Voters Prefer "Someone Else"

[icyfroth]

How funny. Aussie voters want to get rid of Abbott but would rather "Someone Else" than a return to Labor. "Don't Know" who - as long as it's "Someone Else".

The coveted five laughy-face award

"After the Labor leadership soap opera no one in Government wants the discussion about preferred leader, yet everyone is waiting for the polls to start. After all, as we noted last week Tony Abbott's standing is worse than Julia Gillard's in the terminal phase of her leadership.

The idea of Malcolm shines again, saying as much about ourselves and our yearning for a different, better kind of politics, as it does about any of the players inside the contest.

After all, the most consistent and enduring performer in our "preferred leader" polling over the years is "someone else". And combine them with "don't know" and you are on a real winner."

Entire Article Here

  Total Labor Coalition Greens

Joe Hockey	22%	27%	28%	14%
Malcolm Turnbull	14%	15%	20%	14%
Tony Abbott	9%	8%	13%	3%
Julie Bishop	6%	7%	5%	9%
Andrew Robb	2%	2%	2%	*
Someone else	19%	19%	14%	27%
Don't know	28%	22%	18%	33%

[azureline**]

that's not quite how I read it.....what am I missing?

Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?

[boris1gary]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/03/essential-poll-shows-voters-hardening-against-coalition...

The Coalition’s overall position had weakened – the poll showed Labor in an election-winning position with 53% of the two-party-preferred vote compared with the Coalition’s 47%. And Tony Abbott is seen as the best leader of the Liberal party by only 18%, compared with Malcolm Turnbull, preferred by 31%.

Any other mooted future Liberal leaders trail a long way behind – the treasurer, Joe Hockey, is preferred by 6%, Julie Bishop by 1% and Christopher Pyne by less than 1% of respondents.

[debra9275]

and yet there are these preferred PM poll results

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/tony-abbott-pinned-down-by-budget-newspoll/story-fn...

[freakiness]

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@icyfroth wrote:

How funny. Aussie voters want to get rid of Abbott but would rather "Someone Else" than a return to Labor. "Don't Know" who - as long as it's "Someone Else".

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It's not much of a surprise to hear Labor is not in contention to lead the Liberal Party.

It's a long stretch to conclude that Aussie voters would rather someone else than Labor, given the question was about Liberal leadership not preferred PM.

[boris1gary]

maybe paul howes could take the job.. certainly would feel at home there.

[i-need-a-martini]

You seem to have missed the key point of the poll: Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?

I am not surprised no Labor politician showed up on this poll lol.

[i-need-a-martini]

I also note that you chose to publish the graph from 2009 instead of 2014 where 28% preferred Turbull. 

The whole point of the article was to suggest that Turnbull, whilst not popular in 2009 is now by far the most popular choice.

[i-need-a-martini]

So ithink the:

The coveted five laughy-face award

goes to your post in general for getting that one wrong.

[cherry*135]

The jokes on the OP for misreading the question and therefore the tabled results.

Question: Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?

19% prefer someone else other than the PM and the other Liberal MP's listed

28% don't know who they think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party.