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Approval of leadership change

27 Aug 2018

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of Scott Morrison replacing Malcolm Turnbull as leader of the Liberal Party?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other  
Total approve 35%   29% 56% 20% 35%  
Total disapprove 40%   50% 28% 56% 40%  
Strongly approve 10%   9% 16% 4% 11%  
Approve 25%   20% 40% 16% 24%  
Disapprove 22%   24% 23% 26% 20%  
Strongly disapprove 18%   26% 5% 30% 20%  
Don’t know 25%   20% 16% 24% 26%  

 

35% approved of Scott Morrison replacing Malcolm Turnbull as leader of the Liberal Party and 40% disapproved.

56% of Liberal National voters approved and 28% disapproved. 50% of Labor voters and 56% of Greens voters disapproved.

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