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Malcolm Turnbull

13 Mar 2018

Q. 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   Feb 2018 Jan 2018 Dec 2017 Sep 2017
Total approve 41% 29% 75% 25% 24%   39% 38% 41% 41%
Total disapprove 43% 60% 16% 63% 65%   42% 45% 44% 46%
Strongly approve 9% 10% 16% 8% 3% 7% 7% 8% 7%
Approve 32% 19% 59% 17% 21% 32% 31% 33% 34%
Disapprove 26% 33% 12% 37% 41% 26% 25% 27% 28%
Strongly disapprove 17% 27% 4% 26% 24% 16% 20% 17% 18%
Don’t know 16%   11% 9% 12% 11%   19% 18% 15% 14%
  June 2017 Mar 2017 Dec  2016 June 2016 Dec 2015
Total approve 36% 33% 34% 38% 56%
Total disapprove 45% 50% 46% 40% 23%
Strongly approve 5% 5% 5% 6% 13%
Approve 31% 28% 29% 32% 43%
Disapprove 28% 30% 30% 24% 16%
Strongly disapprove 17% 20% 16% 16% 7%
Don’t know 19% 18% 20% 21% 21%

41% approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister (up 2% from last month), and 43% disapproved (up 1%) – a change in net approval rating from -3 to -2.

75% (up 2%) of Liberal/National voters approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing, compared to 29% of ALP voters and 25% of Greens voters.

By gender, men were 46% approve/45% disapprove and women 36% approve/41% disapprove.

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