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Better Prime Minister

11 Mar 2014

Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?

 

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote other/

indep-endent

22 Oct 2013

12 Nov

10 Dec

14 Jan 2014

11 Feb

Tony Abbott

39%

6%

83%

12%

28%

41%

42%

43%

42%

40%

Bill Shorten

33%

67%

2%

58%

30%

22%

27%

33%

31%

30%

Don’t know

28%

27%

15%

29%

42%

37%

31%

24%

27%

31%

39%  (down 1%) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 33% (up 3%) favour Bill Shorten. 28% could not make a choice.

Tony Abbott is favoured 41%/35% among men and 36%/31% among women.

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