Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister 2 Sep |
Tony Abbott as Opposition Leader 2 Sep |
|
| Total approve |
41% |
10% |
82% |
6% |
42% |
40% |
||
| Total disapprove |
36% |
67% |
3% |
72% |
47% |
49% |
||
| Strongly approve |
14% |
2% |
32% |
– |
13% |
13% |
||
| Approve |
27% |
8% |
50% |
6% |
29% |
27% |
||
| Disapprove |
13% |
22% |
2% |
25% |
19% |
19% |
||
| Strongly disapprove |
23% |
45% |
1% |
47% |
28% |
30% |
||
| Don’t know |
23% |
22% |
14% |
22% |
11% |
10% |
41% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister and 36% disapprove. This represents an improvement on his last approval rating as Opposition Leader, but is a little lower than Julia Gillard’s rating immediately after winning the 2010 election (45% approve/37% disapprove).
By gender – 44% of men approve and 34% disapprove; 38% of women approve and 39% disapprove.