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Some difficult polling numbers for Cameron after the big re-shuffle

Some difficult polling numbers for Cameron after the big re-shuffle

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A round-up of points from the Sunday Times YouGov survey Labour lead at 10 in latest YouGov CON 33%, LAB 43%, LD 10%, UKIP 7%; — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 9, 2012 EdM ahead of Dave in today’s YouGov leader ratings.He’s net minus 22% to Dave’s minus 28%. Clegg moves to -58% which is a new low — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 9, 2012 By 45% to 41% the YouGov panel think that Cameron is dislikeable.51% to 33% said he…

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Why Labour’s polling position might not be as robust at it looks

Why Labour’s polling position might not be as robust at it looks

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Some other findings from today’s daily poll Cameron’s YouGov lead as “best PM” up from 8% a fortnight ago to 11%.He’s 33% to Ed’s 22% — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 6, 2012 Just 53% of LAB voters tell YouGov that Ed Miliband would make the best PM. — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 6, 2012 LAB might enjoy 45% voting intention share with YouGov but just 31% say they want a LAB majority government with 30% saying a CON one —…

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Is the tide turning against Ed Miliband and Labour?

Is the tide turning against Ed Miliband and Labour?

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LAB YouGov lead down to 6% again CON 34%, LAB 40%, LD 10%, UKIP 7%.Is the mood turning against Ed’s party? — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 5, 2012 Two of the past 3 YouGov polls have had LAB leads down to 6% – and ComRes had it down to 4% when the party leader names were mentioned. — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 5, 2012 Could doubts about Ed raise their head again? The first polls of September have seen what…

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New Survation poll out

New Survation poll out

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Conservatives 30 (+1) Labour 37 (nc) UKIP 12 (+1) Lib Dems 10 (-3) The changes are from the last Survation poll in June. They polled on behalf of the Mail on Sunday, they asked about various cabinet ministers, and should they be kept or fired. 44% want Ken Clarke to remain, whilst 28% want him fired. Support for Mr Clarke keeping his place is highest among Liberal Democrat voters, with only 11 per cent of them believing he should leave the…

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Shifting to the right will lead to electoral oblivion for the Tories

Shifting to the right will lead to electoral oblivion for the Tories

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All the focus should be on the LD undecideds For me the most significant polling data that we’ve had since the 2010 general election was the 1,500 sized sample Ashcroft phone poll of Corby voters ahead of the Westminster by-election due to take place in November. This was in one of the seats that the Tories won in 2010 and which they have to hang onto and more if they have any hope winning a majority. The poll came out…

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New ComRes poll out.

New ComRes poll out.

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  There’s a new ComRes online poll out. Conservatives 33 (+1) Labour 42 (nc) Lib Dems 10 (nc) UKIP 8 (-1) On the leadership ratings,  David Cameron’s net rating is minus 27, no change from last month. Ed Miliband’s net rating is minus 20, last month it was minus 17. So overall, Ed’s maintains a lead, but smaller than last month. Nick Clegg’s rating have improved from minus 42 last month, this month it is minus 35 Other findings from the…

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92 percent of Americans say Britain has run a successful Olympic Games

92 percent of Americans say Britain has run a successful Olympic Games

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Will this add to the “feelgood factor” at home? New US polling finds that Americans overwhelmingly believe that Britain and London have run a successful Olympic Games. A CNN/ORC survey asked ““How successful would you say the city of London and the government of Great Britain have been at hosting this year’s Olympic Games: very successful, somewhat successful, not very successful, or not successful at all?” The findings are really quite staggering:- “Very successful” 66% “Somewhat” 26% “Not very” 1%…

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LAB lead down to just 1pc with Boris as leader – YouGov

LAB lead down to just 1pc with Boris as leader – YouGov

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Now some data to drive the Boris for leader campaign? YouGov has just revealed further data from its latest which suggests that the Tories would be doing markedly better if Boris Johnson rather than David Cameron was the leader. It now appears that the poll had THREE different voting intention questions which produced very different outcomes. The standard one reported overnight had CON 32: LAB 43: LD 10. Then a second question was put which said “Imagine that at the…

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