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Malcolm Turnbull

11 Dec 2017

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote Other   Nov 2017 Oct 2017 Sep 2017 June 2017 Mar 2017 Dec  2016 June 2016 Dec 2015
Total Approve 41% 26% 74% 34% 25%   37% 42% 41% 36% 33% 34% 38% 56%
Total Disapprove 44% 60% 21% 50% 67%   49% 43% 46% 45% 50% 46% 40% 23%
Strongly approve 8% 3% 20% 1% 2% 6% 10% 7% 5% 5% 5% 6% 13%
Approve 33% 23% 54% 33% 22% 31% 32% 34% 31% 28% 29% 32% 43%
Disapprove 27% 34% 17% 30% 44% 30% 28% 28% 28% 30% 30% 24% 16%
Strongly disapprove 17% 26% 4% 20% 23% 19% 15% 18% 17% 20% 16% 16% 7%
Don’t know 15%   14% 6% 16% 8%   14% 15% 14% 19% 18% 20% 21% 21%

41% approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister (up 4% from last month), and 44% disapproved (down 5%) – a change in net approval rating from -12 to -3.

74% (up 4%) of Liberal/National voters approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing, compared to 26% of ALP voters and 34% of Greens voters.

By gender, men were 47% approve/46% disapprove and women 36% approve/43% disapprove.

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