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  • Jul, 2010

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    Better Prime Minister

     Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott?

      Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens   Kevin Rudd v Tony Abbott

    21 Jun 10

    Julia Gillard v Tony Abbott

    28 Jun 10

    Julia Gillard v Tony Abbott

    5 Jul 10

    Julia Gillard 50% 91% 8% 71%   47% 49% 53%
    Tony Abbott 27% 2% 70% 4%   30% 29% 26%
    Don’t know 23% 7% 21% 25%   23% 22% 21%

     50% think Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 27% prefer Tony Abbott – a slight closing of the gap between the two (from 27% to 23%) since last polled 2 weeks ago.

     Julia Gillard is preferred 91% to 2% by Labor voters – and Tony Abbott is preferred 70% to 8% by Liberal/National voters. Greens voters prefer Julia Gillard 71% to 4%.

     Men prefer Julia Gillard 47%/32% and women 53%/23%. Comments »

  • May, 2010

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    Comparison of Leader Attributes

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

      Kevin Rudd Tony Abbott Difference
    Intelligent 73% 72% +1%
    Hard-working 76% 71% +5%
    A capable leader 55% 50% +5%
    Demanding 69% 52% +17%
    Arrogant 57% 54% +3%
    Out of touch with ordinary people 55% 51% +4%
    Understands the problems facing Australia 53% 49% +4%
    Visionary 37% 35% +2%
    Superficial 52% 44% +8%
    Good in a crisis 44% 40% +4%
    Narrow-minded 43% 53% -10%
    Down to earth 47% 50% -3%
    Too inflexible 45% 47% -2%
    Complacent 38% 30% -8%
    More honest than most politicians 39% 33% +6%
    Trustworthy 41% 39% +2%

     Kevin Rudd has only slightly better ratings than Tony Abbott across key positive attributes such as hard-working (+5%), a capable leader (+5%) and trustworthy (+2%).

    The main differences were that Kevin Rudd is perceived as more demanding (69%/52%), less narrow-minded (43%/53%), more superficial (52%/44%) and more complacent (38%/30%). Comments »

  • Mar, 2010

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    Better Prime Minister – Rudd or Abbott

    Q.  Regardless of your likely party choice for the next election, which of the leaders – Kevin Rudd or Tony Abbott – do you think overall would be the best Prime Minister?

      21 Dec 09 22 March 10
    Kevin Rudd 51% 50%
    Tony Abbott 25% 30%
    Don’t know 24% 19%

    When it comes to a choice between Rudd and Abbott as the better Prime Minister, 50% selected Rudd and 30% selected Abbott.  The results for Rudd shifted slightly (-1%) since we last asked this question in December 2009. However, there has been a five percent increase in the number of people that prefer Abbott and a decrease in the number of people that don’t know (-5%). 

    Results followed party lines – 92% of Labor voters chose Rudd and 74% of Coalition voters chose Abbott. 

     64% of Green voters selected Rudd and 11% of Green voters selected Abbott.

     People aged 65 years and over were more likely to think Abbott would make a better Prime Minister (42%), 18 – 24 year olds were more likely to indicate they don’t know who would make a better Prime Minister (28%).   Comments »

  • Mar, 2010

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    Better Prime Minister – Abbott or Gillard

    Q. Who do you think would be the best Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard?

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    Tony Abbott 37%
    Julia Gillard 47%
    Don’t know 17%

    Just under half (47%) of those surveyed think that Gillard would make a better Prime Minister, 37% selected Abbott and 17% don’t know. 

     Results followed party lines – 78% of Labor voters selected Gillard and 79% of Coalition voters selected Abbott. 

    61% of Green voters think that Gillard would make a better Prime Minister than Abbott.  

    Males were more likely than females to select Abbott (40% v 34%).   46% of males and 47% of females chose Gillard.  

    People aged 65 years and over were more likely to think Abbott would make a better Prime Minister (47%) and people aged 18 – 24 were more likely to indicate they don’t know (31%).  Comments »

  • Mar, 2010

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    Better Prime Minster – Rudd or Hockey

    Q. And who do you think would be the best Prime Minister out of Kevin Rudd and Joe Hockey?

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    Kevin Rudd 53%
    Joe Hockey 27%
    Don’t know 20%

    In a choice between Rudd and Hockey as Prime Minister – over half (53%) think Rudd would make a better Prime Minister, 27% prefer Hockey and 20% don’t know. 

    Results followed party lines – 88% of Labor voters prefer Rudd and 56% of Coalition voters prefer Hockey. 

    Hockey performs better than Rudd amongst those that don’t know which party they will vote for in the next Federal election (50%). 

    People aged 65 years and over were more likely to prefer Hockey (42%) and 18 – 24 year olds were more likely to indicate they don’t know (31%).  Comments »

  • Feb, 2010

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd or Julia Gillard?

      Total Male Female Labor Coalition Greens
    Kevin Rudd 45% 50% 40% 69% 31% 39%
    Julia Gillard 26% 23% 29% 22% 27% 42%
    Don’t know  29% 27% 31% 9% 41% 19%

    When it comes to who people think would make a better Prime Minister – 45% support Kevin Rudd, 26% support Julia Gillard and 29% don’t know.

    Labor voters were more likely to support Rudd (69%), Green voters were more likely to support Gillard (42%) and Coalition voters were more likely to indicate they don’t know who would make a better Prime Minister (41%).

    Males were more likely to think Rudd would make a better Prime Minister (50%), while females were more likely to prefer Gillard (29%).

    In terms of age differences, support was strongest for Rudd amongst the 18 – 24 year olds (55%). Rudd’s support decreases as age increases with 40% of people aged 55 years and over favouring Rudd as Prime Minister.   Comments »

  • Nov, 2009

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    Preferred Liberal Party Leader

    Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?

    6 July 09

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    17 Aug 09

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    30 November 2009
    Total Labor Coalition Greens
    Joe Hockey 17% 16% 22% 27% 28% 14%
    Malcolm Turnbull 13% 12% 14% 15% 20% 14%
    Tony Abbott 7% 7% 9% 8% 13% 3%
    Julie Bishop 8% 6% 6% 7% 5% 9%
    Andrew Robb * 2% 2% 2% 2% *
    Someone else 20% 24% 19% 19% 14% 27%
    Don’t know 32% 33% 28% 22% 18% 33%

    * Not asked. Brendan Nelson (3%) and Greg Hunt (1%) were included in the July poll.

    22% of people think Joe Hockey would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 14% prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 9% prefer Tony Abbott. Just under half (47%) do not think that any of those listed would be the best leader of the Liberal Party – 19% prefer someone else as leader and 28% don’t know.

    28% of Coalition voters think that Joe Hockey would make the best leader of the Liberal party, 20% of these same voters prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 13% prefer Tony Abbott.  Labor voters were more likely to think that Joe Hockey would make the best leader (27%).

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