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Best leader of the Liberal Party

8 Dec 2015

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

Total

Male

Female

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote other

Jun 2014

Feb 2015

Aug 2015

Sep 2015

Malcolm Turnbull

42%

46%

38%

38%

57%

37%

20%

31%

24%

24%

37%

Tony Abbott

9%

11%

8%

4%

14%

2%

21%

18%

11%

18%

9%

Joe Hockey

na

6%

5%

3%

2%

Julie Bishop

13%

10%

16%

15%

14%

16%

13%

4%

21%

17%

14%

Christopher Pyne

2%

2%

2%

4%

1%

<1%

<1%

1%

1%

Scott Morrison

2%

3%

1%

1%

3%

3%

2%

1%

2%

3%

4%

Someone else

9%

9%

10%

14%

2%

16%

15%

19%

13%

13%

10%

Don’t know

22%

20%

25%

24%

9%

25%

29%

21%

24%

22%

21%

42% (up 5% since September) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 13% prefer Julie Bishop (down 1%) and 9% prefer Tony Abbott (no change)

Among Liberal/National voters, 57% (up 10%) prefer Malcolm Turnbull, 14% (no change) prefer Tony Abbott and 14% (up 4%) Julie Bishop.

Preferences of men were Malcolm Turnbull 46% (+2%), Tony Abbott 11% (+1%) and Julie Bishop 10% (-1%). Preferences of women were Malcolm Turnbull 38% (+8%), Julie Bishop 16% (-1%) and Tony Abbott 8% (no change).

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