Q. Has it been a good or bad year for each of the following politicians?
|
Total good (Dec 10) |
Total bad (Dec 10) |
Total good (Dec 11) |
Total bad (Dec 11) |
Total good (Dec 12) |
Total bad (Dec 12) |
Very good |
Good |
Neither good nor |
Bad |
Very bad |
Don’t know |
|
| Julia Gillard |
49% |
25% |
21% |
57% |
19% |
57% |
6% |
13% |
18% |
29% |
28% |
4% |
| Tony Abbott |
30% |
33% |
21% |
38% |
15% |
52% |
4% |
11% |
29% |
31% |
21% |
5% |
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
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|
Total good |
Total bad |
Total good |
Total bad |
Total good |
Total bad |
Total good |
Total bad |
|
| Julia Gillard |
19% |
57% |
43% |
32% |
5% |
82% |
29% |
48% |
| Tony Abbott |
15% |
52% |
5% |
75% |
27% |
31% |
4% |
78% |
19% thought Julia Gillard had a good year in 2012 and 15% thought Tony Abbott had a good year. 2012 was considered similar to 2011 for Julia Gillard (going from net -36 to net -38) but a substantially worse year for Tony Abbott (going from net -17 to net -37).
Among their own voters 43% (up 2%) thought Julia Gillard had a good year and 27% (down 12%) thought Tony Abbott has had a good year.