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Approval of Tony Abbott

15 Jul 2013

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

 

18
Jan
10

5 Jul

20 Dec

14 June  11

12 Dec

12
Jun
12

10 Dec

14
Jan
13

11
Feb

11 Mar

11 Jun

 

15 Jul

Total approve

37%

37%

39%

38%

32%

32%

33%

33%

36%

37%

40%

39%

Total disapprove

37%

47%

39%

48%

53%

54%

56%

57%

53%

51%

49%

51%

Strongly approve

5%

8%

9%

6%

6%

6%

8%

8%

7%

7%

10%

11%

Approve

32%

29%

30%

32%

26%

26%

25%

25%

29%

30%

30%

28%

Disapprove

20%

23%

21%

25%

25%

24%

25%

27%

22%

22%

17%

21%

Strongly disapprove

17%

24%

18%

23%

28%

30%

31%

30%

31%

29%

32%

30%

Don’t know

26%

16%

22%

15%

14%

13%

12%

10%

11%

12%

11%

11%

Tony Abbott’s approval ratings have dropped slightly over the past month. 39% (down 1%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 51% (up 2%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -9 to -12 over the last 5 weeks.

75% (down 5%) of Coalition voters approve and 14% (up 3%) disapprove.

By gender – men 43% approve/50% disapprove, women 35% approve/51% disapprove. In net terms this represents a shift with men from -3 to -7 and with women from -17 to -16.

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