Ipsos Mori poll finds nearly half Labour supporters are dissatisfied with Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn is failing to please Labour Party supporters according to a new Ipsos Mori poll, which finds pro-Labour members of the public more satisfied with Tory Prime Minister Theresa May.
The poll found just 39 per cent of Labour supporters are satisfied with Corbyn’s performance as Labour leader, with nearly half (47 per cent) dissatisfied – a net result of -8.
This was worse than their opinion of Theresa May, with 45 per cent of Labour supporters satisfied with the Conservative Prime Minister’s performance and 29 per cent dissatisfied.
(Corbyn ratings with Labour supporters)
Among the public overall, only one in four (25 per cent) are satisfied with Corbyn, with 58 per cent dissatisfied – a net score of -33.
Ipsos Mori notes this is up from -41 last month, but still behind former leader Ed Miliband’s rating after his first year, with 31 per cent satisfied and 47 per cent dissatisfied as of September 2011.
(Corbyn ratings with public)
The poll also finds a general ‘honeymoon period’ among the public on Theresa May’s new role as PM, with 54 per cent satisfied and just 19 per cent dissatisfied. May also has a majority 76 per cent satisfied result among Conservative Party supporters.
All polling suggests Jeremy Corbyn is hugely popular among Labour Party members. 85 per cent of local party groups recently endorsed him over leadership contest rival Owen Smith.
But polls have consistently shown Corbyn is less popular among the wider public, including with people who voted Labour in the 2015 general election, 2.7 million of whom say they prefer Theresa May to Corbyn as Prime Minister.
A BMG poll this week found Smith was ahead of Corbyn with the wider public, with a 24 point lead for Smith on who would be a better Prime Minister, and 16 points ahead on who would make a better Labour leader.
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11 Responses to “Jeremy Corbyn is behind Theresa May among Labour supporters”
Richard Honey
Oh no, it’s the MSM to blame for everything. I thought that’s why the party employed expensive media officers to battle through that sort of bias. But not to worry. We’ll win the next election via social media.
Mike
The 39% that are satisfied with Corbyn must be easily pleased. Corbyn will win the leadership election and then lead Labour to an election disaster.
Michael WALKER
>Robert Jones.
You should read about how opinion polls work. They are by no means perfect but your
“I’m a Labour supporter. I don’t do telephone surveys. I’m more satisfied with Corbyn than enthused by Smith, and I think Teresa May is a right-wing Tory whom no genuine Labour supporter could conceivably support if they were in their right minds. I know a lot of other Labour supporters, too. They’re of the same opinion”
shows you just don’t appear to understand how Opinion Polls work.
What you and your friends think is irrelevant if most of your friends are Labour supporters. – who are in a small minority in the UK.
michigan
Three women journalists critical of the government have been assassinated in Russia: Anna Politkovskaya 2006 poisoned in 2006 in Russia with polonium
Anastasia Baburova killed by a bullet 2009
Natalia Esemirova jounalist killed by a bullet en 2009
And we would like a Prime Minister who is not willing to be critical of Putin?
Maurice Neville
May doesn’t have to pluck the knives from her back every day.The public are being instructed by Labour MPs on what to think of Corbyn who then use their propaganda success to try to undermine him further. It is beneath contempt.