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Approval of Malcolm Turnbull

15 Jun 2016

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

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Oct 2015 Dec 2015 Jan 2016 Feb 2016 Mar 2016 Apr 2016 17 May 2016 31 May 2016
Total approve 38%   20% 72% 14% 25%   47% 56% 51% 51% 45% 39% 40% 41%
Total disapprove 40%   63% 19% 60% 59%   17% 23% 25% 27% 35% 39% 42% 39%
Strongly approve 6%   3% 13% 1% 1%   11% 13% 9% 8% 6% 7% 7% 9%
Approve 32%   17% 59% 13% 24%   36% 43% 42% 43% 39% 32% 33% 32%
Disapprove 24%   36% 16% 26% 33%   11% 16% 16% 18% 24% 23% 26% 22%
Strongly disapprove 16%   27% 3% 34% 26%   6% 7% 9% 9% 11% 16% 16% 17%
Don’t know 21%   17% 10% 26% 17%   35% 21% 23% 21% 21% 22% 17% 19%

38% (down 3% from 2 weeks ago) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 40% (up 1%) disapprove – a net approval rating of -2 (down 4).

72% (down 7%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 19% (up 10%) disapproving. 20% (down 2%) of Labor voters and 14% (down 3%) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.

By gender, men were 43% approve/42% disapprove and women 34% approve/39% disapprove.

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