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Approval of Bill Shorten

9 Sep 2014

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

 

12 Nov 2013

11 Mar

11 June

8 July

12 Aug

Total approve

35%

61%

22%

42%

21%

31%

32%

38%

36%

34%

Total disapprove

36%

16%

58%

30%

51%

27%

39%

40%

39%

40%

Strongly approve

5%

13%

1%

4%

5%

4%

7%

6%

7%

Approve

30%

48%

21%

38%

21%

26%

28%

31%

30%

27%

Disapprove

22%

14%

28%

22%

32%

17%

24%

22%

22%

21%

Strongly disapprove

14%

2%

30%

8%

19%

10%

15%

18%

17%

19%

Don’t know

29%

23%

21%

29%

27%

43%

29%

22%

25%

25%

35% (up 1% since August) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 36% (down 4%) disapprove. This represents an improvement in net rating from -6 to -1.

61% (down 2%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 16% (up 2%) disapprove.

38% of men and 32% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 41% of men and 32% of women disapprove.

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