Essential Report Poll: Fifty-five per cent of Australian's disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister

Essential Report¹ 13 May 2013:

55% of Australian’s disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister, a jump of +8% since the last time this question was asked in April 2014.

35% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing, a drop of -6%.

80% of Lib/Nat voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with just 12% disapproving. 88% of Labor voters and 94% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.

Males (39%) were slightly more likely than females (32%) to approve of Tony Abbott, however, the disapproval ratings were similar (54% for males, 57% for females) with females being more likely to select ‘don’t know’ (11% compared to 8% of males).

Those aged 55+ were the most likely to approve of Tony Abbott (49%). Those aged under 30 were the least likely (25%), with those aged 30-55 not significantly different from the average (32%).

1. The Essential Report summarises the results of a weekly omnibus conducted by Essential Research with data provided by Your Source.  The survey was conducted online from the 24^th to 28^th October 2013 and is based on 1,075 respondents.