Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Dec 2018 | Nov 2018 | Oct 2018 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 | |||
| Scott Morrison | 42% | 16% | 77% | 25% | 48% | 40% | 41% | 42% | 39% | 39% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 30% | 63% | 11% | 39% | 10% | 29% | 29% | 27% | 27% | 29% | ||
| Don’t know | 28% | 21% | 12% | 37% | 42% | 31% | 29% | 31% | 34% | 32% |
42% thought that Scott Morrison would make the better Prime Minister (up 2%pts from last month), and 30% thought Bill Shorten would be better (up 1%pt). 28% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.
The results were split by party, with 77% of Liberal/National voters saying that Scott Morrison would be a better Prime Minister (no change from last month), and 63% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would (up 7%pts from 56% in December).
Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (39%) to Scott Morrison (25%).
Both men (45% vs. 32%) and women (39% vs. 28%) would prefer Scott Morrison to Bill Shorten as Prime Minister.