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Malcolm Turnbull

10 Apr 2018

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   Mar 2018 Dec 2017 Sep 2017 June 2017 Mar 2017 Dec  2016 June 2016 Dec 2015
Total approve 39%   24% 70% 33% 25%   41% 41% 41% 36% 33% 34% 38% 56%
Total disapprove 42%   62% 20% 49% 62%   43% 44% 46% 45% 50% 46% 40% 23%
Strongly approve 8%   4% 17% 3% 5%   9% 8% 7% 5% 5% 5% 6% 13%
Approve 31%   20% 53% 30% 20%   32% 33% 34% 31% 28% 29% 32% 43%
Disapprove 26%   36% 17% 30% 31%   26% 27% 28% 28% 30% 30% 24% 16%
Strongly disapprove 16%   26% 3% 19% 31%   17% 17% 18% 17% 20% 16% 16% 7%
Don’t know 19%   14% 10% 18% 14%   16% 15% 14% 19% 18% 20% 21% 21%

39% approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister (down 2% from last month), and 42% disapproved (down 1%) – a change in net approval rating from -2 to -3.

70% (down 5%) of Liberal/National voters approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing, compared to 24% of ALP voters and 33% of Greens voters.

By gender, men were 44% approve/45% disapprove and women 35% approve/40% disapprove.

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