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Approval of Malcolm Turnbull

8 Mar 2016

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Oct 2015 Nov 2015 Dec 2015 Jan 2016 Feb 2016
Total approve 45%   24% 75% 23% 41%   47% 56% 56% 51% 51%
Total disapprove 35%   55% 13% 56% 43%   17% 20% 23% 25% 27%
Strongly approve 6%   2% 13% 3%   11% 12% 13% 9% 8%
Approve 39%   22% 64% 23% 38%   36% 44% 43% 42% 43%
Disapprove 24%   38% 11% 39% 20%   11% 14% 16% 16% 18%
Strongly disapprove 11%   17% 2% 17% 23%   6% 6% 7% 9% 9%
Don’t know 21%   20% 8% 21% 22%   35% 23% 21% 23% 21%

45% (down 6% since last month) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 35% (up 8%) disapprove – a net approval rating of +10 (down 14).

75% (down 8%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 13% (up 4%) disapproving. 24% (down 12%) of Labor voters and 23% (down 10%) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.

By gender, men were 48% approve/38% disapprove and women 42% approve/30% disapprove.

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