YouGov’s UKIP share falls to lowest level since October – and this is with the party being prompted

YouGov’s UKIP share falls to lowest level since October – and this is with the party being prompted

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Are the purples starting to fade as we get closer? http://t.co/xYOsg7KTOD pic.twitter.com/bOZQzTY5Jc — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 7, 2015 Today's YouGov poll for the Sun sees LAB and CON level pegging CON 33 LAB 33 LD 7 UKIP 13 GRN 8 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 7, 2015 October 6th – last time that UKIP were as low as 13% with @YouGov pic.twitter.com/XfMClrsm8D — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 7, 2015 On UKIP's lowish numbers we need to see whether this is supported by other polling –…

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PB NightHawks is now open

PB NightHawks is now open

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Home of the web’s best political conversation If you’re going to be up, All Night Long, why not relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events in PB NightHawks. If you’re a lurker, Hello,  why not delurk tonight, if you do delurk, I’m sure you’ll be Dancing on the Ceiling in excitement. The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant link) Vince Cable will lose his economy job…

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General Election year polling opens with LAB having small leads and a big divide over the Greens

General Election year polling opens with LAB having small leads and a big divide over the Greens

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The first two polls of 2015 pic.twitter.com/fzK2c1eIFp — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 6, 2015 The first two pollsters to report at start of 2010 had CON leads of 9% & 10%. At GE10 CON vote lead was 7.3% — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 6, 2015 YouGov now follow Survation & ComRes in prompting for UKIP So the the general election year polling begins with LAB on small leads from the online pollsters which poll most often, Populus and YouGov. Not…

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PB Nighthawks is now open

PB Nighthawks is now open

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Main party switchers to UKIP in the key battlegrounds represent just on 11% of the overall vote

Main party switchers to UKIP in the key battlegrounds represent just on 11% of the overall vote

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Putting UKIP’s polling into perspective Interesting that the two peaks came after the UKIP success in the Euros and then just after the Douglas Carswell defection. These figures are quite a bit lower than the normal shares for the purples that we see. This is because they are confined to 2010 main party voters only. Balance of support came from OTH or “did not vote”. Secondly they are from the key CON-LAB marginals where you’d expect UKIP to be squeezed…

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At GE2010 1 in 6 are thought to have voted tactically and the signs are that it could be even more prevalent at GE15

At GE2010 1 in 6 are thought to have voted tactically and the signs are that it could be even more prevalent at GE15

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How will the parties deal with the messaging challenges? Suddenly, it seems, the Westminster village has woken up to the idea that in the new complex and much more multi-partied political environment tactical voting looks set to play a much bigger role. We all think we know what we mean by this. Supporters of party A, which is not seen to be in contention in a particular constituency, are encouraged to vote for party B, which is, in the hope…

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Boris might be a CON election winner but it could be that he just gets over-stated in the polls

Boris might be a CON election winner but it could be that he just gets over-stated in the polls

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Look at what happened with his 2012 election Hills have cut their odds for Boris Johnson to be the next Prime Minister from 8/1 to 6/1 second favourite behind 4/5 favourite Ed Miliband. This seems weird because just about the only chance there is of a vacancy occurring is if Cameron wins the election when he’ll remain at Number 10. The mayor’s big opportunity will most likely come if Dave loses or he decides to step down in a few…

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