The Essential Report Archive Read the latest report

  • Oct, 2012

    , , , , , , , , , ,

    Perceptions of Tony Abbott

    Q. Thinking about the leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott, please indicate yes or no for each of the following statements:

     

    Total

    Vote
    Labor

    Vote
    Lib/Nat

    Vote
    Greens

    Men

    Women

    Has the right temperament to be Prime Minister

    42%

    13%

    77%

    10%

    44%

    39%

    Would be embarrassing as Prime Minister of Australia

    50%

    78%

    19%

    83%

    49%

    50%

    Is someone that can effectively represent Australia’s interests

    43%

    11%

    82%

    8%

    45%

    40%

    Will serve my interests as Prime Minister

    39%

    7%

    81%

    6%

    42%

    37%

    Is too influenced by their religious beliefs

    40%

    62%

    19%

    73%

    43%

    38%

    Is the best person to lead their party

    33%

    10%

    62%

    7%

    36%

    30%

    Is someone that understands the challenges facing Australian women

    39%

    10%

    74%

    5%

    42%

    36%

    Has good parental leave policies

    44%

    17%

    76%

    19%

    45%

    42%

    Has difficulty controlling their aggression

    44%

    68%

    19%

    73%

    45%

    44%

    Exactly half the respondents agree that Tony Abbott would be embarrassing as Prime Minister of Australia. On all other statements he scored less than 50%. His main negatives were that only 33% agree he is the best person to lead their party, 39% agree he will serve my interests as Prime Minister and 39% agree he is someone that understands the challenges facing Australian women.

    The main differences by gender were on the statements that he is someone that understands the challenges facing Australian women (men 42%/women 36%), the best person to lead their party (36%/30%), has the right temperament to be Prime Minister (44%/39%), can effectively represent Australia’s interests (45%/40%), will serve my interests as Prime Minister (42%/37%) and too influenced by their religious beliefs (43%/38%). On each of these statements women scored Tony Abbott lower than men did.

  • Oct, 2012

    , , , , , , , ,

    Perceptions of Julia Gillard

    Q. Thinking about the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, please indicate yes or no for each of the following statements:

     

    Total

    Vote

    Labor

    Vote

    Lib/Nat

    Vote

    Greens

    Men

    Women

    Has the right temperament to be Prime Minister

    58%

    86%

    36%

    83%

    54%

    62%

    Is embarrassing as Prime Minister of Australia

    43%

    17%

    67%

    18%

    46%

    40%

    Is someone that can effectively represent Australia’s interests

    46%

    82%

    20%

    67%

    45%

    46%

    Serves my interests as Prime Minister

    36%

    76%

    11%

    47%

    35%

    37%

    Is too influenced by their religious beliefs

    16%

    12%

    19%

    15%

    18%

    14%

    Is the best person to lead their party

    36%

    64%

    18%

    44%

    33%

    39%

    Is someone that understands the challenges facing Australian women

    62%

    87%

    44%

    84%

    60%

    63%

    Has good parental leave policies

    53%

    73%

    42%

    59%

    52%

    54%

    Has difficulty controlling their aggression

    25%

    12%

    38%

    8%

    29%

    22%

    More half the respondents agreed that Julia Gillard understands the challenges facing Australian women (62%), has the right temperament to be Prime Minister (58%) and has good parental leave policies (53%). Her main negatives were that only 36% agree she is the best person to lead their party and 36% agree she will serve my interests as Prime Minister.

    The main differences by gender were on the statements that she is someone that has the right temperament to be Prime Minister (men 54%/women 62%), has difficulty controlling their aggression (29%/22%), is embarrassing as Prime Minister of Australia (46%/40%) and is the best person to lead their party (33%/39%).

  • Oct, 2012

    , , , , , , , , , ,

    Abbott vs Gillard

     

    Tony Abbott

    Julia
    Gillard

     

    Has the right temperament to be Prime Minister

    42%

    58%

    Has the right temperament to be Prime Minister
    Would be embarrassing as Prime Minister of Australia

    50%

    43%

    Is embarrassing as Prime Minister of Australia
    Is someone that can effectively represent Australia’s interests

    43%

    46%

    Is someone that can effectively represent Australia’s interests
    Will serve my interests as Prime Minister

    39%

    36%

    Serves my interests as Prime Minister
    Is too influenced by their religious beliefs

    40%

    16%

    Is too influenced by their religious beliefs
    Is the best person to lead their party

    33%

    36%

    Is the best person to lead their party
    Is someone that understands the challenges facing Australian women

    39%

    62%

    Is someone that understands the challenges facing Australian women
    Has good parental leave policies

    44%

    53%

    Has good parental leave policies
    Has difficulty controlling their aggression

    44%

    25%

    Has difficulty controlling their aggression

    The major perceived differences between the Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Opposition Leader Tony Abbott were that Julia Gillard was more likely to be someone that “understands the challenges facing Australian women” (+23%), “has the right temperament to be Prime Minister” (+16%) and has “good parental leave policies” (+9%).

    Tony Abbott was more likely to be associated with “too influenced by their religious beliefs” (+24%), “has difficulty controlling their aggression” (+19%) and “would be embarrassing as Prime Minister of Australia” (+7%).

Error: