(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – More people in Australia are expressing support for the country’s prime minister, according to a poll by Newspoll published in The Australian. 63 per cent of respondents are satisfied with Kevin Rudd’s performance, up two points since mid-July.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – More people in Australia are expressing support for the country’s prime minister, according to a poll by Newspoll published in The Australian. 63 per cent of respondents are satisfied with Kevin Rudd’s performance, up two points since mid-July.
Australia held a federal election in November 2007. Final results gave the Australian Labor Party (ALP) 85 seats in the 150-member House of Representatives. ALP leader Rudd was officially sworn in as prime minister in December, bringing an end to the 11-year tenure of Liberal leader John Howard as head of Australia’s government.
Howard failed to retain his seat in the Bennelong constituency and stepped down as Liberal leader. Brendan Nelson—a former defence minister—defeated former environment minister Malcolm Turnbull in an internal leadership ballot by just three votes. In September 2008, Turnbull won a new internal leadership race, edging Nelson by four votes. 33 per cent of respondents are satisfied with Turnbull’s performance, up two points in two weeks.
In the category of preferred prime minister, Rudd is way ahead with 66 per cent, while Turnbull’s support is at 16 per cent.
On Jul. 30, while addressing the ALP’s 45th national conference, Rudd urged the party to remain united so it can stay in office for a long time, declaring, "Our resolve from this conference should be to apply every effort, every energy and every discipline to build a long-term reformist government for the long-term future. That is the resolve of the team that I now lead."
Polling Data
Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Kevin Rudd is doing his job as prime minister?
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Jul. 26
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Jul. 12
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Jun. 28
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Satisfied
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63%
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61%
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59%
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Dissatisfied
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26%
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28%
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30%
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Uncommitted
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11%
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11%
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11%
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Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Malcolm Turnbull is doing his job as leader of the opposition?
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Jul. 26
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Jul. 12
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Jun. 28
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Satisfied
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33%
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31%
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25%
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Dissatisfied
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50%
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55%
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58%
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Uncommitted
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17%
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14%
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17%
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Who do you think would make the better prime minister?
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Jul. 26
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Jul. 12
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Jun. 28
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Kevin Rudd (ALP)
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66%
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64%
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65%
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Malcolm Turnbull (Lib.)
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16%
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19%
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18%
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Uncommitted
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18%
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17%
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17%
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Source: Newspoll / The Australian
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,156 Australian voters, conducted from Jul. 24 to Jul. 26, 2009. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
