The Conservative weak spot on Brexit is getting weaker
Polling on how the government is handling Brexit keeps on getting worse for Theresa May and the Conservatives. … Read the full post »
Opinium
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Lib Dems give increasing tuition fees another go: Liberal Democrat Newswire #102
Liberal Democrat Newswire #102 takes a look at the new Lib Dem approach to tuition fees in Wales, when Tim Farron decided to resign and more. … Read the full post »
Polling Matters podcast: Queen’s Speech, Brexit negotiations, Lib Dems and the youth surge
The excellent Polling Matters podcast fell off its perch of psephological perfection a little with the last edition by featuring myself as one of the guests. … Read the full post »
10 criteria for judging the Lib Dem general election result: LDN #99
When the votes are in and the seats declared it’s a fairly safe bet that even if we have the opinion polling mother of all errors, Tim Farron won’t be headed to 10 Downing Street. … Read the full post »
Another podcast for your delivering pleasure
On this week’s PB/Polling Matters podcast, Leo is joined by Lib Dem writer and campaign strategist Mark Pack to discuss the Lib Dem fightback and the new Polling Matters / Opinium survey on the party’s prospects. … Read the full post »
How Jeremy Corbyn is doing in the polls compared with Ed Miliband
Two things are worth remembering about Labour’s performance in opinion polls in the last Parliament. First, Labour went on to lose. … Read the full post »
Pollster who got referendum right points to Remain winning 2nd referendum
New Opinium poll: 7% of Leavers regret the way they voted, 3% of Remainers do. That would wipe out #Brexit’s majority. … Read the full post »
Ouch
ICM – until, ironically, their final poll – was giving a clue about what was really going on during the election, but the results so far make even those hints look a pale imitation of reality. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #64 is out: Two more red lines unveiled by Lib Dems
Liberal Democrat Newswire #64 came out on Sunday, including a look at the Liberal Democrat red lines for a hung Parliament. … Read the full post »
Look at each pollster on their own and the polls are very consistent
Ignore the apparently regular fluctuations on who is in the lead as polls from different companies come out muddled together, and instead focus in on what each pollster on its own has been saying. … Read the full post »