This special telephone Morgan Poll was conducted over the last three nights this week of June 3-5, 2014, with an Australia-wide cross section of 560 electors.

A special telephone Morgan Poll over the last three nights this week (June 3-5, 2014) finds:

Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull (44%, down 7% since July 16-17, 2013) is still clearly the preferred L-NP Leader over Prime Minister Tony Abbott (15%, down 1%). Treasurer Joe Hockey is next with 11% (down 3%) ahead of Deputy Leader Julie Bishop at 7% (unchanged).





However, L-NP voters clearly prefer Prime Minister Tony Abbott (35%, up 5%) as Liberal Party Leader ahead of Malcolm Turnbull (29%, down 10%) with both clearly preferred to Treasurer Joe Hockey (16%, down 4%). All three are well ahead of Deputy Leader Julie Bishop (8%, up 3%).





Opposition Leader Bill Shorten (22%, up 13%) is clearly the preferred ALP Leader ahead of Deputy Leader of the Opposition Tanya Plibersek (16%) and Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Anthony Albanese (15%) and former Treasurer Wayne Swan (9%, up 4%).





Amongst ALP supporters Shorten (32%, up 28% since July 16-17, 2013 prior to the last Federal Election) is more clearly favoured over Tanya Plibersek (16%), Anthony Albanese (13%) and Wayne Swan (10%, up 6%). At the time this poll was last conducted (In July 2013) 78% of ALP supporters preferred then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (71%) or former Prime Minister Julia Gillard (7%).





If Mr Abbott were to resign as Prime Minister tomorrow, Mr Turnbull (48%, down 9%) is clearly preferred to Joe Hockey (15%, down 4%) and current Deputy Leader Julie Bishop (9%, down 2%).





If Opposition Leader Bill Shorten were to resign for any reason, Deputy Leader of the Opposition Tania Plibersek (21%) is only slightly preferred as ALP Leader ahead of Anthony Albanese (19%), followed by former Treasurer Wayne Swan (13%, down 1%).

Gary Morgan says:

“Former Liberal Party Leader Malcolm Turnbull (44%, down 7% since July 2013) is clearly the preferred Coalition Leader ahead of sitting Prime Minister Tony Abbott (15%, down 1%) - even though Turnbull has strenuously denied this week he wants the job in the wake of media speculation led by News Corp journalist Andrew Bolt. “However, L-NP supporters still clearly favour Abbott (35%) over Turnbull (29%) while support for Turnbull comes largely from supporters of other parties. ALP supporters massively favour Turnbull (56%) cf. Abbott (1%), and the same is true for Greens supporters: Turnbull (61%) cf. Abbott (0%) and supporters of the Palmer United Party: Turnbull (51%) cf. Abbott (0%). “Electors are more confused about who they want leading the ALP with no candidate attracting more than a quarter of the electorate’s support. Current Labor Leader Bill Shorten (22%) leads Deputy Labor Leader Tanya Plibersek (16%) and Shadow Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese (15%), but 47% of electors either support someone else or can’t say who they support.”

This special telephone Morgan Poll was conducted over the last three nights this week of June 3-5, 2014, with an Australia-wide cross section of 560 electors.

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Preferred Coalition Leader

Electors were asked: “If you were a Liberal or National Party voter and helping to choose the Coalition Leader for the next Federal Election, who would you prefer?”

Tony Abbott as Opposition Leader Abbott

as PM Analysis by Federal Voting Intention Sep 17-20,

2012 Nov 27-29,

2012 June 11/12,

2013 July 16/17,

2013 June 3-5,

2014 L-NP ALP Greens Palmer Ind/

Other % % % % % % % % % % Turnbull 42 50 47 51 44 29 56 61 51 36 Abbott 19 15 18 16 15 35 1 - - 15 Hockey 18 18 19 14 11 16 7 8 13 7 J. Bishop 7 5 6 7 7 8 5 6 7 12 Joyce n/a n/a n/a n/a 5 6 3 3 - 12 Robb 1 1 1 1 2 * 3 1 - 4 Morrison n/a n/a n/a n/a 2 1 2 - - - Pyne 2 2 1 1 1 1 * 1 5 - Someone else 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 - 5 2 Can’t say 10 8 7 9 12 4 22 20 19 12 TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

*Indicates support for this candidate of less than 0.5%.

Preferred Coalition Leader other than Tony Abbott

Electors who preferred Tony Abbott were then asked:

“Still thinking about helping choose the Coalition Leader for the next Federal Election, who would you prefer out of: Malcolm Turnbull, Julie Bishop, Joe Hockey, Andrew Robb, Christopher Pyne, Barnaby Joyce & Scott Morrison?”

The answers were added to those preferred Coalition Leader from the previous question to show preferred leaders other than Tony Abbott.

Tony Abbott as Opposition Leader Abbott

as PM Analysis by Federal Voting Intention Sep 17-20,

2012 Nov 27-29,

2012 June 11/12,

2013 July 16/17,

2013 June 3-5,

2014 L-NP ALP Greens Palmer Ind/

Other % % % % % % % % % % Turnbull 48 56 51 57 48 40 56 61 51 38 Hockey 24 22 26 19 15 26 7 8 13 16 J. Bishop 10 8 9 11 9 13 5 6 7 14 Joyce n/a n/a n/a n/a 6 8 3 3 - 12 Morrison n/a n/a n/a n/a 3 4 2 - - 6 Robb 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 - - Pyne 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 5 - Someone else 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 - 5 2 Can’t say 12 9 10 8 15 6 23 20 19 12 TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100





Preferred Labor Leader

Electors were then asked: “If you were a Labor Party voter and helping to choose the Labor leader for the next Federal Election, who would you prefer?”

Julia Gillard as Prime Minister PM Rudd PM Abbott Analysis by Federal Voting Intention Sep 17-20,

2012 Nov 27-29,

2012 June 11/12,

2013 July 16/17,

2013 June 3-5,

2014 L-NP ALP Greens Palmer Ind/

Other % % % % % % % % % % Shorten 4 6 11 9 22 18 32 15 - 17 Plibersek n/a n/a n/a n/a 16 9 16 40 11 13 Albanese n/a n/a n/a n/a 15 17 13 16 15 12 Swan 7 6 6 5 9 10 10 1 14 15 Bowen 2 2 3 4 5 8 4 2 5 2 Macklin 2 2 4 3 5 7 2 8 5 7 Burke n/a n/a n/a n/a 3 5 1 - 12 8 Rudd 34 34 33 42 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Gillard 22 22 14 9 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Smith 9 10 10 9 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Combet 4 4 5 4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Someone else 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 3 5 1 Can’t say 15 12 13 13 23 24 21 15 33 25 TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

Preferred Labor Leader other than Bill Shorten

Electors who preferred Bill Shorten as ALP Leader were then asked:

“Still thinking about helping choose the Labor leader for the next Federal Election, who would you prefer out of: Anthony Albanese, Wayne Swan, Jenny Macklin, Chris Bowen, Tanya Plibersek or Tony Burke?”

The answers were added to those preferred for Labor Leader from the previous question to show preferred leaders other than Bill Shorten.

Julia Gillard as Prime Minister PM Rudd PM Abbott Analysis by Federal Voting Intention Sep 17-20,

2012 Nov 27-29,

2012 June 11/12,

2013 July 16/17,

2013 June 3-5,

2014 L-NP ALP The

Greens Palmer Ind/

Other % % % % % % % % % % Shorten 8 8 14 15 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Plibersek n/a n/a n/a n/a 21 12 23 44 11 21 Albanese n/a n/a n/a n/a 19 21 21 18 15 12 Swan 12 11 7 14 13 12 16 3 14 15 Bowen 2 3 4 6 7 9 8 3 5 4 Macklin 4 3 4 4 7 8 4 11 5 7 Burke n/a n/a n/a n/a 5 8 2 2 12 9 Rudd 38 40 36 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Gillard n/a n/a n/a 16 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Smith 12 12 11 13 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Combet 7 7 6 7 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Someone else 1 3 1 3 2 2 1 3 5 - Can’t say 16 13 17 22 26 28 25 16 33 32 TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

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No other public opinion poll taken in Australia has this qualification.

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