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Attributes to describe the Opposition Leader

Apr 2, 2012

Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott?

	5 Jul 10	4 Oct 10	7 Feb 11	27 Jun 11	2 Apr 12	*Change*
Intelligent	70%	71%	64%	61%	56%	-5%
Hard-working	76%	78%	72%	75%	68%	-7%
A capable leader	47%	52%	48%	45%	41%	-4%
Arrogant	59%	60%	58%	60%	61%	+1%
Out of touch with ordinary people	57%	53%	54%	57%	54%	-3%
Understands the problems facing Australia	50%	53%	50%	48%	49%	+1%
Visionary	32%	31%	27%	27%	26%	-1%
Superficial			45%	49%	49%	–
Good in a crisis	40%	42%	41%	40%	36%	-4%
Narrow-minded	56%	53%	51%	54%	54%	–
More honest than most politicians	33%	32%	31%	32%	30%	-2%
Trustworthy	33%	35%	34%	32%	32%	–

Tony Abbott’s key attributes were hard-working (68%), arrogant (61%) and intelligent (56%).

Major changes since this question was asked in June last year were decreases for hard-working (-7%) and intelligent (-5%).

Feb 7, 2011

Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott?

	5 Jul 10	4 Oct 10	7 Feb 11	*Change*
Intelligent	70%	71%	64%	-7%
Hard-working	76%	78%	72%	-6%
A capable leader	47%	52%	48%	-4%
Arrogant	59%	60%	58%	-2%
Out of touch with ordinary people	57%	53%	54%	+1%
Understands the problems facing Australia	50%	53%	50%	-3%
Visionary	32%	31%	27%	-4%
Superficial			45%	*
Good in a crisis	40%	42%	41%	-1%
Narrow-minded	56%	53%	51%	-2%
More honest than most politicians	33%	32%	31%	-1%
Trustworthy	33%	35%	34%	-1%

Tony Abbott’s key attributes were hard-working (72%), intelligent (64%) and arrogant (58%).

Major changes since this question was asked in October 2010 were decreases for intelligent (down 7% to 64%) and hard-working (down 6% to 72%).

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Coalition

44%