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Handling the threat of terrorism

20 Oct 2015

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is handling the threat of terrorism in Australia?

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote other

Tony Abbott Mar 2015

Total approve

56%

50%

73%

47%

32%

46%

Total disapprove

17%

21%

11%

22%

33%

33%

Strongly approve

11%

8%

18%

4%

3%

13%

Approve

45%

42%

55%

43%

29%

33%

Disapprove

11%

12%

8%

17%

21%

18%

Strongly disapprove

6%

9%

3%

5%

12%

15%

Don’t know

28%

29%

16%

32%

35%

22%

56% approve of the way the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is handling the threat of terrorism in Australia and 17% disapprove.
73% of Liberal/National voters and 50% of Labor voters approve.
Malcolm Turnbull’s approval rating is considerably higher than Tony Abbott’s rating for handling the threat of terrorism as measured in March.

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