Australia: Howard's Popularity Grows

Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way John Howard is doing his job as prime minister?

	Jul. 30	Jul. 16	Jul. 2
Satisfied	50%	47%	43%
Dissatisfied	39%	43%	47%

Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Kim Beazley is doing his job as leader of the opposition?

	Jul. 30	Jul. 16	Jul. 2
Satisfied	35%	34%	32%
Dissatisfied	50%	49%	50%

Who do you think would make the better prime minister?

	Jul. 30	Jul. 16	Jul. 2
John Howard (Lib.)	53%	53%	49%
Kim Beazley (ALP)	26%	27%	29%

Source: Newspoll / The Australian
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,154 Australian voters, conducted from Jul. 28 to Jul. 30, 2006. Margin of error is 3 per cent.