Ipsos MORI
Keir Starmer’s approval ratings keep getting worse. In a recent poll by YouGov, 73% of respondents said he was performing “Badly” in office. Meanwhile, Opinium reported that Starmer's net approval rates have dropped to a record low of -49 %, lower than the record low rankings of Boris
Savanta
Yesterday we looked at how well, or rather how badly, we did with the difficult to predict "wildcard" seat micro-forecasts we made for the general election last month. Today we will look at how all the pollsters did in comparison with their macro-forecasts. It is fair to say
YouGov
As expected, the first poll that indicates that Reform is ahead of the Conservatives came last week, with YouGov placing Reform one point ahead of the Tories. Scarlett Maguire, Director of JL Partners, says 'It is an outlier, however, and the majority of polls, including ours, continue to place
Reform UK
In the Canadian general election of 1993, support for the governing Progressive Conservative Party collapsed, and the party's representation in the Ottawa House of Commons dropped from an absolute majority of seats to only two. Meanwhile, the Reform Party took Western Canada and became the dominant conservative party
YouGov
The roll-out of voter ID in 2023 has not come without controversy. In March, UNISON called the move "a threat to our democracy", in the May local elections there were reports of voters being denied access to ballot boxes, and now a damning report has found that it
London
After much debate, Sadiq Khan's flagship ULEZ expansion finally came into effect yesterday, and Londoners are divided on their response to the policy. In the city as a whole, the policy does experience net positive support - of +5 points. This, however, is short of a majority, with
Brexit
The British public now regrets Brexit more than at any other point since the referendum, according to two separate pollsters: YouGov and Deltapoll. Last week, YouGov recorded their highest ever share of voters, 57%, saying Brexit was a mistake. Just 32% thought Brexit was the correct decision. A majority of
MRP
The SNP are on course to have their worst result in a General Election since 2010, according to a new MRP poll from YouGov. Following the recent downturn in the party's fortune, Labour looks set to recuperate swathes of their historic heartlands, paving the way for a more
Brexit
The proportion of voters responding that voting to leave the European Union was a mistake has grown to its highest point since the 2016 Referendum. According to YouGov's Brexit tracker, 56% of voters think leaving the EU was "wrong", with just 31% saying it was the
YouGov
On the day Keir Starmer broke ground with a major housebuilding announcement - committing to building on Green Belt land - snap polling from YouGov was released, suggesting the headline pledge isn't an immediate vote winner. Across all age groups, regions and political affiliation, voters report being opposed
Favourability
YouGov's latest favourability ratings are out, and Lindsay Hoyle is the only leading political figure who comes out with a net positive perception. Graphing the figures alongside party affiliation makes one trend clear - Labour politicians are viewed far less unfavourably than Conservatives. Jeremy Hunt and Suella Braverman
Omnisis
We now have a full set of results from Thursday's local elections, and a good night for the opposition parties, particularly the Liberal Democrats, saw the Conservatives losing 1,063 seats, whilst Labour gained 536, the Lib Dems 407 and the Greens 241. Meanwhile, the BBC's
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