Leadership Challenge Good or Bad for Government
Q. Do you think the recent leadership challenge has been good or bad for the Labor Government?
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
Total good |
13% |
30% |
7% |
16% |
Total bad |
62% |
39% |
80% |
50% |
Very good |
4% |
10% |
2% |
4 |
Good |
9% |
20% |
5% |
12% |
Neither good nor bad |
18% |
26% |
12% |
28% |
Bad |
24% |
25% |
22% |
28% |
Very bad |
38% |
14% |
58% |
22% |
Don’t know |
6% |
4% |
2% |
6% |
62% think that the recent leadership challenge was bad for the Labor Party and only 13% think it was good.
Labor voters were split – 39% think it was bad, 30% good and 26% neither good nor bad.
More or Less Likely to Vote Labor
Q. Has the re-election of Julia Gillard as leader of the Labor Party made you more or less likely to support the ALP at the next federal election.
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
Total more likely |
13% |
33% |
5% |
18% |
Total less likely |
47% |
21% |
64% |
38% |
Much more likely |
6% |
17% |
1% |
5% |
A little more likely |
7% |
16% |
4% |
13% |
A little less likely |
10% |
11% |
7% |
16% |
Much less likely |
37% |
10% |
57% |
22% |
Makes no difference |
34% |
42% |
30% |
43% |
Don’t know |
5% |
3% |
1% |
– |
47% say that the re-election of Julia Gillard as leader has made them less likely to support the Labor Party and only 13% say it has made them more likely to support the Labor Party at the next election.
Among Labor voters, 33% say it has made them more likely and 21% less likely to support Labor.

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