Steady Performance by Morrison - Fairfax poll
Summary
Mr Shorten is ahead on ‘having the confidence of his party’, ‘having a firm grasp of social policy’ and being ‘easily influenced by minority groups’. Mr Morrison is perceived as ‘having a firm grasp of economic policy’ (66%), being ‘competent’ (64%), ‘open to ideas’ (60%) and having ‘the ability to make things happen’ (54%). Scott Morrison’s first approval rating puts him at 46% - the same figure as achieved by Malcolm Turnbull in the August Fairfax Ipsos Poll. The tables below show the attribute scores for Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten, and how these compare historically for Prime Ministers and Opposition Leaders. While Mr Morrison’s ratings are better than those of the Opposition Leader, his figures are consistently lower than those of Malcolm Turnbull when newly elected as Prime Minister.