Voter satisfaction: the past 6 prime ministerships in one chart

See how the trajectory of voter satisfaction with Tony Abbott as PM compared to his predecessors.

This chart shows Newspoll net satisfaction ratings for each prime minister since Paul Keating over their terms in power.

Step through the chart to assess how public perceptions of each PM changed over time.

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Note: John Howard's prime ministership continued well beyond the approximately 1,500 days shown here; he served 4,284 days as PM.

Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, liberals, government-and-politics, abbott-tony, gillard-julia, rudd-kevin