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Performance of Scott Morrison
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Scott Morrison is doing as Prime Minister?
Apr’20 | Mar’20 | Feb’20 | Jan’20 | Dec’19 | Nov’19 | Oct’19 | Sep’19 | Aug’19 | Jul’19 | |
NET: Approve | 59% | 41% | 39% | 40% | 45% | 45% | 47% | 49% | 48% | 48% |
NET: Disapprove | 31% | 49% | 52% | 52% | 43% | 41% | 38% | 36% | 37% | 34% |
Don’t know | 10% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 13% | 13% | 15% | 15% | 16% | 18% |
Base (n) | 1,069 | 1,096 | 1,056 | 1,081 | 1,035 | 1,075 | 1,088 | 1,093 | 1,096 | 1,091 |
Total | Federal Voting Intention | ||||
Labor | Coalition | Greens | NET: Other | ||
Strongly approve | 20% | 8% | 45% | 2% | 9% |
Approve | 39% | 37% | 42% | 27% | 39% |
Disapprove | 20% | 27% | 8% | 33% | 27% |
Strongly disapprove | 11% | 18% | 2% | 22% | 15% |
Don’t know | 10% | 10% | 4% | 15% | 10% |
NET: Approve | 59% | 46% | 87% | 30% | 49% |
NET: Disapprove | 31% | 45% | 10% | 56% | 42% |
Base (n) | 1,069 | 333 | 387 | 102 | 122 |
- The Prime Minister’s approval rating has jumped up in the past month from 46% to 59% – the highest approval rating recorded for Scott Morrison.
- The proportion of people strongly approving of the job he’s doing has increased from 11% to 20%, while those strongly disapproving has gone down from 26% to 11%.
- Approval of the Prime Minister among Labor voters is up (from 19% to 46%) and Greens voters (from 16% to 30%). While support has strengthened among his own voter base, with Coalition voters more likely to strongly approve of him (23% to 45%).

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