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    Leader Attributes – Julia Gillard

    Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard?

     

    5 Jul 10

    4 Oct 10

    7 Feb 11

    27 Jun 11

    2 Apr 12

    17 Sept 12

    Change

    Intelligent

    87%

    81%

    75%

    73%

    61%

    68%

    +7%

    Hard-working

    89%

    82%

    76%

    75%

    65%

    69%

    +4%

    A capable leader

    72%

    59%

    52%

    42%

    38%

    43%

    +5%

    Arrogant

    37%

    39%

    44%

    48%

    53%

    46%

    -7%

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    35%

    44%

    50%

    60%

    65%

    56%

    -9%

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    68%

    55%

    52%

    44%

    41%

    43%

    +2%

    Visionary

    48%

    38%

    30%

    26%

    25%

    31%

    +6%

    Superficial

    51%

    52%

    54%

    46%

    -8%

    Good in a crisis

    61%

    46%

    46%

    41%

    36%

    43%

    +7%

    Narrow-minded

    28%

    35%

    43%

    46%

    53%

    46%

    -7%

    More honest than most politicians

    45%

    37%

    37%

    29%

    26%

    31%

    +5%

    Trustworthy

    49%

    42%

    40%

    30%

    25%

    30%

    +5%

    Intolerant

    37%

    Aggressive

    42%

    Erratic

    43%

    Gillard’s key attributes were hard-working (69%), intelligent (68%) and out of touch with ordinary people (56%).    All positive leader attributes for Gillard moved up from the last time the question was polled in April 2012.   The biggest shifts on the positive attributes were on intelligent (+7%) and visionary (+6%).

    All negative attributes shifted down from April.  The attributes that had the largest shifts downwards were out of touch with ordinary people (-10%) and superficial (-8%).

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