An opinion poll in the Times is our first opportunity to see just how much damage the Labour party's losses at the local election and the Prime Minister's reshuffle have had on party support. Topline figures for the Populus poll, with changes from the last Populus
Partial reports of a new MORI poll for the FT contain bad news for both Labour and David Cameron. Net satisfaction with the government has fallen to -46 (22% are satisfied, 68% disatisfied). While low satisfaction ratings for the government aren't new, more notably even a plurality of
Looking at my referral logs, if you aren't a regular reader of this site the chances are you are here looking for opinion polls on the local election. The bad news is that there is only really one. Not many pollsters cover local elections since they are trickier
1997-2001 Polls MORI: How would you vote if there were a General Election tomorrow? ICM: If there were to be a general election tomorrow which party do you think you would vote for? Conservative/Labour/Liberal Democrat/Other YouGov: If there were a general election tomorrow, which party would you
The full tables for the mysterious ICM poll in the Sunday Express are now up on their website. While they are of very little use in predicting the local elections, the reasons for the strange results are now pretty clear. The poll was indeed about local election voting intention, however
A bizarre ICM poll in the Sunday Express - I haven't seen a copy of the paper, but the PA reports have voting intention at CON 29%, LAB 27%, LDEM 22%, implying that the total "other" vote is up to 22% (including 6% for the Greens,
A BPIX poll in the Mail on Sunday has voting intention figures for the local elections. Amongst those respondents who lived in areas with local elections who said they were certain to vote in the local elections, the topline figures were CON 35%, LAB 26%, LDEM 23%, Other 16%. Amongst
A new YouGov poll in the Sunday Times asks about all three of the government ministers under fire and suggests that the public want to see the back of all three. 48% of people said they wanted to see Prescott resign, compared to 31% who would like him to stay.
Populus have published the first opinion poll on the future of Charles Clarke as Home Secretary. The poll, conducted on Wednesday and Thursday, found that 63% of respondents thought that Clarke should resign over the failure to deport foreign prisoners after their sentences, 32% thought he should stay. A second
A Populus poll for the BBC's Daily Politics suggests that 47% of people believe that David Cameron genuinely cares about the environment more than most politicians, with 41% disagreeing. However, this hasn't rubbed off on the image of the Tory party itself - 53% of people
There are unusual findings in a MORI poll in the Sun (presumably MORI's monthly political monitor). The topline figures are CON 30%(-4), LAB 30%(-9), LDEM 25%(+6), Others 15%. The Sun does not report a figure for the BNP, though it may turn up on the
YouGov have carried out an experiment for Sky News, asking two groups of people if they agreed with a list of BNP policies. The first group were not told they were the policies of the BNP, the second group were. Unsurprisingly, it found that public perceptions of the BNP drove
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