Two weeks ago it was 20% – now 26% Boost for Ed in YouGov’s best PM rating EdM sees 5% increase in his YouGov Best PM rating – though still behind Dave. Was 21% now 26% Dave 35% from 34% — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 26, 2013 As reported overnight LAB YouGov lead up to 9% YouGov poll for Sun sees LAB take 9% lead CON 32% LAB 41% LD 8% UKIP 11% — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 25, 2013
Latest from Betfair GE2015 outcome market – prices based on last trades expressed as %ages pic.twitter.com/ZkwFFuPEsc — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 25, 2013 Only a few hours before the first post-speech poll Within the next few hours we should get the first full voting intention poll to have been carried out entirely after EdM’s big Brighton speech. Let’s hope that the Sun releases its YouGov survey this side of midnight rather than us having to wait until the morning. On…
The YouGov polling that’s said to have been behind LAB’s move Thanks to James Plunkett of the Energy Foundation and George Eaton of the New Statesman for highlighting this. The party cross-tab on this are interesting. A total of 51% of CON voters rated household bills compared with 46% of LAB ones. Of the list presented the one that is applicable to most people is “household bills” which might have impacted on the outcome. UPDATE – More YouGov polling is…
At the 2010 general election 24% of those who turned out voted for the Lib Dems and, as we all know, a large number have since shifted or are now saying don’t know. The biggest segment, apart from those sticking with Clegg’s party, have gone to LAB – a move that happened in the first year of the coalition. According to today’s YouGov poll the proportion of all 2010 LDs in the sample now voting LAB is 28.4% This is…
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"Trader lost millions apparently trying to manipulate Intrade data to favour Mitt Romney" http://t.co/8n11xSshu8 @MSmithsonPB — Gavin Jackson (@GavinHJackson) September 24, 2013 So this was why Betfair and Intrade were so far apart The big political betting this afternoon is not EdM’s speech but a report from the US about how a single trader sought to manipulate the Romney price on Intrade in the run-up to last November’s White House election. The divergence of the two markets was something that…
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But it could have done just if published in April 2015 The biggest political impact of the McBride book and now TV interviews is that they will reduce media coverage of the current Labour conference. Some of the messages that EdM and his team were hoping to get across will be over-shadowed. That might depress the short-term polling impact that Labour could have expected from its conference but really that will be as far as it goes. One of the…