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  • Feb, 2013

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    Better Prime Minister

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

     

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    10 Sept

    10 Dec

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    Vote
    ALP

    Vote Lib

    Vote Greens

    Julia Gillard

    53%

    44%

    41%

    36%

    39%

    40%

    37%

    40%

    43%

    42%

    39%

    82%

    5%

    69%

    Tony Abbott

    26%

    33%

    36%

    40%

    35%

    37%

    37%

    37%

    34%

    33%

    37%

    6%

    75%

    6%

    Don’t know

    21%

    23%

    24%

    24%

    26%

    23%

    26%

    24%

    23%

    24%

    24%

    12%

    20%

    25%

    39% (down 3%) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 37% (up 4%) prefer Tony Abbott.

    Men prefer Tony Abbott 41%/38% and women prefer Julia Gillard 39%/33%.

  • Jan, 2013

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    Better Prime Minister

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

     

    5 Jul 2010

    14 Mar 2011

    14 June

    12 Sept

    12 Dec

    12 Mar 2012

    12 Jun

    10 Sept

    10 Dec

    14 Jan 2013

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Julia Gillard

    53%

    44%

    41%

    36%

    39%

    40%

    37%

    40%

    43%

    42%

    89%

    5%

    84%

    Tony Abbott

    26%

    33%

    36%

    40%

    35%

    37%

    37%

    37%

    34%

    33%

    1%

    73%

    3%

    Don’t know

    21%

    23%

    24%

    24%

    26%

    23%

    26%

    24%

    23%

    24%

    10%

    22%

    14%

    42% (down 1%) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 33% (down 1%) prefer Tony Abbott.

    Men prefer Julia Gillard 39%/38% and women prefer Julia Gillard 46%/29%.

  • Nov, 2012

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    Better Prime Minister

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

     

    5 Jul 2010

    14 Mar 2011

    14 June

    12 Sept

    12 Dec

    12 Mar 2012

    12 Jun

    10 Sept

    15 Oct

    12 Nov

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Julia Gillard

    53%

    44%

    41%

    36%

    39%

    40%

    37%

    40%

    43%

    45%

    86%

    6%

    81%

    Tony Abbott

    26%

    33%

    36%

    40%

    35%

    37%

    37%

    37%

    36%

    32%

    4%

    71%

    4%

    Don’t know

    21%

    23%

    24%

    24%

    26%

    23%

    26%

    24%

    20%

    23%

    10%

    23%

    15%

    45% (up 2%) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 32% (down 4%) prefer Tony Abbott. This is Julia Gillard’s best result since February 2011.

    Men prefer Julia Gillard 40%/36% and women prefer Julia Gillard 49%/28%. Compared to last month’s figures, Julia Gillard’s margin over Tony Abbott has changed 4 points in her favour among men (from 40%/40%) and 7 points among women (from 47%/33%).

  • Oct, 2012

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    Better Prime Minister

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

     

    5 Jul 10

    14 Mar 11

    14 Jun

    12 Sep

    12 Dec

    12 Mar 12

    12 Jun

    16 Jul

    13 Aug

    10 Sep

    15 Oct

    Vote
    ALP

    Vote Lib

    Vote Greens

    Julia Gillard

    53%

    44%

    41%

    36%

    39%

    40%

    37%

    37%

    36%

    40%

    43%

    89%

    5%

    77%

    Tony Abbott

    26%

    33%

    36%

    40%

    35%

    37%

    37%

    38%

    38%

    37%

    36%

    2%

    81%

    2%

    Don’t know

    21%

    23%

    24%

    24%

    26%

    23%

    26%

    26%

    26%

    24%

    20%

    9%

    14%

    21%

    43% (up 3%) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 36% (down 1%) prefer Tony Abbott.

    Men are evenly split (at 40% each) and women prefer Julia Gillard 47%/33%. Compared to last month’s figures, Julia Gillard’s margin over Tony Abbott has changed 8 points in her favour among men (from 36%/44%) but is unchanged among women (from 44%/30%).

  • Sep, 2012

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    Better Prime Minister

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

     

    19 July 2010

    14 Jun 2011

    12 Dec 2011

    16 Jan 2012

    16 Apr 2012

    16 Jul 2012

    Last month 13 Aug 2012

    This week  10 Sept 2012

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Julia Gillard

    50%

    41%

    39%

    39%

    38%

    37%

    36%

    40%

    87%

    4%

    80%

    Tony Abbott

    27%

    36%

    35%

    36%

    36%

    38%

    38%

    37%

    3%

    76%

    5%

    Don’t know

    23%

    24%

    26%

    25%

    25%

    26%

    26%

    24%

    10%

    20%

    15%

    Forty percent (40%) of respondents believe that Julia Gillard would make a better Prime Minister than Tony Abbott, up 4% from the last time the question was polled in August 2012.   Gillard has resumed the lead on Abbott as preferred Prime Minister, having dropped behind him after April 2012.

    There was little change in favour of Abbott, with belief that Abbott would make a better Prime Minister changing just 1% from last month, down to 37%.

    This week’s figures are fairly consistent with the results from the beginning of the year (39% in favour of Gillard, 36% in favour of Abbott).

    Over the two years since July 2010, belief that Gillard would make a better Prime Minister has dropped 10 points from 50% to 40%, whilst belief that Abbott would make a better Prime Minister has equally increased 10 points from 27% to 37%.

    Female respondents were more likely to regard Gillard as the better Prime Minister (44% Gillard / 30% Abbott) whereas male respondents were more likely to regard Abbott as the better Prime Minister (36% Gillard / 44% Abbott).

  • Sep, 2010

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    Better Prime Minister

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

    5 Jul 10 19 Jul 10 26 Jul 10 2 Aug 10 9 Aug 10 16 Aug 10 20 Sep 10 Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Kevin Rudd v Tony Abbott

    21 Jun 10

    Julia Gillard 53% 50% 51% 48% 45% 46% 47% 94% 6% 74% 47%
    Tony Abbott 26% 27% 26% 30% 33% 35% 35% 1% 78% 4% 30%
    Don’t know 21% 23% 23% 22% 21% 19% 18% 5% 15% 22% 23

    47% think Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 35% prefer Tony Abbott – a similar margin to last month.

    Julia Gillard is preferred 94% to 1% by Labor voters – and Tony Abbott is preferred 78% to 6% by Liberal/National voters. Greens voters prefer Julia Gillard 74% to 4%.

    Men prefer Julia Gillard 44%/39% and women 50%/31%.

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  • Feb, 2010

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd or Julia Gillard?

      Total Male Female Labor Coalition Greens
    Kevin Rudd 45% 50% 40% 69% 31% 39%
    Julia Gillard 26% 23% 29% 22% 27% 42%
    Don’t know  29% 27% 31% 9% 41% 19%

    When it comes to who people think would make a better Prime Minister – 45% support Kevin Rudd, 26% support Julia Gillard and 29% don’t know.

    Labor voters were more likely to support Rudd (69%), Green voters were more likely to support Gillard (42%) and Coalition voters were more likely to indicate they don’t know who would make a better Prime Minister (41%).

    Males were more likely to think Rudd would make a better Prime Minister (50%), while females were more likely to prefer Gillard (29%).

    In terms of age differences, support was strongest for Rudd amongst the 18 – 24 year olds (55%). Rudd’s support decreases as age increases with 40% of people aged 55 years and over favouring Rudd as Prime Minister.   Comments »

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