Can Polanski direct the Greens to a brighter future?

Can Polanski direct the Greens to a brighter future?

?/ With the Green Party conference ongoing, we looked at the views of Green members% of members with a favourable view of…Carla Denyer: 85%Zack Polanski: 79%Sian Berry: 78%Adrian Ramsay: 60%Ellie Chowns: 59%Jeremy Corbyn: 83%Ed Davey: 58%Keir Starmer: 18%yougov.co.uk/politics/art…

YouGov (@yougov.co.uk) 2025-10-03T13:56:04.013Z

Zack Polanski campaigned for Green leader on a platform of making the Greens about more than climate change, and 91% of Green members agree with this approachyougov.co.uk/politics/art…

YouGov (@yougov.co.uk) 2025-10-03T13:56:04.014Z

To what extent are Green members willing to make compromises in order for the party to be more electable?Willing to see…Large compromises: 2%Moderate compromises: 21%Small compromises: 55%Completely unwilling to compromise: 20%yougov.co.uk/politics/art…

YouGov (@yougov.co.uk) 2025-10-03T13:56:04.015Z

A slim majority of Green members (54%) would be willing to go into coalition with LabourThe Lib Dems are a much more popular coalition partner, at 75%0-1% would countenance coalition with the Tories or Reformyougov.co.uk/politics/art…

YouGov (@yougov.co.uk) 2025-10-03T13:56:04.016Z

83% of Green Party members would support entering an electoral pact with 'Your Party' to not stand candidates against one anotheryougov.co.uk/politics/art…

YouGov (@yougov.co.uk) 2025-10-03T13:56:04.017Z

What are the top issues for Green Party members? Select examples shown% who put X in their top 3Environment: 81% (+66 vs public)Health: 49% (+19)Housing: 39% (+21)Economy: 32% (-23)Brexit: 25% (+15)Defence: 5% (-13)Immigration: 4% (-53)Crime: 2% (-20)yougov.co.uk/politics/art…

YouGov (@yougov.co.uk) 2025-10-03T13:56:04.018Z

89% of Green members say climate change is a spending priority, even if it means cuts elsewhere83% think it is still possible to avoid the worst effects of climate change, but will require drastic action yougov.co.uk/politics/art…

YouGov (@yougov.co.uk) 2025-10-03T13:56:04.019Z

When it comes to housebuilding, 72% of Green Party members support a large increase in the UK, and 66% support such an increase in their local area, making them much more pro-housebuilding than the wider publicyougov.co.uk/politics/art…

YouGov (@yougov.co.uk) 2025-10-03T13:56:04.020Z

On transgender status, 90% of Green Party members think people should be able to change their social gender (compared to 49% of all Britons), and 80% think they should be able to change their legal gender (vs 34% of the wider public)yougov.co.uk/politics/art…

YouGov (@yougov.co.uk) 2025-10-03T13:56:04.021Z

There’s a lot to digest from this YouGov polling, the thing that stands out for me is just 54% of Green voters would be willing to go into a coalition with Labour.

This polling bodes ill for Labour in gaining Green tactical votes to stop Reform which is good news for Nigel Farage and his hopes to become Prime Minister after the next election.

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