View the latest Essential Report on our new and improved website here.

Essential Report

Performance of Scott Morrison

Apr 7, 2020

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
	Total	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%).

No Comments // Tags: performance of scott morriosn, Scott Morrison

COVID-19 RESEARCH

Read Essential's ongoing research on the public response to Covid-19.

Essential Report

In this week's report:

Sign up for updates

Receive the Essential Report in your inbox.

Recent Comments