Bill Shorten, the man who is most likely to become Australian prime minister at elections, has the solid support of his center-left Labor Party behind him.
FILE - In this July 2, 2016, file photo, Australian Labor Party leader Bill Shorten speaks to supporters on a street after a breakfast show television interview on election day in Sydney. Shorten, the man most likely to become Australia’s prime minister in elections on Saturday, May 18, 2019 has the support of his center-left Labor Party.
Even though the ruling conservative Liberal Party-led coalition has lagged behind Labor in opinion polls for the past two years, Shorten has been rated a less popular leader than Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the prime minister Morrison replaced in a Liberal Party revolt nine months ago, Malcolm Turnbull.
While Shorten narrowly won the day and the party has appeared united under his leadership since, his lack of public appeal has seemed a vulnerability. Nick Economou, a Monash University political analyst, disregards opinion polls about the popularity of party leaders, saying the parties’ support is what counts.
Those tests include leading his party close to victory in 2016 elections and retaining Labor seats in five by-elections since then. Turnbull was replaced by Morrison, then a senior minister, in a revolt by ruling Liberal Party lawmakers at least partly because of the government’s poor performance in opinion polls.
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