Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
| Total | Vote Lab | Vote Lib/ Nat |
Vote Grn | Vote Other | Oct 2013 | June 2014 | Dec 2014 | Mar 2015 | Jun 2015 | Jul 2015 | Aug 2015 | |||
| Tony Abbott | 32% | 3% | 77% | 2% | 21% | 41% | 36% | 31% | 33% | 38% | 37% | 36% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 35% | 72% | 5% | 60% | 23% | 22% | 40% | 36% | 37% | 33% | 30% | 32% | ||
| Don’t know | 32% | 25% | 17% | 39% | 56% | 37% | 24% | 33% | 30% | 29% | 33% | 31% |
32% (down 4% since July) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 35% (up 3%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
Women increasingly prefer Bill Shorten (35% up from 32% in July). Women are less likely to prefer Tony Abbot than in July (29% down from 36% in July).
35% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 36% prefer Bill Shorten.
Tony Abbott is the preferred PM in NSW (37% compared to 29% from Bill Shorten), but Bill Shorten is preferred in QLD (33% compared to 30%) and VIC (39% compared to 32%).