A damning new poll has revealed Australians believe Anthony Albanese is “weak”, “liar” and “useless”.
The discouraging labels were used by voters when asked to describe the Prime Minister for the GXO Strategies/JL Partners poll.
Coalition leader Peter Dutton fared slightly better: some labeled him “strong”, while others believed he was “arrogant”, “boring” and “untrustworthy”.
About 2,000 people were surveyed and respondents revealed that they would rather have a beer or a meal with Albanese.
Dutton was seen as the more practical alternative and voters said they would choose him if they needed someone to put out the kitchen fire or install a shelf.
Voters indicated they were likely to have a beer with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (pictured) in the pub, according to Newspoll’s latest findings.
Albanese remained the preferred choice for Prime Minister, with 40 per cent supporting his position overall, while only 36 per cent backed Dutton as leader.
About 23 percent were undecided about their preferred leader.
Dutton was the most popular leader among men, with 42 percent of the group indicating they would prefer him in the top job.
Only 40 per cent of men wanted Mr Albanese as Prime Minister.
Albanese fared better among female voters, at 40 percent, while Dutton fared much worse, garnering only 31 percent support.
Dutton outperformed the Prime Minister on his net favorability rating, which measures the number of people who think he is doing a good job, minus the number of voters who don’t.
Dutton scored -4 compared to Albanese who scored -8.
JL Partners director Dr Tom Lubbock said that although Albanese is slightly in the lead as preferred prime minister, voters do not have a good impression of him.
“Voters consider him ‘weak’ and a smaller minority consider him ‘useless’ and ‘liar,'” he told the Daily Telegraph.
Lubbock said Albanese is perceived as more “caring” and “understanding” than his counterpart.
Voters surveyed said they were most likely to choose Peter Dutton (pictured), to help with practical tasks such as putting up a shelf.
He said people were also voting against the Prime Minister because of the way he handled the cost of living crisis.
“Voters do not consider the Labor Party to be doing well enough in this regard, describing its performance so far mainly as ‘poor’, but also as ‘bad’ and ‘terrible’,” Mr Lubbock said.
The federal government will outline its annual spending measures when Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivers the budget Tuesday night.
Australians have battled persistently high inflation rates that peaked at 7.8 per cent in the December 2022 quarter; However, that figure has since fallen to 3.6 percent as of March 2024.
The Reserve Bank has presided over 13 interest rate increases since May 2022.
