Clegg’s Scottish discomfort
Lib Dem support in Scotland has plunged by more than a half since the 2007 Assembly elections – and is down 5 points in the last five months alone.
Opinion Polls
Poll worry for coalition as pain of cuts begins to dawn
Labour leads the Tories in the Times/Populus poll series for the first time in three years in the wake of the comprehensive spending review as voters begin to realise the full scale of the coalition’s cuts agenda. Ed Miliband’s party are up one point on 38 per cent, with the Conservatives down two points on 37 per cent and the Liberal Democrats up one point on 15 per cent.
New poll shows Lib Dem voters fear Coalition, but Tories are content
An Ipsos-MORI poll published yesterday shows the Lib Dems floundering in coalition, while the Conservatives thrive. Tory voters are happy – 85% are hopeful of their government’s potential. But only 54% of Lib Dems are, with 43% describing themselves as fearful of the government. This may reflect the fact that 51% of all voters believe the government is not a ‘genuine coalition’; instead, they think the Conservatives are making most of the decisions.
Miliband poll: The Times fails to see the Sun
In spite of sharing the same proprietor as the Sun, The Times has virtually ignored the YouGov results. They are buried at the very end of an 800 word article reporting a “leaked” Populus poll for the Conservatives which finds David is seen as the more prime-ministerial brother. And it seems that the significance of the Populus poll’s findings can be called to question.
Voters don’t buy Coalition cuts – with nearly half blaming them for the deficit
Asked which strategy for managing the budget deficit they agreed with, voters put the Coalition’s plans last. Just 22 per cent supported the Government’s attempt to deal with the deficit by the next election, compared to the 74 per cent who were evenly split between Labour’s proposal to reduce the deficit by half over the next five years.
Labour members fall out of love with Blair
One possible theory about the swing from David to Ed Miliband, reported in YouGov’s latest poll, is that the interventions of Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson may have done more to hinder than help the candidate that they were tryingtest
Guardian buries Labour resurgence
Today’s ICM poll for the Guardian puts the Labour party on level terms with the Conservatives for the first time since October 2007. But as noted by UK Polling Report’s Anthony Wells, “the Guardian’s report concentrates upon the findings ontest
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Third of voters decided in final week of campaign
A detailed poll of election behaviour has been published. It shows that one-third of voters made up their mind in the final week, and a series of other attitudes.
Pollsters & betters predict no majority for Cameron
The betting markets and leading pollsters are saying the Tory party will win enough seats to form a majority on May 6, even if widely expected to top the polls.