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Malcolm Turnbull

4 Jul 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   Jun 2018 May 2018 Apr 2018 Mar 2018 Dec 2017 Sep 2017 June 2017 Mar 2017
Total approve 43% 28% 79% 25% 27%   42% 40% 39% 41% 41% 41% 36% 33%
Total disapprove 40% 59% 14% 58% 56%   42% 42% 42% 43% 44% 46% 45% 50%
Strongly approve 8% 3% 19% 5% 3% 7% 9% 8% 9% 8% 7% 5% 5%
Approve 35% 25% 60% 20% 24% 34% 31% 31% 32% 33% 34% 31% 28%
Disapprove 22% 28% 10% 35% 27% 23% 22% 26% 26% 27% 28% 28% 30%
Strongly disapprove 18% 31% 4% 23% 29% 18% 20% 16% 17% 17% 18% 17% 20%
Don’t know 17%   12% 7% 16% 17%   16% 19% 19% 16% 15% 14% 19% 18%

43% approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister (up 1% from last month), and 40% disapproved (down 2%) – a change in net approval rating from 0 to +3. This is Malcolm Turnbull’s first positive net approval rating since May 2016.

79% (no change) of Liberal/National voters approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing, compared to 28% of ALP voters, 25% of Greens and 27% of other voters.

By gender, men were 49% approve/40% disapprove and women 38% approve/39% disapprove.

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