Quants for Queensland floods
Monday, 31 January 2011 06:14 | by Graham Young



There were two clear winners out of the Queensland floods in terms of their reputation with the public. They were Anna Bligh and your local mayor.

Out of our qualitative sample of 525 Anna Bligh had 79% approval with only 8% disapproval,

How strongly do you approve or disapprove of Anna Bligh's performance during the flooding.
Count of Bligh_Flood_Approve
Bligh_Flood_Approve Total
Strongly approve 45%
Approve 34%
Neither approve nor disapprove 12%
Disapprove 4%
Strongly disapprove 4%
Unsure 0%
Grand Total 100%
Total approve 79%
Total disapprove 8%
Net approve 71%

which is only topped by Queensland Lord Mayors who were collectively approved by 83% with only 6% disapproving.

How strongly do you approve or disapprove of your mayor's performance during the flooding.
Count of Mayor_Approve
Mayor_Approve Total
Strongly approve 58%
Approve 26%
Neither approve nor disapprove 9%
Disapprove 4%
Strongly disapprove 3%
Unsure 1%
Grand Total 100%
Total approve 83%
Total disapprove 6%
Net approve 77%

Campbell Newman even did better than average (the samples are too small to comment on this with the other mayors):

Count of Mayor_Approve
Mayor_Approve Total
Strongly approve 59%
Approve 31%
Neither approve nor disapprove 5%
Disapprove 4%
Strongly disapprove 1%
Grand Total 100%
Total approve 90%
Total disapprove 5%
Net approve 85%

It might seem that if you are in charge of a government then you benefited from the floods. That is not so with Julia Gillard's performance being disapproved by more than approved of it:

How strongly do you approve or disapprove of Julia Gillard's performance during the flooding.
Count of Gillard_Approve
Gillard_Approve Total
Strongly approve 10%
Approve 25%
Neither approve nor disapprove 23%
Disapprove 19%
Strongly disapprove 23%
Unsure 1%
Grand Total 100%
Total approve 35%
Total disapprove 42%
Net approve -7%

Her approval levels were similar to Tony Abbott's

How strongly do you approve or disapprove of Tony Abbott's performance during the flooding.
Count of Abbott_Approve
Abbott_Approve Total
Strongly approve 7%
Approve 26%
Neither approve nor disapprove 31%
Disapprove 17%
Strongly disapprove 17%
Unsure 3%
Grand Total 100%
Total approve 33%
Total disapprove 34%
Net approve -1%

but her disapprovals much higher.

Worst performer was LNP state leader John Paul Langbroek:

How strongly do you approve or disapprove of John Paul Langbroek's performance during the flooding.
Count of Langbroek_Flood_Approve
Langbroek_Flood_Approve Total
Strongly approve 5%
Approve 20%
Neither approve nor disapprove 41%
Disapprove 15%
Strongly disapprove 11%
Unsure 9%
Grand Total 100%
Total approve 24%
Total disapprove 25%
Net approve -1%

He suffers from indifference with more people rating him neutrally than positively or negatively.

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