Another day, another poll showing public opinion moving away from Brexit
ICM told respondents that the Brexit talks were taking place and asked which of three options they would prefer to see. … 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.
Four in ten Leave voters say Brexit turning out to be harder than expected
An intriguing snippet from the latest Survation poll, out this weekend: 41% of Leave voters in the Referendum now agree that “the Brexit process has been more problematic than I thought it would be”. … Read the full post »
Support for a referendum on terms of Brexit deal grows
UK public opinion seems to be steadily edging towards support for a further referendum on EU membership. … Read the full post »
Distrust of politicians isn’t anything new
Another one for the ‘no things aren’t far worse than they’ve been, you just need to remember to check the past before making claims about it’ file. … Read the full post »
Voting intention opinion polls 1943-present: Q2 2017 update is out
The latest quarterly update to my PollBase, my database of British voting intention opinion polls since 1943 is now up, covering the second quarter of 2017. … 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 »
Majority back holding a referendum on terms of Brexit deal
The Liberal Democrat policy of holding a referendum on the terms of the Brexit deal which gets negotiated did not work out as planned in the general election. … 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 »
Far from being all over the place, the polls are telling a very consistent story
Gallow humour about next Thursday being polling day and next Friday being the announcement of the next polling industry inquiry highlight the nervousness amongst pollsters. … Read the full post »
1 in 5 don’t know who the leader of the Conservatives is
Another piece of evidence for the Olympic women’s hockey theory of politics, aka the public pays far less attention to politics than most political activists realise. … Read the full post »