Lee Anderson, the polls and the mundane reality – The Week in Polls
The latest edition of my weekly political polling round-up, The Week in Polls, is now out. As it starts… … Read the full post »
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The latest edition of my weekly political polling round-up, The Week in Polls, is now out. As it starts… … Read the full post »
Here are the latest general election voting intention figures from each of the polling firms currently running national surveys. … Read the full post »
Two things striking about this new Ipsos polling: how few people are familiar with Lee Anderson and (thankfully) how few people blagged it (or are drunk, trolling or wrong) by claiming they are familiar with imaginary politician Stewart Lewis. … Read the full post »
In the run-up to a Budget there is usually plenty of speculation about whether the Budget will give the government a bounce, especially if tax cuts are in the air. … Read the full post »
How does the new Survation constituency poll in Godalming and Ash constituency (to be contested by the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt) compare with recent MRP projections for that seat? … Read the full post »
This poll result rather puts into context how much wider significance can be drawn from George Galloway’s win in the Rochdale by-election. … Read the full post »
New polling from YouGov continues the pattern from previous polling, showing very strong public support for reform of the unelected House of Lords. … Read the full post »
With the end of another quarter, another update to PollBase, my database of British voting intention opinion polls since 1943 is now up. … Read the full post »
How pollsters treat those who say ‘don’t know’ is currently the biggest cause of differences in the results from different firms. … Read the full post »
Data from the British Election Study via Will Jennings shows that Labour support is highest among those who shop at ALDI. … Read the full post »