More from the YouGov/Sun poll
The tables from the first of YouGov's daily election polls for the Sun are now up here and here.
The most recent figures re-asked some statements comparing the two main parties that YouGov first asked back in the 2005 election campaign, allowing us to see just how much the political lanscape has changed since then. Asked which party the statement "The kind of society it wants is broadly the kind of society I want" applies to the Conservatives led Labour by 33% to 29%. In 2005 Labour led by 7 points.
On being "Led by people of real ability" the Conservatives lead by 24% to 18% (in 2005 Labour led by 17). On "Prepared to take tough and unpopular decisions" the figures were Conservatives 27%, Labour 21% (in 2005 Labour led by a towering 23 points). Finally on the negative statement of "It seems to chop and change all the time, you can never be quite sure what it stands for" the figures were Con 23%, Lab 25% (in 2005 Con 35% and Lab 26%).
The second set of tables have a series on questions on the MP expenses scandal. Overall 83% of people thought it was a major scandal and 40% thought that most MPs had been deliberately exploiting the rules for their own gain, with a further 23% thinking about half had. People were evenly divided over whether MPs had learnt their lesson - 48% thought that most MPs now "get it" and will behave in the future, 47% disagreed.
General impressions of MPs were pretty dire - 46% thought them incompetent, 66% more interested in their own personal interests than the public interest, 47% unprincipled, 68% concerned with issues that mattered more to them than their constituents, 70% out of touch, 48% dishonest. The only pair of statements where more people agreed with the positive option was that 48% thought MPs were hard-working, compared to 31% who thought they were lazy.
YouGov also asked whether the expenses scandal made people more or less likely to vote. I've seen people speculate in both directions on this question, will it make people more dissillusioned and less likely to vote, or will anger make people more likely to vote? YouGov found 14% saying it would make them more likely, 12% less likely.
