Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce were most unpopular leaders at election since 1987, study shows

Barnaby Joyce and Scott Morrison during the election campaign. Both leaders were the lowest scorers for popularity in the Australian Election Study since 1987. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce, at the time the Coalition lost the May election, were the most unpopular party leaders since the Australian Election Study began in 1987.

Those are findings of a survey of 3,500 voters by the Australian National University and researchers at the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, to be presented by Prof Ian McAllister at a conference about the 2022 election on Friday.