Premier Denis Napthine winning over voters, according to latest Newspoll Denis Napthine has an approval rating of 50 per cent, according to the latest Newspoll. THE elevation of Denis Napthine to Premier has turned around the Government's electoral fortunes. The Coalition is level pegging with Labor after trailing 55-45 on the two-party vote in the lead-up to Christmas, according to the latest Newspoll. And Dr Napthine, who replaced Ted Baillieu in March, has an approval rating of 50 per cent, compared to only 31 per cent for Mr Baillieu in January-February. Dr Napthine is clearly preferred as the better premier, with 43 per cent support, compared to 24 per cent for Labor's Daniel Andrews, said the poll for March-April published in The Australian newspaper . Mr Andrews' satisfaction rating was 42 per cent, up from 30 per cent in January-February.