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Malcolm Turnbull

9 Oct 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   Sep 2017 June 2017 Mar 2017 Dec 2016 June 2016 Dec 2015
Total Approve 42% 29% 74% 26% 27%   41% 36% 33% 34% 38% 56%
Total Disapprove 43% 58% 19% 58% 62%   46% 45% 50% 46% 40% 23%
Strongly approve 10% 7% 19% 10% 3% 7% 5% 5% 5% 6% 13%
Approve 32% 22% 55% 16% 24% 34% 31% 28% 29% 32% 43%
Disapprove 28% 34% 17% 39% 37% 28% 28% 30% 30% 24% 16%
Strongly disapprove 15% 24% 2% 19% 25% 18% 17% 20% 16% 16% 7%
Don’t know 15%   13% 7% 16% 11%   14% 19% 18% 20% 21% 21%

42% approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister (up 1% from last month), and 43% disapproved (down 3%) – a change in net approval rating from -5 to -1. This is his best net rating since June last year – and his highest approval figure since March last year.

74% (down 1%) of Liberal/National voters approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing, compared to 29% of ALP voters and 26% of Greens voters.

By gender, men were 45% approve/46% disapprove and women 39% approve/40% disapprove.

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