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  • Mar, 2020

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    Preferred Prime Minister

    Q Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese?

    Mar’20 Feb’20 Jan’20 Nov’19 Oct’19 Sep’19 Aug’19 Jul’19 Jun’19
    Scott Morrison 40% 36% 36% 44% 43% 46% 44% 44% 43%
    Anthony Albanese 35% 36% 39% 28% 28% 25% 28% 26% 25%
    Don’t know 25% 28% 25% 29% 29% 29% 28% 31% 32%
    Base (n) 1,096 1,056 1,081 1,075 1,088 1,093 1,096 1,091 1,099
        Federal Voting Intention
    Total Labor Coalition Greens NET: Other
    Scott Morrison 40% 13% 78% 15% 38%
    Anthony Albanese 35% 66% 11% 58% 23%
    Don’t know 25% 21% 12% 27% 39%
    Base (n) 1,096 347 359 92 171
    • 40% of participants believe that Scott Morrison would make a better PM than Anthony Albanese (35%).
    • Three-quarters (78%) of Coalition voters prefer Morrison whereas 66% of Labor voters prefer Albanese.
    • A quarter (25%) of participants don’t know who would make the better PM.
  • Feb, 2020

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    Preferred Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese?

    Feb’20 Jan’20 Nov’19 Oct’19 Sep’19 Aug’19 Jul’19 Jun’19
    Scott Morrison 36% 36% 44% 43% 46% 44% 44% 43%
    Anthony Albanese 36% 39% 28% 28% 25% 28% 26% 25%
    Don’t know 28% 25% 29% 29% 29% 28% 31% 32%
    Base (n) 1,056 1,081 1,075 1,088 1,093 1,096 1,091 1,099

     

     

        Federal Voting Intention
    Total Labor Coalition Greens NET: Other
    Scott Morrison 36% 14% 77% 5% 31%
    Anthony Albanese 36% 64% 12% 58% 24%
    Don’t know 28% 23% 11% 37% 45%
    Base (n) 1,056 354 320 113 155
    • Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese are considered equally capable of being Prime Minister (both 36%).
    • 28% are unsure who would make the better PM.
  • Jan, 2020

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    Preferred Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would makes the better Prime Minister out of Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese?

      Jan’20 Nov’19 Oct’19 Sep’19 Aug’19 Jul’19 Jun’19
    Scott Morrison 36% 44% 43% 46% 44% 44% 43%
    Anthony Albanese 39% 28% 28% 25% 28% 26% 25%
    Don’t know 25% 29% 29% 29% 28% 31% 32%
    Base (n) 1,081 1,075 1,088 1,093 1,096 1,091 1,099
    • For the first time since becoming leader of the Labor party, more people consider Anthony Albanese more capable of being PM than Scott Morrison. 39% think Albanese would be the better PM, compared to 36% for Morrison.
    • A 6pt drop from November for Morrison has coincided with an 11pt increase for Albanese.
    • A quarter (25%) don’t know who would make the better PM between the two.
  • Nov, 2019

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    Preferred Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would makes the better Prime Minister out of Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese?

      Nov’19 Oct’19 Sep’19 Aug’19 Jul’19 Jun’19
    Scott Morrison 44% 43% 46% 44% 44% 43%
    Anthony Albanese 28% 28% 25% 28% 26% 25%
    Don’t know 29% 29% 29% 28% 31% 32%
    Base (n) 1,075 1,088 1,093 1,096 1,091 1,099

     

      Total Gender Age
    Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+
    Scott Morrison 44% 47% 41% 38% 40% 52%
    Anthony Albanese 28% 30% 25% 33% 25% 26%
    Don’t know 29% 23% 34% 29% 35% 22%
    Base (n) 1,075 526 549 327 371 377
    • More than two-fifths of participants think that Scott Morrison makes the better PM (44%), which is on par with previous months from mid-2019 (between 43% and 46% since June).
    • 29% don’t know who would make the better PM between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese.
  • May, 2018

    Preferred Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten?

      Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Apr 2018 Mar 2018 Dec 2017
    Malcolm Turnbull 40% 18% 78% 19% 37%   41% 41% 42%
    Bill Shorten 26% 54% 7% 36% 18%   26% 26% 28%
    Don’t know 34%   28% 15% 44% 45%   33% 33% 31%

    The results were split by party, with 78% of Liberal/National voters saying that Malcolm Turnbull would be a better Prime Minister, and 54% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would.
    40% thought that Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister (down 1% from last month), and 26% thought Bill Shorten would be better (no change). 34% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.

    Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (36%) to Malcolm Turnbull (19%).

    44% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 30% prefer Bill Shorten.

    36% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 23% prefer Bill Shorten.

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