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Rudd/Abbott Personality Traits
Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd?
Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott?
Rudd 1 March 10
Abbott 1 March 10
Difference (Rudd lead) Intelligent 82% 71% +11% Hard-working 77% 69% +8% A capable leader 65% 49% +16% Demanding 55% 55% – Arrogant 45% 53% -8% Out of touch with ordinary people 45% 50% +5% Understands the problems facing Australia 62% 49% +13% Visionary 44% 33% +11% Superficial 46% 43% +3 Good in a crisis 56% 38% +18% Narrow-minded 36% 57% -21% Down to earth 57% 46% +11% Too inflexible 38% 49% -11% Complacent 40% 33% +7% More honest than most politicians 47% 34% +13% Trustworthy 51% 38% +13% Rudd has his strongest lead over Abbott when it comes to appearing good in a crisis (+18%) and as a capable leader (+16%). People think Rudd is better than Abbott when it comes to understanding the problems facing Australia (+13%), more honest than most politicians (+13%) and trustworthy (+13%).
Rudd trails Abbott most significantly in terms of appearing narrow-minded (-21%), too inflexible (-11%) and arrogant (-8%). Comments »
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Attributes to Describe the Opposition Leader
Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott?
Abbott 7 Dec 09
Turnbull 29 June 09
Rudd 7 Dec 09
Abbott lead over Turnbull Abbott lead over Rudd Intelligent 71% 75% 82% -4% -11% Hard-working 69% 68% 77% +1% -8% A capable leader 46% 39% 69% +7% -23% Demanding 53% 62% 60% -9% -7% Arrogant 53% 69% 49% -16% +4% Out of touch with ordinary people 53% 65% 45% -12% +8% Understands the problems facing Australia 46% 48% 59% -2% -13% Visionary 34% 26% 48% +8% -14% Superficial 42% 51% 41% -9% +1% Good in a crisis 39% 32% 58% +7% -19% Narrow-minded 52% 51% 36% +1% +16% Down to earth 46% 25% 55% +21% -9% Too inflexible 45% 47% 38% -2% +7% Complacent 31% 38% 38% -7% -7% More honest than most politicians 31% 16% 49% +15% -18% Trustworthy 36% * 51% * -15% *Not asked in June 2009 poll
When it comes to rating Abbott, people think he is intelligent (71%) and hard-working (69%), yet demanding (53%), arrogant (53%) and out of touch with ordinary people (53%).
Abbott scores higher than his predecessor Turnbull in terms of qualities such as being down to earth (+21%), more honest than most politicians (+15%), visionary (+8%), capable leader (+7%) and good in a crisis (+7%).
Males were slightly more likely than females to think that Abbott is superficial (46% v 39%), honest (34% v 28%), visionary (37% v 32%) and down to earth (48% v 43%).
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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?
29% of people surveyed approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Opposition Leader and 50% disapprove. Turnbull’s approval rating has increased slightly since we last asked this question (+2%), and his disapproval rating has seen a slight decrease (-3%).
Approval followed party lines – Coalition voters were more likely to approve (56%), while Labor voters were more likely to disapprove (70%). 28% of Coalition voters disapprove of the job Turnbull is doing as Opposition Leader.
Malcolm Turnbull’s net rating of -21% is a 5 point improvement on the September result and his best result since May.
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Turnbull as Leader of the Opposition
Q. Which statement do you think most accurately reflects Malcolm Turnbull’s time as leader of the Opposition?
More than half (58%) of people surveyed think that Turnbull has shown he hasn’t got the temperament, patience and judgement to be a leader of a major party. 42% think that despite all the criticism, Turnbull is capable of being the leader of the Opposition and given more time to develop his skills and experience, he could be a good leader of Australia.
Results reflected party lines – Labor voters were more likely to think that Turnbull hasn’t got the temperament to be a leader of a major party (78%), while Coalition voters were more likely to think Turnbull is capable of being leader, and given more time to develop his skills and experience, he could be a good leader (68%). However, a significant number of Coalition voters think that Turnbull hasn’t got what it takes to be a leader of a major party (32%).
People aged 55 years and over were more likely to think that Turnbull is capable of being a good leader, he just needs more time (50%), while respondents aged 25 -34 were more likely to think Turnbull hasn’t got what it takes to be a leader of a major party (69%).