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Better Prime Minister

12 Jul 2016

Q. 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 Dec 2015 Mar 2016 14 Jun 2016 28 Jun 2016
Malcolm Turnbull 39% 6% 80% 21% 35% 53% 54% 48% 40% 40%
Bill Shorten 31% 73% 3% 44% 17% 17% 15% 19% 29% 29%
Don’t know 30%  22% 16% 35% 49% 30% 31% 33% 32% 30%

39% (down 1% in last 2 weeks) of respondents think Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister and 31% (up 2%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

42% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 34% prefer Bill Shorten.

35% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 29% prefer Bill Shorten.

 

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