Theresa May enters Downing Street with more than half of voters thinking she has what it takes to be a good prime minister.
The public support for the new PM came as satisfaction ratings for her outgoing predecessor David Cameron and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn fell to their lowest since they took office.
Some 55% of voters - and 81% of Conservative supporters - questioned by Ipsos Mori for the Evening Standard said Mrs May had what it takes to be PM, compared to just 18% for former rival Andrea Leadsom, who handed her the keys to Number 10 by pulling out of the leadership race on Monday.
The public support for the new PM came as satisfaction ratings for her outgoing predecessor David Cameron and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn fell to their lowest since they took office.
Some 55% of voters - and 81% of Conservative supporters - questioned by Ipsos Mori for the Evening Standard said Mrs May had what it takes to be PM, compared to just 18% for former rival Andrea Leadsom, who handed her the keys to Number 10 by pulling out of the leadership race on Monday.
One-time Brexiteers' darling Boris Johnson fared little better, with just 21% of voters - and 23% of Tories - saying he has the qualities needed to take the top job. Some 70% said he did not, up sharply from 52% in July last year.
On his final day in office, just 28% of voters said they were satisfied with Mr Cameron's performance - down seven points on the previous month, before he lost the EU referendum and announced he would quit. Some 66% were dissatisfied (up eight), giving him a net rating of minus-38 which Ipsos Mori said was comparable to Gordon Brown before his departure.
SOURCE:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
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