Better PM, Bill Shorten, Tony abbot
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other/ indep-endent |
|
22 Oct |
12 Nov |
10 Dec |
|
| Tony Abbott |
42% |
11% |
84% |
7% |
28% |
41% |
42% |
43% |
||
| Bill Shorten |
31% |
62% |
3% |
56% |
25% |
22% |
27% |
33% |
||
| Don’t know |
27% |
27% |
12% |
37% |
48% |
37% |
31% |
24% |
42% (down 1%) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 31% (down 2%) favour Bill Shorten. 27% (up 3%) could not make a choice.
Tony Abbott is favoured 49%/30% among men and 36%/31% among women.
10 December 2013, 101213, approval of bill shorten, Bill Shorten
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other/ Indep-endent |
|
12 Nov |
|
| Total approve |
39% |
|
66% |
22% |
49% |
24% |
31% |
|
| Total disapprove |
31% |
|
10% |
49% |
20% |
44% |
27% |
|
| Strongly approve |
7% |
17% |
1% |
7% |
1% |
5% |
||
| Approve |
32% |
49% |
21% |
42% |
23% |
26% |
||
| Disapprove |
19% |
9% |
26% |
15% |
27% |
17% |
||
| Strongly disapprove |
12% |
1% |
23% |
5% |
17% |
10% |
||
| Don’t know |
31% |
24% |
29% |
31% |
32% |
43% |
39% approve (up 8%) of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader and 31% (up 4%) disapprove. 31% could not give an opinion. This represents an improvement on his rating as Prime Minister over the last four weeks from net +4 to net +8.
By gender – 40% (up 6%) of men approve and 35% (up 2%) disapprove; 36% (up 9%) of women approve and 27% (up 6%) disapprove.
10 December 2013, 101213, Better PM, Bill Shorten, tony abbott
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other/ indep-endent |
|
22 Oct |
12 Nov |
|
| Tony Abbott |
43% |
7% |
86% |
4% |
42% |
41% |
42% |
||
| Bill Shorten |
33% |
68% |
4% |
62% |
20% |
22% |
27% |
||
| Don’t know |
24% |
24% |
10% |
34% |
38% |
37% |
31% |
43% (up 1%) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 33% (up 6%) favour Bill Shorten. 24% (down 7%) could not make a choice.
Tony Abbott is favoured 48%/31% among men and 38%/35% among women.
Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten?
|
Total |
|
| Intelligent |
69% |
| Hard working |
65% |
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
50% |
| A capable leader |
49% |
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
42% |
| Good in a crisis |
40% |
| Superficial |
37% |
| Arrogant |
35% |
| Trustworthy |
34% |
| Visionary |
33% |
| Narrow-minded |
31% |
| Aggressive |
31% |
| Erratic |
30% |
| Intolerant |
30% |
| More honest than most politicians |
27% |
Bill Shorten’s key attributes were intelligent (69%), hard working (65%), understands the problems facing Australia (50%) and a capable leader (49%).
Bill Shorten, leader attributes, tony abott
|
Abbott |
Shorten |
|
Difference |
|
| Narrow-minded |
54% |
31% |
+23 |
|
| Arrogant |
54% |
35% |
+19 |
|
| Intolerant |
49% |
30% |
+19 |
|
| Aggressive |
46% |
31% |
+15 |
|
| Erratic |
43% |
30% |
+13 |
|
| Superficial |
49% |
37% |
+12 |
|
| More honest than most politicians |
39% |
27% |
+12 |
|
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
51% |
42% |
+9 |
|
| Trustworthy |
40% |
34% |
+6 |
|
| Good in a crisis |
45% |
40% |
+5 |
|
| A capable leader |
52% |
49% |
+3 |
|
| Hard-working |
67% |
65% |
+2 |
|
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
51% |
50% |
+1 |
|
| Visionary |
33% |
33% |
– |
|
| Intelligent |
62% |
69% |
-7 |
Compared to Bill Shorten, Tony Abbott is much more likely to be considered narrow minded (+23), arrogant (+19), intolerant (+19), aggressive (+15) and erratic (+13).
Bill Shorten is regarded by more respondents to be intelligent (-7).
Note that Bill Shorten’s ratings are mostly lower than those of Tony Abbott on both positive and negative attributes – presumably because he is less well known.
Anthony Albanese, Better PM, Better Prime Minister, Bill Shorten, tony abbott
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Anthony Albanese?
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Tony Abbott |
37% |
7% |
74% |
11% |
|
| Anthony Albanese |
31% |
58% |
5% |
51% |
|
| Don’t know |
33% |
35% |
21% |
38% |
|
| Tony Abbott |
37% |
7% |
75% |
2% |
|
| Bill Shorten |
32% |
58% |
6% |
55% |
|
| Don’t know |
32% |
35% |
19% |
43% |
Tony Abbott is preferred to Anthony Albanese as Prime Minister by 37% to 31% and to Bill Shorten by 37% to 32%.
Among Labor voters both Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese are preferred 58% to 7%.
In comparison, immediately after the 2010 election Julia Gillard was preferred over Tony Abbott by 47% to 35%.
23 April 2012, 230412, ALP, Bill Shorten, Julia Gillard, kevin rudd, Labor Party, leadership, party leadership, Polling, polls, Wayne Swan
Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Labor Party?
|
30 May 2011 |
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Julia Gillard |
23% |
16% |
40% |
4% |
21% |
| Kevin Rudd |
32% |
31% |
33% |
32% |
32% |
| Wayne Swan |
2% |
4% |
6% |
4% |
5% |
| Greg Combet |
4% |
2% |
1% |
2% |
2% |
| Bill Shorten |
3% |
6% |
8% |
5% |
3% |
| Someone else |
19% |
23% |
6% |
33% |
18% |
| Don’t know |
17% |
17% |
6% |
19% |
19% |
33% think Kevin Rudd would make the best leader of the Labor Party and 16% prefer Julia Gillard. This represents declines of 1% for Kevin Rudd and 7% for Julia Gillard since this question was asked nearly 12 months ago. Those selecting “someone else” has increased from 19% to 23%.
Julia Gillard is preferred by 40% of Labor voters compared to 33% for Kevin Rudd. Men prefer Kevin Rudd over Julia Gillard 33% to 16% and women by 28% to 17%.
Bill Shorten, Bob Brown, Greg Combet, Julia Gillard, kevin rudd, Labor, leadership, malcolm turnbull, Network Ten, Polling, polls, preferred PM, Stephen Smith
Q. If you were able to choose any politician to be leader of the Labor Party, which of the following would you prefer? (This question was commissioned by Network Ten).
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Men | Women | Age
18-34 |
Aged
35-54 |
Aged 55+ | |
| Kevin Rudd | 37% | 43% | 36% | 35% | 40% | 33% | 40% | 39% | 30% |
| Julia Gillard | 12% | 31% | 2% | 24% | 10% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 12% |
| Malcolm Turnbull | 11% | 6% | 17% | 7% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 15% |
| Stephen Smith | 7% | 6% | 9% | 2% | 7% | 6% | 3% | 6% | 12% |
| Bob Brown | 3% | 2% | 2% | 11% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% |
| Greg Combet | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| Bill Shorten | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Don’t know | 28% | 9% | 32% | 18% | 22% | 33% | 31% | 28% | 22% |
37% of respondents prefer Kevin Rudd as leader of the Labor Party, 12% prefer Julia Gillard and 11% Malcolm Turnbull.
Among Labor voters, 43% prefer Kevin Rudd and 31% Julia Gillard.
Kevin Rudd is more preferred by younger respondents while those aged 55+ were more likely than the average to prefer Malcolm Turnbull (15%) and Stephen Smith (12%).