24 September 2013, 240913, 2PP, Greens, Labor Party, Liberal Party, two party preferred, Voting intention
Q. If a Federal Election was held today to which party will you probably give your first preference vote? If not sure, which party are you currently leaning toward?
Q. If don’t know -Well which party are you currently leaning to?
Sample size = 1,886 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 (current figures) |
|
4 weeks ago 26/8/13 |
2 weeks ago 9/9/13 |
Last week 16/9/13 |
This week 23/9/13 |
| Liberal |
|
40% |
41% |
42% |
41% |
|
| National |
2% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
||
| Total Lib/Nat |
45.6% |
43% |
45% |
44% |
43% |
|
| Labor |
33.4% |
38% |
35% |
36% |
37% |
|
| Greens |
8.6% |
11% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
|
| Other/Independent |
12.4% |
9% |
12% |
11% |
11% |
| 2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 26/8/13 |
2 weeks ago 9/9/13 |
Last week 16/9/13 |
This week 23/9/13 |
| Liberal National |
53.4% |
50% |
53% |
53% |
51% |
|
| Labor |
46.6% |
50% |
47% |
47% |
49% |
NB. The data in the above tables comprise 2-week averages derived from the first preference/leaning to voting questions. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ are not included in the results. The two-party preferred estimate is calculated by distributing the votes of the other parties according to their preferences at the 2010 election.
24 September 2013, 240913, Approval of Tony Abbott
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister 2 Sep |
Tony Abbott as Opposition Leader 2 Sep |
|
| Total approve |
41% |
10% |
82% |
6% |
42% |
40% |
||
| Total disapprove |
36% |
67% |
3% |
72% |
47% |
49% |
||
| Strongly approve |
14% |
2% |
32% |
– |
13% |
13% |
||
| Approve |
27% |
8% |
50% |
6% |
29% |
27% |
||
| Disapprove |
13% |
22% |
2% |
25% |
19% |
19% |
||
| Strongly disapprove |
23% |
45% |
1% |
47% |
28% |
30% |
||
| Don’t know |
23% |
22% |
14% |
22% |
11% |
10% |
41% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister and 36% disapprove. This represents an improvement on his last approval rating as Opposition Leader, but is a little lower than Julia Gillard’s rating immediately after winning the 2010 election (45% approve/37% disapprove).
By gender – 44% of men approve and 34% disapprove; 38% of women approve and 39% disapprove.