Archive for April, 2010
Voter intention 36:36:24
Following tonight's final debate, ComRes have polled for voter intention, and the result is Lib Dems 36%, Conservatives 36%, Labour 24%. This is an important result, because it shows the aggregate effect of all the debates and everything else that has happened. Conservatives were quick to jump on two early polls which suggested Cameron had won the [...]
‘Big Society’ unwelcome
The Conservatives are making a lot of play of their 'Big Society', where voluntary organisations, community groups and charities pick up the areas from which the government would withdraw, under their plans for a smaller government. But as a former voluntary and charity worker, I wonder if they've asked the voluntary organisations [...]
Clegg edges Cameron out 2:1
In four polls after tonight's debate, Cameron came first in one, Clegg in two, and they were equal in the fourth. Brown was last in three out of four polls, and joint second with Cameron in one poll. YouGov: Cameron 36 per cent, Clegg 32 per cent, Brown 29 per cent ComRes: Clegg 33 per cent Brown 30 per cent, Cameron 30 per cent. Angus [...]
Neck and Neck nationally
Two polls are now putting the Lib Dems ahead of Conservative and Labour. No poll has put Lib Dems ahead since 1985, and all the polls are now agreeing that the gap between Lib Dems and the others is lower than the sampling error -- in other words -- we are truly neck and neck, and everything is to play for. A Tory blogger is already claiming [...]
