From the AFR:
Last week’s internal push to remove Tony Abbott as Prime Minister has “blown apart” the Liberal Party’s central proposition that it alone offered stable and responsible government, new research has concluded.
Focus group research conducted by seasoned pollster Tony Mitchelmore, a veteran of nine state and federal election campaigns, finds swing voters now have a low regard for both major parties and are overwhelmingly disillusioned with the state of politics.
The polling also found Mr Abbott remains deeply unpopular, Julie Bishop is held in high regard, Malcolm Turnbull is seen as a strong leader of the future while Labor leader Bill Shorten remains largely unknown and “has yet to prove himself with swinging voters”.
