{"id":12427,"date":"2018-03-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/malcolm-turnbull-s-preferred-pm-rating-has-plummeted\/"},"modified":"2018-03-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T00:00:00","slug":"malcolm-turnbull-s-preferred-pm-rating-has-plummeted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/malcolm-turnbull-s-preferred-pm-rating-has-plummeted\/","title":{"rendered":"Malcolm Turnbull\u2019s Preferred PM Rating Has Plummeted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malcolm Turnbull\u2019s lead over Bill Shorten as preferred prime minister has all but disappeared, according to The Australian\u2019s latest Newspoll<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

Mr Turnbull dropped 12 points to 37 per cent, while Mr Shorten is at 35 per cent.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAny hopes the Prime Minister may have had that a successful US trip would lift his personal stocks have been cruelled, with his numbers going backwards and the poll suggesting he is being blamed for the political mismanagement of the Joyce crisis,\u201d political editor Simon Benson wrote for The Oz<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

\u201cHaving returned from the summer break with a 14-point lead against Mr Shorten — 45 per cent to 31 per cent — the two leaders are now almost level pegged following revelations about the former Nationals \u00adleader\u2019s affair with former staffer Vikki Campion, who is now having his child.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

#Newspoll<\/a> | Malcolm Turnbull\u2019s lead over Bill Shorten has evaporated in the fallout from the Barnaby Joyce saga #auspol<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/zj721Vc51g<\/a><\/p>— The Australian (@australian) March 4, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote> \n