 15% 17% 17% Julie Bishop 5% 8% 2% 10% Don’t know 33% 41% 13% 44% 26% of people believe that Tony Abbott is the best leader of the Liberal Party. 20% believe Malcolm Turnbull is the best leader of the Liberal Party. 33% don’t know.
27% of Labor voters think that Malcolm Turnbull is the best leader of the Liberal Party. 53% of Lib/Nat voters think that Tony Abbott is the best leader of the Liberal Party. 44% of Green voters don’t know who the best leader of the Liberal Party is.
28% of males, compared with 24% of females think that Tony Abbott is the best leader of the Liberal Party.
42% of females don’t know who the best leader of the Liberal Party is.
38% of those aged 18-24 don’t know who the best leader of the Liberal Party is. 39% of those aged 65+ think that Tony Abbott is the best leader of the Liberal Party.
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Abbott approval, Approval of opposition leader, Liberal, Liberal Party, tony abbott, Voting intention
Liberal Leadership
Q. Does the election of Tony Abbott as leader of the Liberal Party make you more likely or less likely to vote Liberal?
Total Labor Coalition Greens More likely 21% 12% 42% 5% Less likely 33% 44% 15% 62% Much more likely 9% 2% 24% 2% A little more likely 12% 10% 18% 3% A little less likely 10% 7% 12% 11% Much less likely 23% 37% 3% 51% Makes no difference 39% 42% 39% 32% Don’t know 7% 2% 3% 1% 39% of people think the election of Tony Abbott as leader of the Liberal Party makes no difference to whether or not they will vote Liberal, 33% think it will make them less likely and 21% more likely to vote Liberal.
42% of Coalition voters think the election of Tony Abbott as leader of the Liberal Party will make them more likely to vote Liberal, 15% think that it will make them less likely and 39% think it will make no difference. 44% of Labor voters and 62% of Green voters think it will make them less likely to vote Liberal.
Females were more likely than males to indicate that the election of Tony Abbott as leader of the Liberal Party will make no difference to their vote (43% v 35%).
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federal politics, Labor, Labor Party, Liberal, Liberal Party, two party preferred
Federal Politics – 2PP Voting Intention – 4 Week Trend
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.
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Approval of opposition leader, Liberal, Liberal Party, malcolm turnbull, Turnbull
Approval of the Opposition Leader
Q. Do you strongly approve, approve, disapprove or strongly disapprove of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Opposition Leader?
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 Strongly approve 4% 3% 3% 2% 4% 2% 3% 3% 2% Approve 37% 29% 25% 28% 20% 20% 24% 26% 23% Disapprove 21% 26% 31% 28% 31% 30% 35% 30% 33% Strongly disapprove 9% 17% 17% 21% 26% 28% 18% 20% 22% Don’t know 29% 24% 24% 21% 19% 20% 21% 20% 19% Total approve 41% 32% 28% 30% 24% 22% 27% 29% 25% Total disapprove 30% 43% 48% 49% 57% 58% 53% 50% 55% 25% of people surveyed approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Opposition Leader and 55% disapprove. Turnbull’s approval rating has decreased four percentage points since we last asked this question and his disapproval rating has seen five percent increase.
Approval followed party lines – Coalition voters were more likely to approve (41%), while Labor voters were more likely to disapprove (62%). However, just under half (46%) of Coalition voters disapprove of the job Turnbull is doing as Opposition Leader.
Malcolm Turnbull’s net rating is -30%, compared to -21% earlier this month.
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Andrew Robb, Joe Hockey, Julie Bishop, Liberal, Liberal Party, malcolm turnbull, preferred PM, tony abbott
Preferred Liberal Party Leader
Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?
6 July 09 Total
17 Aug 09 Total
30 November 2009 Total Labor Coalition Greens Joe Hockey 17% 16% 22% 27% 28% 14% Malcolm Turnbull 13% 12% 14% 15% 20% 14% Tony Abbott 7% 7% 9% 8% 13% 3% Julie Bishop 8% 6% 6% 7% 5% 9% Andrew Robb * 2% 2% 2% 2% * Someone else 20% 24% 19% 19% 14% 27% Don’t know 32% 33% 28% 22% 18% 33% * Not asked. Brendan Nelson (3%) and Greg Hunt (1%) were included in the July poll.
22% of people think Joe Hockey would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 14% prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 9% prefer Tony Abbott. Just under half (47%) do not think that any of those listed would be the best leader of the Liberal Party – 19% prefer someone else as leader and 28% don’t know.
28% of Coalition voters think that Joe Hockey would make the best leader of the Liberal party, 20% of these same voters prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 13% prefer Tony Abbott. Labor voters were more likely to think that Joe Hockey would make the best leader (27%).
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debt, economic issues, economy, Housing affordability, inflation, Interest rates, Labor, Labor Party, Liberal, Liberal Party, Liberals, pension, superannuation, taxation system
Management of Economic Issues
Q. Between Liberal and Labor, which party do you think would be best at managing each of the following issues?
When it comes to which party is best at handling economic issues, Labor leads the Liberal party on managing the improvement of wages for low income earners (+17%), executive salaries (+9%) and the age pension (+9%).
Labor trails the Liberals in terms of managing government debt (-24%), followed by managing interest rates (-9%) and superannuation (-9%).
Perception of which party is best at managing the economic issues listed followed party lines.