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Wednesday, 20 August 2008

Crikey poll: A Presentable Fellow With A Nice Hat moves on Nelson

Today’s Crikey poll has revealed that almost 20% of Australian voters would like to see A Presentable Fellow With A Nice Hat as the next leader of the federal Liberal Party.

The poll, which closed at 9.30am today, sampled the views of 588 respondents, with A Presentable Fellow With A Nice Hat garnering 19.2% of the vote, just ahead of Kevin Rudd’s Cat with 18.7%

On Tuesday, Crikey asked its readers who would they like to see nominated as a potential leader for the Federal Liberal Party in the wake of Peter Costello’s 44% approval in Fairfax/Neilsen poll released earlier this week.

Crikey’s readership nominated this list, from which we proposed a selection of the 10 candidates below:


Candidate Response Percent Response Count
A Presentable Fellow With A Nice Hat 19.20% 113
Kevin Rudd’s Cat 18.70% 110
Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal 12.10% 71
Incitatus, the horse Caligula made Consul of Rome 9.70% 57
Janet Albrechtsen/Gerard Henderson for a Glorious 1000 year Government 9.70% 57
Megan Gale 7.50% 44
A Bottle of Claret 7.10% 42
The Magic Pudding 6.80% 40
Brendan Nelson’s Hair 5.60% 33
Me 3.60% 21
Total respondents 588

Send your tips to boss@crikey.com.au, submit them anonymously here or SMS tips and photos to 0427 TIP OFF.

3 Comments

  1. sponge boy
    Posted Thursday, 21 August 2008 at 1:15 pm | Permalink

    The Donkey Vote wins again!

  2. John Bryan
    Posted Wednesday, 20 August 2008 at 9:07 pm | Permalink

    This kind of thing is a waste of space. It’s meant to be clever. isn’t it? It misses by a country mile. Remember we pay money for this sort of rubbish.

  3. Chris
    Posted Thursday, 21 August 2008 at 11:26 am | Permalink

    John! On your premise opinion and commentary should reflect no fairy-floss or flummery? Surely you don’t believe dry text is the only communication tool. Perhaps you just dont like seeing Brendan Nelson portrayed obliquely as a meaningless presence in his Party….all open to interpretation.