A new ComRes poll for the Independent has topline voting intention figures of CON 44%(-2), LAB 25%(nc), LDEM 17%(+1). Full tables are here. ComRes also asked a series of questions on how people would vote with alternate leaders of the Labour party. With Jack Straw or David
The Times have published a hypothetical voting intention question from their latest Populus poll asking how people would vote if Gordon Brown was replaced by David Miliband. It gives voting intentions of CON 46%, LAB 26%, LDEM 16% - a Conservative lead of 20 points, compared to 16 in Populus&
For the last couple of months the polls have tended to be pretty much static. The latest monthly Populus out is quite literally static - no change at all from Populus's last poll with topline figures of CON 43%(nc), LAB 27%(nc), LDEM 18%(nc). Not much
YouGov's monthly poll for the Telegraph has topline figures, with changes from their last poll, of CON 45%(-3), LAB 26%(nc), LDEM 16%(nc). The Conservatives are down slightly compared to the last YouGov poll carried out for Compass a week ago, but that one in turn
The polls have been largely static for the last three months, showing Conservative leads between 13 and 24 points. Written like that, it doesn't sound so static does it? Say the position was closer between the main parties, no one would describe a situation where polls were showing
A new Harris poll in the Financial Times (full tables here) gives an interesting look at the state of Labour's core vote. Harris found 13% of people who said they had always voted for the Labour party. While this sounds low for the party's absolute core
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Tucked away in the Observer there is also news of a YouGov poll for Compass which shows broad support for a one off windfall tax on "oil companies recent profits". 67% supported a windfall tax, 13% opposed it. Full tables for the poll are here and also include
A new ComRes poll in the Independent on Sunday has topline voting intention figures - with changes from the last ComRes poll - of CON 46%(nc), LAB 25%(+1), LDEM 16%(-2). Once again the position appears to be pretty much static. The poll was conducted on the 20th
Both ICM and YouGov asked people about Brown and Miliband in their recent polls. In YouGov's poll 21% of people thought Miliband would be a better Prime Minister than Brown (unfortunately YouGov didn't give the alternative of him being worse than Brown - only of not
No sooner do I go on holiday for a week than we get three polls in a row. ICM/Guardian (15-17th August): CON 44%(-1) LAB 29%(nc) LDEM 19%(+3) YouGov/Sunday Times (14-15th August): CON 45%(-1) LAB 25%(-1) LDEM 18%(+1) Ipsos MORI (15-17th August): CON
As you may have guessed, i'm currently on holiday, in the wilds of norfolk where even broadband toggles fear to tread (or at least fear to work). Please use this thread to discuss any exciting polls in my absence - like that ICM one in this mornings Guardian.
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