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Malcolm Turnbull

8 Aug 2017

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

  Total     July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 Apr 2017 Mar 2017 Dec 2016 June 2016 Dec 2015
Total Approve 38%     37% 36% 37% 35% 33% 34% 38% 56%
Total Disapprove 46%     49% 45% 48% 47% 50% 46% 40% 23%
Strongly approve 4%     6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 13%
Approve 34%     31% 31% 32% 30% 28% 29% 32% 43%
Disapprove 27%     30% 28% 29% 29% 30% 30% 24% 16%
Strongly disapprove 19%     19% 17% 19% 18% 20% 16% 16% 7%
Don’t know 16%     15% 19% 15% 17% 18% 20% 21% 21%

 

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote Other  
Total Approve 38%   27% 73% 12% 18%  
Total Disapprove 46%   65% 19% 68% 65%  
Strongly approve 4%   4% 9%  
Approve 34%   23% 64% 12% 18%  
Disapprove 27%   37% 15% 43% 33%  
Strongly disapprove 19%   28% 4% 25% 32%  
Don’t know 16%   9% 9% 20% 17%  

38% approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister (up 1% from last month), and 46% disapproved (down 3% from last month) – a change in net approval rating from -12 to -8 (his best net rating since November last year).

73% (up 2%) of Liberal/National voters approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing, compared to 27% of ALP voters and 12% of Greens voters.

By gender, men were 43% approve/49% disapprove and women 33% approve/42% disapprove.

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