STUDY: Australians Dislike Their Politicians More Than Ever, And Tony Abbott Is The Most Unpopular PM In 26 Years
Australia’s political leaders broke new records of unpopularity at the 2013 federal election.
While Tony Abbott led the Liberal-National coalition to victory over a divided Labor Party, the ANU’s Australian Election Study found Abbott to be the least popular leader to win an election since the study began to track public opinion in 1987. For the first time none of Australia’s political leaders scored above a mean of 5 on the scale of 0-10, with 0 for strongly dislike and 10 for strongly like. Nationals leader Warren Truss was the most popular following the 2013 election with a score of 4.34, followed by Abbott with 4.29. Labor leaders Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd scored 4.04 and 4.07 respectively, while Greens leader Christine Milne was the least popular on 3.81.
“The Australian Election Study shows that Australian politicians are less popular than ever,” said Sarah Cameron, who co-wrote the report with Professor Ian McAllister, both from the ANU School of Politics and International Relations. “Tony Abbott, on average, is less popular than any Prime Minister in the history of the study, which began in 1987...."
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