Australia is looking to Darren Weir and Winx for leadership

Celebrated racehorse Winx would make a better Australian Prime Minister than both Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten, a Twitter poll has revealed.

In a poll conducted by Punters.com.au, the four-year-old mare Winx swiftly raced to an unassailable lead as 'preferred Prime Minister' and was never headed, garnering 49% of the vote.

Who is your preferred Prime Minister? #AustraliaDecides — Punters.com.au (@Punters) May 20, 2016

In winning her last nine races – including the $3 million Cox Plate – Winx has provided a much-appreciated stimulus package to punters in need of a ‘sure thing’.

Next preferred as Prime Minister is the all-conquering Ballarat-based horse trainer Darren Weir, whose ‘knockabout’ approach to life saw him a clear second-pick in the market with 34% of the vote. Commentators credit much of Weir's popularity to the #DrinkBeerBackWeir mantra, which has gone viral on social media and captured the attention of a younger demographic just as Kevin Rudd's 'Kevin 07' campaign did.

Trailing the field several lengths astern came the actual politicians.

After months of government dithering and the recent backlash against Immigration Minister Peter Dutton, just 12% of the 547 poll respondents would like to see the incumbent Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull retain office.

Turnbull fared better than Labor candidate Bill Shorten, however.

Languishing on a paltry 4% of the vote, Australians prefer Winx to Shorten as Prime Minister at a staggering ratio of some 10:1.



Winx puts Shorten to the sword. Image: Getty