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Approval of Tony Abbott

13 Aug 2013

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

 

18 Jan

2010

5 Jul

 

20 Dec

14 June  2011

12 Dec

12 Jun 2012

10 Dec

11 Mar 2013

11 Jun

15 Jul

 

13 Aug

Total approve

37%

37%

39%

38%

32%

32%

33%

37%

40%

39%

37%

Total disapprove

37%

47%

39%

48%

53%

54%

56%

51%

49%

51%

51%

Strongly approve

5%

8%

9%

6%

6%

6%

8%

7%

10%

11%

9%

Approve

32%

29%

30%

32%

26%

26%

25%

30%

30%

28%

28%

Disapprove

20%

23%

21%

25%

25%

24%

25%

22%

17%

21%

21%

Strongly disapprove

17%

24%

18%

23%

28%

30%

31%

29%

32%

30%

30%

Don’t know

26%

16%

22%

15%

14%

13%

12%

12%

11%

11%

11%

Tony Abbott’s approval ratings have dropped slightly over the past month. 37% (down 2%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 51% (no change disapprove – a change in net rating from -12 to -14 over the last 4 weeks.

76% (up 1%) of Coalition voters approve and 14% (no change) disapprove.

By gender – men 45% approve/47% disapprove, women 31% approve/55% disapprove. In net terms this represents a shift with men from -7 to -2 and with women from -16 to -24.

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