Roy
Morgan Research, Finding No. 8333 Topic: Public
Opinion Press Release, Special Poll Country: Australia New Zealand United States, 19 March 2020:
New
Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has highest ‘Net Trust Score’ of all
political leaders while Australian PM Scott Morrison has a ‘Net
Distrust Score’ to overcome
A
special Roy Morgan survey on ‘Trust’ and ‘Distrust’ of
government leaders shows New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
scores the highest ‘Net Trust Score’ of all – meaning the
‘Trust’ felt toward the New Zealand leader far outweighs the
‘Distrust’ – according to a special Roy Morgan Snap SMS Survey
of 974 Australians aged 14+ conducted over the last two days.
People
surveyed in Australia were asked ‘Which government leaders do you
trust. List as many as you can think of?’ and also ‘Which
government leaders do you distrust. List as many as you can think
of?’ By subtracting distrust from trust we arrive at a Net Trust
Score (if trust outweighs distrust) or Net Distrust Score (if
distrust outweighs trust).
Women
dominate the Net Trust Scores filling four out of the top five
positions. Other leaders to score highly on Net Trust include
Opposition Leader in the Senate Penny Wong, Victorian Premier Daniel
Andrews, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and former ALP Deputy Leader
Tanya Plibersek.
Top
10 Political Leaders by Net Trust Score
Source:
Roy Morgan Snap SMS survey conducted on March 18-19, 2020.
Base:
Australians aged 14+. n=974.
Scott
Morrison has a ‘Net Distrust Score’ alongside colleague Peter
Dutton
Prime
Minister Scott Morrison is mentioned as a ‘Trusted’ leader by
more Australians than any other. However, unfortunately for Morrison,
there are far more Australians that have a ‘Distrust’ of the
Prime Minister than ‘Trust’ him – leaving the Prime Minister
with a ‘Net Distrust Score’
Other
prominent political leaders that have ‘Net Distrust Scores’
include Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, US President Donald Trump
and former National Party Leader Barnaby Joyce.
Roy
Morgan CEO Michele Levine says the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda
Ardern’s trust has been built on taking decisive actions in many
challenging situations since becoming Prime Minister:
“New
Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has demonstrated impressive
leadership since taking New Zealand’s top job in responding with
empathy to the Christchurch mosque shootings a year ago and the
tragedy caused by the eruption of White Island last year. Most
recently, Ardern’s decisive leadership was demonstrated with New
Zealand becoming the first country to impose harsh restriction on all
foreign nationals from entering the country in response to the global
COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
“In
contrast our own Prime Minister Scott Morrison faced a ‘wall of
criticism’ for his handling of the Summer bushfire crisis and this
has continued for many with his handling of the COVID-19 coronavirus
pandemic.
“Given
the current uncertainties, it is important Australians trust our
Prime Minister. Although the results show Morrison is trusted by a
wide variety of Australians there are far more that distrust the PM
meaning he has a significant ‘Net Distrust Score’.
“One
of the most striking results of this unprompted research assessing
opinions of political leaders is the leading performance of many of
Australia’s female politicians. As well as New Zealand PM Jacinda
Ardern on top, Opposition Leader in the Senate Penny Wong, NSW
Premier Gladys Berejiklian and former ALP Deputy Leader Tanya
Plibersek are all in the top five. Former Prime Minister Julia
Gillard is also not far behind in eighth position despite living in
the United Kingdom for the past few years.
“Additional
detail on the reasons Australians have given for ‘Trusting’ and
also ‘Distrusting’ this diverse range of political leaders will
be released in coming days.”
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