Today we relaunch the Tebbutt Times Poll!
We have had a long association with Tebbutt dating back to 1992.
It has been a long relationship that gave us important statistics over the years, helping us to understand and appreciate how people felt about issues they could relate to.
Today, we resume this association with the first data on approval ratings for leaders of our nation.
Find out about how people feel about the work our leaders are doing now.
In fact it is important for us to understand how people feel about issues they hold close to their hearts.
It is important to understand and appreciate how people feel about changes around them, and what they hope to see achieved moving forward.
Surveys like the Tebbutt Research Poll offer us a glimpse of this, unveiling statistics that may be important for the powers that be to make informed decisions.
We say it is important for us to feel the pulse of the nation, feel and appreciate how people feel about governance issues, and the challenges they face, and listen to them speak out about their daily problems.
Caz Tebbutt, the founder and managing director of Tebbutt Research said public opinion polling had an important role in democratic societies.
We agree with her because it enables and empowers the opinions of the wider public to be heard.
Since we began in ’92, the survey has given people a voice on many issues over the years, and we have covered political approval ratings, opinions on social and economic issues, current events of the day, and other topical issues.
In the results for today, we have the approval ratings for political leaders in Fiji.
The latest poll was conducted from July 4 to 12 and shows all our leaders with much stronger approval than disapproval in their respective roles.
We note Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has an approval rating of 72 per cent, the percentage of people who approve of his performance to date.
We note that 3 per cent disapprove of his performance as PM.
For those approving, 29 per cent said he was doing “a very good job” and 42 per cent said he is doing “a good job”, combining to give the PM a 72 per cent approval rating.
For those disapproving, 1.5 per cent said he was “doing a poor job” and 1.5 per cent said he is “doing a very poor job”, making the total disapproval 3 per cent.
We note that 3 per cent of people surveyed refused to answer the question and 3 per cent were unsure.
The remainder rated Mr Rabuka’s performance as “average”.
Against that, Opposition Leader Inia Seruiratu, had an approval rating of 44 per cent, the percentage of people who approved of his performance, while 11 per cent disapproved of his performance as Opposition Leader.
For those approving, 7 per cent said he was doing “a very good job” and 37 per cent said he was doing “a good job”, combining to give the Opposition Leader a 44 per cent approval rating.
For those disapproving, 6 per cent said he was “doing a poor job” and 5 per cent said he was “doing a very poor job”, making the total disapproval 11 per cent.
Stay with us for more results over the coming weeks as we talk with people, discussing their concerns, fears and what they are happy about.
