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Preferred Prime Minister

30 Apr 2019

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   Mar 2019 Jan 2019 Dec 2018 Nov 2018 Oct 2018 Sep 2018
Scott Morrison 40%   10% 78% 25% 44%   44% 42% 40% 41% 42% 39%
Bill Shorten 31%   62% 10% 38% 15%   31% 30% 29% 29% 27% 27%
Don’t know 29%   27% 12% 37% 40%   26% 28% 31% 29% 31% 34%
  • 40% thought that Scott Morrison would make the better Prime Minister (down 4%pts from last month), and 31% thought Bill Shorten would be better (no change from March). 29% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.
  • The results were split by party allegiance, with 78% of Liberal/National voters saying that Scott Morrison would be a better Prime Minister (down 4%pts from March), and 62% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would (down 4%pts from 63% in March).
  • Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (38%) to Scott Morrison (25%).
  • Both men (47% to 32%) and women (33% to 30%) would prefer Scott Morrison to Bill Shorten as Prime Minister.
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