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Best leader of the Labor Party

8 Dec 2015

Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Labor Party?

Total

Men

Women

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote Other

Aug 2015

Bill Shorten

13%

11%

15%

27%

7%

14%

4%

16%

Anthony Albanese

14%

18%

11%

19%

16%

12%

10%

12%

Tanya Plibersek

14%

14%

14%

18%

9%

30%

17%

13%

Chris Bowen

3%

4%

1%

3%

4%

1%

2%

5%

Someone else

17%

21%

14%

9%

22%

16%

30%

18%

Don’t know

38%

31%

45%

24%

42%

25%

36%

36%

13% (down 3%) think Bill Shorten would make the best leader of the Labor Party, 14% (up 1%) prefer Tanya Plibersek and 14% (up 2%) Anthony Albanese. 17% prefer someone else and 38% don’t know.

Among Labor voters, 27% (-7%) prefer Bill Shorten, 19% (+6%) Anthony Albanese and 18% (+3%) Tanya Plibersek.

Preferences of men were Anthony Albanese 18%, Tanya Plibersek 14% and Bill Shorten 11%. Preferences of women were Bill Shorten 15%, Tanya Plibersek 14% and Anthony Albanese 11%.

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