The Essential Report Archive Read the latest report

Approval of the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott

31 May 2010

Q. Do you strongly approve, approve, disapprove or strongly disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader?

  Malcolm Turnbull Tony Abbott
  30 Mar 09 29 Jun 09 28 Sept 09 30 Nov 09 14 Dec 09 18 Jan 10 22 Feb 10 29 Mar 10 3 May 10 31 May 10
Strongly approve 3% 4% 3% 2% 7% 5% 12% 8% 5% 5%
Approve 25% 20% 24% 23% 27% 32% 33% 25% 34% 30%
Disapprove 31% 31% 35% 33% 18% 20% 20% 28% 24% 28%
Strongly disapprove 17% 26% 18% 22% 18% 17% 16% 22% 19% 22%
Don’t know 24% 19% 21% 19% 31% 26% 18% 16% 18% 16%
Total approve 28% 24% 27% 25% 34% 37% 45% 33% 39% 35%
Total disapprove 48% 57% 53% 55% 36% 37% 36% 50% 43% 50%

 Tony Abbott’s approval rating has fallen back close to the level of the March poll – which was his lowest recorded. 35% approve (down 4%) of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 50% disapprove (up 7%).

72% of Liberal/National voters approve and 17% disapprove. 77% of Labor voters disapprove and 15% approve.

 The only group showing net approval was people aged 65+ (52% approve/42% disapprove).

Error: