Abbott has won the campaign. Next, the election Tony Abbott has won the election campaign: ... the Coalition's primary vote at the start of the campaign was 44 per cent, it had a two-party-preferred figure of 52 per cent, satisfaction with Abbott was at 34 per cent and he trailed Rudd as preferred prime minister by 14 points on 33. Last weekend the Coalition's primary vote was 46 per cent, the two-party-preferred figure was 54 per cent, voter satisfaction with Abbott as Opposition Leader was 41 per cent and, for the first time, Abbott led Rudd as preferred prime minister by two points on 43 per cent. Dissatisfaction with Abbott had started at 56 per cent and dropped to 51 per cent last weekend. I agreed with Dennis Shanahan that Abbott in office will show Australians he is actually not the monster Labor has with some success described. He will in time probably prove more popular than he's recently become: Abbott knows that if he becomes prime minister he can start working on his appeal to all Australians, whether they voted for him or not. He told The Australian this week: "Parliament deteriorated. but it got really bad in the last term because everything became hyper-partisan. I was a member of the parliament and must take some responsibility, but the tone of every parliament is set by the prime minister - Hawke was matey, Howard was dignified, Rudd was aggressively long-winded and Gillard, well, the less said the better. I want to be someone who gives credit where it is due and appreciates the government has to govern for everyone. The prime minister has to maintain some credibility and respect even from people who didn't support them.