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The voting polling’s bad for LAB but Corbyn’s ratings are even worse

The voting polling’s bad for LAB but Corbyn’s ratings are even worse

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Above is the Wikipedia list of all the published polls since the general election campaign began. The overall picture is of not that much variation with the Tories in a range of 37-42%,  LAB 27-31% and the LDs 15-17%. The one party where there’s a lot of variance is Brexit which has a polling range of 4-10%. That’s largely explained by YouGov’s methodology change that factors in the fact that Farage’s party will be only be contesting non-CON seats. Generally…

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Corbyn’s Ipsos-MORI satisfaction ratings drop to the lowest for an opposition leader since it started in 1977

Corbyn’s Ipsos-MORI satisfaction ratings drop to the lowest for an opposition leader since it started in 1977

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NEW @IpsosMORI / @standardnews Jeremy Corbyn's leader satisfaction rating falls to worst ever achieved by a leader of the opposition in our series – dating back to 1977. Satisfied 16%Dissatisfied 76%Net -60 pic.twitter.com/MYGNDpfghz — Keiran Pedley (@keiranpedley) September 20, 2019 Hardly the platform for an election campaign Ipsos-MORI, has been polling UK politics since 1977, and throughout that time has been asking in exactly the same manner if those sampled are satisfied/dissatisfied with a range of political leaders. We had…

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It took 330 days before TMay’s “best PM” rating dropped below 40% – Boris has done it within a fortnight

It took 330 days before TMay’s “best PM” rating dropped below 40% – Boris has done it within a fortnight

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Comparing the new man with his predecssor With all the numbers coming out about the new government it is perhaps worth looking at how Johnson and his team are comparing with Theresa May for the period starting when she became prime minister in July 2016. Although the voting intention polling is looking pretty sound for the Conservatives a worry might be the leader ratings that Boris Johnson has been getting since assuming the keys of number 10. One question pollsters…

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Another set of PM Johnson leader ratings has him in deep negative territory

Another set of PM Johnson leader ratings has him in deep negative territory

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Generally when PMs are replaced during a parliament the new person gets a boost in their leader ratings which I have long regarded as a better indicator of the political weather than voting intention polls. With BJohnson, only two weeks now into the job, things have been very different. Opinium had him on a net minus 3% in its approval ratings. Ipsos-MORI which asks how satisfied people are the mew CON leader and PM came out with minus 7%. Now,…

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BJohnson’s first Ipsos-MORI leader satisfaction ratings in NEGATIVE territory

BJohnson’s first Ipsos-MORI leader satisfaction ratings in NEGATIVE territory

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The historical comparisons don’t look good As well as the Ipsos voting numbers we have the firm’s satisfaction ratings which it has been asking in the same form since the 1970s. This means that there are records going  back decades and we can easily make comparisons. From the helpful chart above BJohnson becomes the first PM to take over mid-parliament with a negative rating – that is fewer people were satisfied with him than were dissatisfied.  This might not be…

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Swinson and Farage should now be included in polling “best PM” ratings alongside Johnson and Corbyn

Swinson and Farage should now be included in polling “best PM” ratings alongside Johnson and Corbyn

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Latest surveys are clear  – the binary CON-LAB choice much less applicable Given that UK politics has changed dramatically in the last three months to reflect a four party choice  surely the time has come to to include in the options the newly elected leader of the Lib Dems, Jo Swinson and the Brexit party leader for life Nigel Farage in “Best PM” polling. Simply sticking to the old CON-LAB leader format is not providing interesting information that could help…

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At least TMay and Jezza have one record they can claim

At least TMay and Jezza have one record they can claim

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In terms of their Ipsos MORI leader satisfactions ratings TMay and Corbyn are now the most unpopular PM and opposition leader duo of all time with an aggregate net negative of -96. They beat the 1981 Thatcher/Foot negative of -89 https://t.co/crypWDGP8i via @Telegraph — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) May 30, 2019 The Ipsos-MORI leader satisfaction ratings have been carried out in the same manner since the 1970s with the question being put in the same way over the decades. It is…

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Both TMay and Corbyn drop to record lows in YouGov’s favourability tracker

Both TMay and Corbyn drop to record lows in YouGov’s favourability tracker

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I always feel a sense of ownership with the YouGov favourability ratings for shortly after the referendum, in 2016, I got into a  discussion with the pollster about a line of questioning that I suggested that the firm should do. My desire was favourability ratings on key figures. The first ones ran here as the PB/YouGov Favourability Ratings when TMay had a net plus 12 while Corbyn was a net minus 25. This is calculated by subtracting the “unfavourable” responses from…

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