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  • Jun, 2010

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    Opinion of Leaders

    Q. From the following list of current and recent leaders of the Liberal/Labor Party – rate each in terms of whether you think they were a good or poor leader of their party.

    Total good Total poor Very good Good Average Poor Very poor Don’t know
    Tony Abbott 30% 34% 7% 23% 29% 14% 20% 7%
    Malcolm Turnbull 28% 33% 6% 22% 32% 20% 13% 8%
    Brendan Nelson 13% 44% 2% 11% 33% 28% 16% 11%
    John Howard 51% 26% 27% 24% 18% 11% 15% 5%
    Kevin Rudd 38% 34% 10% 28% 23% 15% 19% 4%
    Kim Beazley 29% 29% 7% 22% 36% 17% 12% 6%
    Mark Latham 7% 62% 2% 5% 23% 26% 36% 8%
    Simon Crean 9% 47% 2% 7% 32% 29% 18% 12%
    Paul Keating 40% 26% 14% 26% 27% 12% 14% 8%

    Overall, John Howard (51% good/26% poor) was considered the best Liberal Party leader of recent times and Paul Keating (40%/26%) the best Labor leader.

    However the current leaders – Kevin Rudd (38% good/34% poor) and Tony Abbott (30%/34%) – were both considered better than the leaders they succeeded.

    Among Liberal/National voters Tony Abbott was rated good by 63%, compared to John Howard at 86% and Malcolm Turnbull at 37%.

    Among Labor voters Kevin Rudd was rated good by 78%, compared to Paul Keating at 58% and Kim Beazley at 40%. Comments »

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