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  • Oct, 2010

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    Attributes to describe the Prime Minister

    Q.  Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard?

      5 Jul 10 4 Oct 10 Difference
    Intelligent 87% 81% -6%
    Hard-working 89% 82% -7%
    A capable leader 72% 59% -13%
    Demanding 58% 58% 0%
    Arrogant 37% 39% 2%
    Out of touch with ordinary people 35% 44% 9%
    Understands the problems facing Australia 68% 55% -13%
    Visionary 48% 38% -10%
    Good in a crisis 61% 46% -15%
    Narrow-minded 28% 35% 7%
    Down to earth 68% 62% -6%
    Too inflexible 26% 36% 10%
    Complacent 27% 31% 4%
    More honest than most politicians 45% 37% -8%
    Trustworthy 49% 42% -7%

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  • Oct, 2010

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    Attributes to describe the Prime Minister – Gender difference

    Q.  Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard?

      Total Male Female
    Intelligent 81% 79% 84%
    Hard-working 82% 80% 83%
    A capable leader 59% 57% 61%
    Demanding 58% 62% 54%
    Arrogant 39% 38% 39%
    Out of touch with ordinary people 44% 47% 41%
    Understands the problems facing Australia 55% 53% 56%
    Visionary 38% 38% 38%
    Good in a crisis 46% 46% 46%
    Narrow-minded 35% 38% 31%
    Down to earth 62% 60% 65%
    Too inflexible 36% 40% 33%
    Complacent 31% 34% 28%
    More honest than most politicians 37% 39% 35%
    Trustworthy 42% 45% 39%

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  • Oct, 2010

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    Attributes to describe the Opposition Leader

    Q.  Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott?

      5 Jul 10 4 Oct 10 Change
    Intelligent 70% 71% 1%
    Hard-working 76% 78% 2%
    A capable leader 47% 52% 5%
    Demanding 53% 61% 8%
    Arrogant 59% 60% 1%
    Out of touch with ordinary people 57% 53% -4%
    Understands the problems facing Australia 50% 53% 3%
    Visionary 32% 31% -1%
    Good in a crisis 40% 42% 2%
    Narrow-minded 56% 53% -3%
    Down to earth 47% 47% 0%
    Too inflexible 45% 43% -2%
    Complacent 34% 32% -2%
    More honest than most politicians 33% 32% -1%
    Trustworthy 33% 35% 2%

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  • Oct, 2010

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    Attributes to describe the Opposition Leader – Gender differences

    Q.  Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott?

      Total Male Female
    Intelligent 71% 70% 71%
    Hard-working 78% 79% 77%
    A capable leader 52% 54% 50%
    Demanding 61% 66% 56%
    Arrogant 60% 63% 56%
    Out of touch with ordinary people 53% 57% 49%
    Understands the problems facing Australia 53% 52% 54%
    Visionary 31% 32% 30%
    Good in a crisis 42% 44% 40%
    Narrow-minded 53% 56% 51%
    Down to earth 47% 47% 47%
    Too inflexible 43% 47% 40%
    Complacent 32% 34% 29%
    More honest than most politicians 32% 32% 31%
    Trustworthy 35% 36% 34%

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  • Jul, 2010

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    Approval of Tony Abbott

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader?

    Malcolm Turnbull Tony Abbott
    30 Nov 09 14 Dec 09 18 Jan 10 22 Feb 10 29 Mar 10 3 May 10 31 May 10 28 Jun 10 5 Jul 10
    Total approve 25% 34% 37% 45% 33% 39% 35% 40% 37%
    Total disapprove 55% 36% 37% 36% 50% 43% 50% 39% 47%
    Strongly approve 2% 7% 5% 12% 8% 5% 5% 9% 8%
    Approve 23% 27% 32% 33% 25% 34% 30% 31% 29%
    Disapprove 33% 18% 20% 20% 28% 24% 28% 20% 23%
    Strongly disapprove 22% 18% 17% 16% 22% 19% 22% 19% 24%
    Don’t know 19% 31% 26% 18% 16% 18% 16% 20% 16%

    Tony Abbott’s net rating as Opposition Leader have dropped back into negative territory over the last week. 37% approve (down 3%) and 47% disapprove (up 8%).

    81% of Liberal/National voters approve and 12% disapprove. Labor voters split 15% approve/75% disapprove.

    Men split 41% approve/45% disapprove and women 34% approve/48% disapprove. Comments »

  • Jul, 2010

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    Comparison of Leader Attributes

    Julia Gillard Tony Abbott Difference
    Intelligent 87% 70% +17
    Hard-working 89% 76% +13
    A capable leader 72% 47% +25
    Demanding 58% 53% +5
    Arrogant 37% 59% -22
    Out of touch with ordinary people 35% 57% -22
    Understands the problems facing Australia 68% 50% +18
    Visionary 48% 32% +16
    Superficial 35% 45% -10
    Good in a crisis 61% 40% +21
    Narrow-minded 28% 56% -28
    Down to earth 68% 47% +21
    Too inflexible 26% 45% -19
    Complacent 27% 34% +13
    More honest than most politicians 45% 33% +12
    Trustworthy 49% 33% +16

    Julia Gillard is rated substantially higher than Tony Abbott on all positive attributes and lower on negative attributes.

    The largest differences are in terms of narrow-minded (-28%), a capable leader (+25%) and arrogant (-22%).

  • Jun, 2010

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    Changing Leaders – Approval

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of Julia Gillard replacing Kevin Rudd as leader of the Labor Party and Prime Minister?

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat
    Total approve 47% 68% 36%
    Total disapprove 40% 23% 60%
    Strongly approve 15% 27% 10%
    Approve 32% 41% 26%
    Disapprove 19% 11% 26%
    Strongly disapprove 21% 12% 34%
    Don’t know 12% 9% 5%

    Sample = 818

    47% approved the change from Kevin Rudd to Julia Gillard as Prime Minister and 40% disapproved. Opinions reflected political party preferences. Labor voters strongly approved the change by 68% to 23% while 60% of Liberal/National voters disapproved and 36% approved. There were no significant differences by gender. However, older respondents were more likely to approve than younger respondents – 55% of those aged 55+ approved and 37% disapproved. Comments »

  • Jun, 2010

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    Best Leader – Rudd/Abbott

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

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat 22 Mar 10
    Kevin Rudd 47% 90% 9% 50%
    Tony Abbott 30% 3% 80% 30%
    Don’t know 23% 7% 11% 19%

    47% believe that Kevin Rudd would make the best Prime Minister and 30% preferred Tony Abbott. This is little changed since the last time this question was asked when Kevin Rudd was preferred 50% to 30%.

    Men preferred Kevin Rudd by 45% to 38%, whereas women were much less likely to prefer Tony Abbott (Rudd 49%, Abbott 23%).  Greens voters preferred Kevin Rudd 64% to 9%. Comments »

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