Approval of Tony Abbott, Prime Minister, tony abbott
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other/ indep-endent |
Tony Abbott as Opp. Leader 2 Sep 13 |
Tony Abbott as PM 24 Sep |
12 Nov |
14 |
11 Feb |
11 Mar |
|
| Total approve |
41% |
11% |
84% |
12% |
32% |
40% |
41% |
45% |
47% |
41% |
40% |
| Total disapprove |
47% |
84% |
7% |
76% |
55% |
49% |
36% |
40% |
43% |
47% |
47% |
| Strongly approve |
13% |
3% |
30% |
– |
5% |
13% |
14% |
14% |
13% |
12% |
11% |
| Approve |
28% |
8% |
54% |
12% |
27% |
27% |
27% |
31% |
34% |
29% |
29% |
| Disapprove |
17% |
27% |
5% |
21% |
23% |
19% |
13% |
19% |
18% |
19% |
20% |
| Strongly disapprove |
30% |
57% |
2% |
55% |
32% |
30% |
23% |
21% |
25% |
28% |
27% |
| Don’t know |
12% |
6% |
9% |
12% |
12% |
10% |
23% |
16% |
11% |
12% |
12% |
41% (up 1%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister and 47% (no change) disapprove. This represents little change in his rating as Prime Minister over the last four weeks – from net -7 to net -6.
By gender – 49% (up 5%) of men approve and 43% (down 3%) disapprove; 34% (down 3%) of women approve and 50% (up 1%) disapprove.
Better PM, Bill Shorten, tony abbott
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other/ indep-endent |
|
22 Oct 2013 |
12 Nov |
14 Jan 2014 |
11 Feb |
11 Mar |
|
| Tony Abbott |
42% |
9% |
88% |
14% |
29% |
41% |
42% |
42% |
40% |
39% |
|
| Bill Shorten |
32% |
67% |
3% |
54% |
23% |
22% |
27% |
31% |
30% |
33% |
|
| Don’t know |
26% |
25% |
8% |
31% |
49% |
37% |
31% |
27% |
31% |
28% |
42% (up 3%) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 32% (down 1%) favour Bill Shorten. 26% could not make a choice.
Tony Abbott is favoured 47%/29% among men and 37%/34% among women.
Approval of Tony Abbott, tony abbott
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other/ indep-endent |
Tony Abbott as Opposition Leader 2 Sep 13 |
Tony Abbott as Prime Minister 24 Sep |
10 Dec |
14 Jan 2014 |
11 Feb |
|
| Total approve |
40% |
11% |
83% |
13% |
30% |
40% |
41% |
45% |
47% |
41% |
| Total disapprove |
47% |
84% |
6% |
81% |
54% |
49% |
36% |
46% |
43% |
47% |
| Strongly approve |
11% |
2% |
27% |
2% |
2% |
13% |
14% |
12% |
13% |
12% |
| Approve |
29% |
9% |
56% |
11% |
28% |
27% |
27% |
33% |
34% |
29% |
| Disapprove |
20% |
31% |
6% |
17% |
29% |
19% |
13% |
20% |
18% |
19% |
| Strongly disapprove |
27% |
53% |
* |
64% |
25% |
30% |
23% |
26% |
25% |
28% |
| Don’t know |
12% |
6% |
11% |
6% |
16% |
10% |
23% |
9% |
11% |
12% |
40% (down 1%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister and 47% (no change) disapprove. This represents little change in his rating as Prime Minister over the last four weeks – from net -6 to net -7.
By gender – 44% (down 1%) of men approve and 46% (down 1%) disapprove; 37% (down 1%) of women approve and 49% (up 2%) disapprove.
Better PM, Bill Shorten, tony abbott
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other/ indep-endent |
22 Oct 2013 |
12 Nov |
10 Dec |
14 Jan 2014 |
11 Feb |
|
| Tony Abbott |
39% |
6% |
83% |
12% |
28% |
41% |
42% |
43% |
42% |
40% |
| Bill Shorten |
33% |
67% |
2% |
58% |
30% |
22% |
27% |
33% |
31% |
30% |
| Don’t know |
28% |
27% |
15% |
29% |
42% |
37% |
31% |
24% |
27% |
31% |
39% (down 1%) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 33% (up 3%) favour Bill Shorten. 28% could not make a choice.
Tony Abbott is favoured 41%/35% among men and 36%/31% among women.
Better PM, Better Prime Minister, Bill Shorten, tony abbott
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other/ indep-endent |
|
22 Oct 2013 |
12 Nov |
10 Dec |
14 Jan 2014 |
|
| Tony Abbott |
40% |
9% |
83% |
14% |
17% |
41% |
42% |
43% |
42% |
||
| Bill Shorten |
30% |
64% |
1% |
50% |
22% |
22% |
27% |
33% |
31% |
||
| Don’t know |
31% |
26% |
16% |
36% |
60% |
37% |
31% |
24% |
27% |
40% (down 2%) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 30% (down 1%) favour Bill Shorten. 31% (up 4%) could not make a choice.
Tony Abbott is favoured 43%/29% among men and 36%/30% among women.
10 December 2013, 101213, Approval of Tony Abbott, tony abbott
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other/ indep-endent |
|
Tony Abbott as Opposition Leader 2 Sep |
Tony Abbott as Prime Minister 24 Sep |
22 |
12 |
|
| Total approve |
45% |
|
10% |
89% |
9% |
33% |
|
40% |
41% |
46% |
45% |
| Total disapprove |
46% |
|
84% |
5% |
85% |
47% |
|
49% |
36% |
35% |
40% |
| Strongly approve |
12% |
3% |
27% |
– |
3% |
13% |
14% |
16% |
14% |
||
| Approve |
33% |
7% |
62% |
9% |
30% |
27% |
27% |
30% |
31% |
||
| Disapprove |
20% |
34% |
5% |
19% |
23% |
19% |
13% |
15% |
19% |
||
| Strongly disapprove |
26% |
50% |
* |
66% |
24% |
30% |
23% |
20% |
21% |
||
| Don’t know |
9% |
6% |
6% |
5% |
15% |
10% |
23% |
19% |
16% |
45% (no change) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister and 46% (up 6%) disapprove. This represents a decline on his rating as Prime Minister over the last four weeks from net +5 to net -1.
By gender – 50% (no change) of men approve and 43% (up 5%) disapprove; 41% (up 2%) of women approve and 49% (up 7%) disapprove.
10 December 2013, 101213, Better PM, Bill Shorten, tony abbott
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other/ indep-endent |
|
22 Oct |
12 Nov |
|
| Tony Abbott |
43% |
7% |
86% |
4% |
42% |
41% |
42% |
||
| Bill Shorten |
33% |
68% |
4% |
62% |
20% |
22% |
27% |
||
| Don’t know |
24% |
24% |
10% |
34% |
38% |
37% |
31% |
43% (up 1%) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 33% (up 6%) favour Bill Shorten. 24% (down 7%) could not make a choice.
Tony Abbott is favoured 48%/31% among men and 38%/35% among women.
International Relations, tony abbott
Q. How much trust do you have in Tony Abbott and the Liberal Government to handle Australia’s international relations?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
9 Oct 13 |
|
| A lot of trust |
20% |
4% |
44% |
1% |
6% |
18% |
||
| Some trust |
21% |
8% |
37% |
4% |
16% |
23% |
||
| A little trust |
18% |
18% |
13% |
24% |
31% |
16% |
||
| No trust |
35% |
64% |
3% |
67% |
41% |
37% |
||
| Don’t know |
7% |
7% |
3% |
4% |
5% |
7% |
20% of people have “a lot of trust” in Tony Abbott and the Liberal Government to handle Australia’s international relations.
35% have no trust.
Labor (64%) and Greens (67%) voters were far more likely to have ‘no trust’. Liberal/National voters were far less likely (3%) to have no trust. 44% of Liberal/National voters have “a lot of trust”.
These results have changed little since this question was asked in October.