If stepping up the rhetoric on welfare was supposed to boost CON poll ratings it has yet to work
Welfare reform is only important electorally if it impacts on voting behaviour & so far we’ve seen no evidence of that
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 7, 2013
Ukip equal highest levels with both YouGov and Opinium
New Opinium/Observer online poll without past vote weighting – LAB 38, CON28, UKIP 17, LD 8%
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 6, 2013
Today’s YouGov for Sunday Times.CON 30,LAB 40,LD 11,UKIP 13.So Tories 1% above low point with firm &Ukip =ing high point.
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 7, 2013
Attitude to welfare reform
Info graphic from YouGov showing support for the reform of welfare system broken down by party support twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st…
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 6, 2013
Attitude to those claiming benefits
3 out of 5 people in today’s YouGov believe that the majority of those receiving benefits are genuinely in need.See twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st…
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 7, 2013
UPDATE
I’VE DELETED my Tweet on Opinium poll cuts findings cos it was misleading. It was based on reports rather than the actual data now available
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 7, 2013