More cheer and two reasons for caution for pro-Europeans in latest polling
A recent BMG poll on behalf of The Independent shows that 48% of the public now support a public vote on the terms of the Government’s Brexit deal. … Read the full post »
Opinion polls
Read about UK political opinion polls and related matters. For a full database of voting intention polls since their birth in the UK in 1943, see my Opinion Polls Database.
Two-party politics on the wane again?
It may not be a consistent trend, but it is a clear overall trend: the combined vote share of Conservatives and Labour has been steadily falling since the 2017 general election. … Read the full post »
Voting intention opinion polls scorecard
Here are the latest national voting intention figures from each of the main pollsters currently polling in the UK. … Read the full post »
Are the British public turning against Brexit?
The latest Polling Matters podcast takes a new look at a subject I’ve often covered – the trend in public opinion over Brexit. … Read the full post »
Social and liberal democracy come out top for voters
Communism, anarchism and fascism are the three least popular ideologies with British voters according to new polling from Opinium. … Read the full post »
Public opinion is moving towards supporting a Brexit referendum deal
The significance in today’s YouGov polling for The Times is not that those wanting a second referendum now outnumber those opposed on this question wording but rather the trend over the last couple of months. … Read the full post »
PollBase update: now contains voting intention polls 1943-Q2 2018
The latest quarterly update to my PollBase, my database of British voting intention opinion polls since 1943 is now up. The big picture is one of continuing stability in the polls, but with Labour on a sustained downward drift. … Read the full post »
Vince Cable’s leadership ratings beat both Corbyn and May in latest poll
YouGov’s latest set of leadership ratings contains cautiously promising news from the Liberal Democrats: Vince Cable has the best (least worst) ratings of the three main UK party leaders. … Read the full post »
Shift in public opinion in favour of immigration continues
The past five years have seen a big shift towards a more liberal attitude towards immigration in the UK. … Read the full post »
Why hasn’t public opinion changed more over Europe?
Since the European referendum, there has been a small but clear and persistent move in public opinion towards the pro-European viewpoint. The movements have, however, been small. … Read the full post »