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  • Nov, 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?

    5 Jul 10 19 Jul 10 26 Jul 10 2 Aug 10 9 Aug 10 16 Aug 10 20 Sep 10 18 Oct 10 22 Nov 10 Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Kevin Rudd v Tony Abbott

    21 Jun 10

    Julia Gillard 53% 50% 51% 48% 45% 46% 47% 49% 45% 94% 6% 76% 47%
    Tony Abbott 26% 27% 26% 30% 33% 35% 35% 33% 34% 1% 78% 3% 30%
    Don’t know 21% 23% 23% 22% 21% 19% 18% 17% 21% 5% 17% 21% 23%

    45% (down 4%) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 34% (up 1%) prefer Tony Abbott – a closing of the gap from 16% to 11% since last month’s figures.

    Men favour Julia Gillard over Tony Abbott 41%/40% and women 49%/28%.

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  • Oct, 2010

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    Attributes to describe the Prime Minister – Gender difference

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

      Total Male Female
    Intelligent 81% 79% 84%
    Hard-working 82% 80% 83%
    A capable leader 59% 57% 61%
    Demanding 58% 62% 54%
    Arrogant 39% 38% 39%
    Out of touch with ordinary people 44% 47% 41%
    Understands the problems facing Australia 55% 53% 56%
    Visionary 38% 38% 38%
    Good in a crisis 46% 46% 46%
    Narrow-minded 35% 38% 31%
    Down to earth 62% 60% 65%
    Too inflexible 36% 40% 33%
    Complacent 31% 34% 28%
    More honest than most politicians 37% 39% 35%
    Trustworthy 42% 45% 39%

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  • Aug, 2010

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    Approval of Julia Gillard

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?

      Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard
      29 Mar 31 May 5 Jul 19 Jul 26 Jul 2 Aug 9 Aug 16 Aug
    Total approve 53% 41% 48% 52% 49% 46% 45% 46%
    Total disapprove 36% 47% 27% 30% 33% 38% 40% 40%
    Strongly approve 12% 7% 14% 11% 12% 10% 13% 13%
    Approve 41% 34% 34% 41% 37% 36% 32% 33%
    Disapprove 22% 25% 13% 17% 19% 23% 24% 24%
    Strongly disapprove 14% 22% 14% 13% 14% 15% 16% 16%
    Don’t know 12% 12% 26% 18% 17% 15% 15% 13%

     46% approve Julia Gillard’s performance as Prime Minister and 40% disapprove. Since this question was asked last week, approval has increased by 1% and disapproval is unchanged. 91% of Labor voters approve and only 3% disapprove. Among Liberal/National voters, 13% approve and 79% disapprove.

     By gender – men 44% approve/46% disapprove and women 48% approve/34% disapprove. Comments »

  • Aug, 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?

      5 Jul 10 19 Jul 10 26 Jul 10 2 Aug 10 9 Aug 10 16 Ag 10 Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens   Kevin Rudd v Tony Abbott

    21 Jun 10

    Julia Gillard 53% 50% 51% 48% 45% 46% 92% 8% 71%   47%
    Tony Abbott 26% 27% 26% 30% 33% 35% 3% 77% 3%   30%
    Don’t know 21% 23% 23% 22% 21% 19% 5% 15% 26%   23%

     46% think Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 35% prefer Tony Abbott – a similar margin to last week.

     Julia Gillard is preferred 92% to 3% by Labor voters – and Tony Abbott is preferred 77% to 8% by Liberal/National voters. Greens voters prefer Julia Gillard 71% to 3%.

     Men prefer Julia Gillard 45%/39% and women 48%/31%. Comments »

  • Aug, 2010

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    Approval of Julia Gillard

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?

    Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard
    29 Mar 31 May 5 Jul 19 Jul 26 Jul 2 Aug 9 Aug
    Total approve 53% 41% 48% 52% 49% 46% 45%
    Total disapprove 36% 47% 27% 30% 33% 38% 40%
    Strongly approve 12% 7% 14% 11% 12% 10% 13%
    Approve 41% 34% 34% 41% 37% 36% 32%
    Disapprove 22% 25% 13% 17% 19% 23% 24%
    Strongly disapprove 14% 22% 14% 13% 14% 15% 16%
    Don’t know 12% 12% 26% 18% 17% 15% 15%

    45% approve Julia Gillard’s performance as Prime Minister and 40% disapprove. Since this question was asked last week, approval has decreased by 1% and disapproval increased by 2%. 87% of Labor voters approve and only 5% disapprove. Among Liberal/National voters, 14% approve and 77% disapprove.

    By gender – men 42% approve/45% disapprove and women 47% approve/34% disapprove. Comments »

  • Aug, 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?

      5 Jul 10 19 Jul 10 26 Jul 10 2 Aug 10 9 Aug 10 Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens   Kevin Rudd v Tony Abbott

    21 Jun 10

    Julia Gillard 53% 50% 51% 48% 45% 90% 6% 70%   47%
    Tony Abbott 26% 27% 26% 30% 33% 3% 78% 4%   30%
    Don’t know 21% 23% 23% 22% 21% 8% 15% 25%   23%

     45% think Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 33% prefer Tony Abbott – a narrowing of the gap between the two (from 18% to 12%) since polled last week.

     Julia Gillard is preferred 90% to 3% by Labor voters – and Tony Abbott is preferred 78% to 6% by Liberal/National voters. Greens voters prefer Julia Gillard 70% to 4%.

     Men prefer Julia Gillard 41%/39% and women 49%/28%. Comments »

  • Aug, 2010

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    Approval of Julia Gillard

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?

    Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard
    30 Mar 09 29 Jun 09 28 Sept 09 14 Dec 09 29 Mar 10 31 May 10 5 Jul 10 19 Jul 10 26 Jul 10 2 Aug 10
    Total approve 71% 62% 66% 57% 53% 41% 48% 52% 49% 46%
    Total disapprove 21% 29% 23% 32% 36% 47% 27% 30% 33% 38%
    Strongly approve 21% 14% 15% 10% 12% 7% 14% 11% 12% 10%
    Approve 50% 48% 51% 47% 41% 34% 34% 41% 37% 36%
    Disapprove 14% 18% 17% 20% 22% 25% 13% 17% 19% 23%
    Strongly disapprove 7% 9% 6% 12% 14% 22% 14% 13% 14% 15%
    Don’t know 9% 11% 11% 10% 12% 12% 26% 18% 17% 15%

    46% approve Julia Gillard’s performance as Prime Minister and 38% disapprove. Since this question was asked last week, approval has decreased by 3% and disapproval increased by 5%. 87% of Labor voters approve and only 5% disapprove. Among Liberal/National voters, 11% approve and 77% disapprove.

    By gender – men 44% approve/44% disapprove and women 48% approve/33% disapprove. Comments »

  • 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?

    5 Jul 10 19 Jul 10 26 Jul 10 Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Kevin Rudd v Tony Abbott

    21 Jun 10

    Julia Gillard 53% 50% 51% 94% 9% 74% 47%
    Tony Abbott 26% 27% 26% 2% 69% 6% 30%
    Don’t know 21% 23% 23% 5% 22% 20% 23%

    51% think Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 26% prefer Tony Abbott – a slight widening of the gap between the two (from 23% to 25%) since polled last week.

    Julia Gillard is preferred 94% to 2% by Labor voters – and Tony Abbott is preferred 69% to 9% by Liberal/National voters. Greens voters prefer Julia Gillard 74% to 6%.

    Men prefer Julia Gillard 50%/29% and women 51%/23%. Comments »

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