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Better Prime Minister

9 Feb 2016

Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Sep 2015 Oct 2015 Nov 2015 Dec 2015 Jan 2016
Malcolm Turnbull 52%   28% 88% 37% 44%   53% 48% 55% 54% 51%
Bill Shorten 15%   36% 2% 24% 6%   17% 19% 14% 15% 18%
Don’t know 33%   35% 10% 39% 50%   30% 33% 31% 31% 31%

52% (up 1%) of respondents think Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister and 15% (down 3%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

59% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 15% prefer Bill Shorten.

45% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 15% prefer Bill Shorten.

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