Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?
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19 Jul 2010 |
14 June 2011 |
12 Dec 2011 |
16 Jan 2012 |
16 Apr 2012 |
16 Jul 2012 |
Last month 13 Aug 2012 |
This week 10 Sept 2012 |
| Total approve |
52% |
34% |
34% |
37% |
32% |
32% |
31% |
35% |
| Total disapprove |
30% |
54% |
54% |
52% |
58% |
58% |
57% |
54% |
| Strongly approve |
11% |
6% |
6% |
6% |
7% |
5% |
7% |
7% |
| Approve |
41% |
28% |
28% |
31% |
25% |
27% |
24% |
28% |
| Disapprove |
17% |
29% |
25% |
27% |
31% |
26% |
25% |
27% |
| Strongly disapprove |
13% |
25% |
29% |
25% |
27% |
32% |
32% |
27% |
| Don’t know |
18% |
13% |
11% |
12% |
10% |
10% |
13% |
11% |
Approval of Julia Gillard climbed 4 points from 31% last month to 35% approving of the job she is doing as Prime Minister this month, whilst her disapproval fell 3 points in the same time. In the 2 years since July 2010, Gillard’s disapproval has risen 24 points from 30% to 54%.
By state, approval for Gillard was strongest in South Australia (46%) and Victoria (44%) and weakest in Western Australia (66%, however this Western Australian sample size is considerably smaller at n=64).
Approval for Gillard was significantly stronger amongst female respondents (40% approve, 47% disapprove) compared to male respondents (31% approve/ 60% disapprove).