Leadership coup thrashed PM's office Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. The first opinion poll since the ALP leadership spill shows most voters believe the office of the prime minister has been damaged, as the party's primary vote languishes at rock-bottom lows. Prime Minister Julia Gillard called a leadership spill last Thursday after party elder Simon Crean sought to end months of talk about a Kevin Rudd comeback. The Galaxy poll, published in the Sunday Telegraph, found 71 per cent believed the office of the prime minister had been damaged by the infighting and aborted coup against 21 per who said it had not. Most felt Labor had made the wrong decision rejecting Mr Rudd as leader, with 53 per cent of the 1005 people surveyed backing the former prime minister against 32 per cent who preferred Ms Gillard. Sixty per cent believed Ms Gillard was now a "lame duck" leader. The poll also showed Labor trailing 32 per cent to 47 per cent in the primary vote. In the two-party preferred stakes, 55 per cent of respondents preferred the coalition to Labor's 45 per cent. Voters were divided on whether an early election was needed, with 44 per cent of voters wanting it to be held now and 47 per cent happy to wait until September 14. The prime minister is expected to announce her new frontbench reshuffle on Monday following the resignations of three senior ministers and the sacking of Simon Crean.