YouGov Daily poll Mar 15 Mar 12 CONSERVATIVES 37% 37% LABOUR 32% 33% LIB DEMS 21% 17% LAB to CON swing from 2005 3.5% 3% Is this down to the conference coverage? So the third of tonight’s polls also has the Tory lead increasing – but this is down to Labour moving down a notch while the blue share stays the same. The big news is the Lib Dem bounce which, almost certainly, is down to the extensive coverage of…
Opinium (Daily Express) Mar 15 Mar 8 CONSERVATIVES 39% 37% LABOUR 28% 30% LIB DEMS 16% 16% LAB to CON swing from 2005 6.5% 4.5% The first published Opinium poll for the Daily Express was only last week and now we have a second. The trend is sharply to the Tories which reinforces what we saw earlier with ICM. Opinium operates on-line with a polling panel and like other firms that operate in this way it is reporting much bigger…
ICM ICM Guardian Mar 14 Mar 11 CONSERVATIVES 40% 38% LABOUR 31% 31% LIB DEMS 20% 21% LAB to CON swing from 2005 6% 5% Tories back in the 40s in new ICM poll? Tonight’s ICM poll for the Guardian is just out and has welcome news for the Tories after the set-back for them in the ICM poll for the Sunday Telegraph over the weekend. All this moves away from hung parliament territory and could have an impact on…
BBC What this going to do to the leadership betting? A couple of month ago I started ploughing money on the post-December 31 2010 option in the Brown exit date betting after the PM had made comments similar to his interview on Woman’s Hour this morning. Even if he’s defeated and Cameron has a majority it’s seems clear to me that he is not going to give up the job he strove after for so long. So what’s this going…
Betfair Politics What will it take to make NOM the favourite? The latest price from Ladbrokes on the election ending with no party having an overall majority has moved over the past seven days from 7/4 to 13/8. Thus the profit from a £100 winning bet would be £162.50 today rather than the £175 of last Monday. So there has been a tightening but not by very much. On the Betfair overall majority market the NOM of a week ago…
Wikimedia Commons © Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com Netherlands heads list of international elections this spring With Viktor Yanukovych now inaugurated as President of Ukraine (and Tymoshenko departing as PM to boot), Sebastian Piñera taking the reins of an earthquake-ravaged Chile, and Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts continuing to impact on the push to pass healthcare, the winter elections are firmly put to bed, and it’s time to look ahead to the traditionally busy spring season. Even from an international perspective, the…
ICM: Oct 8 2009 CON 2009 LAB 2009 LD 2009 Voted CON in 2005 94% 0% 2% Voted LAB in 2005 20% 62% 11% Voted LD in 2005 14% 12% 68% ICM: March 11 2010 CON 2010 LAB 2010 LD 2010 Voted CON in 2005 88% 2% 6% Voted LAB in 2005 15% 70% 9% Voted LD in 2005 10% 7% 75% Does this tell the story of the squeeze in the polls? One of the great polling innovations since…
Gallup polls 1970 CON LAB LIB January 48% 41% 7% February 48% 41% 9% March 46% 41% 9% April 47% 42% 7% May 42% 49% 7% June 42% 49% 7% Election: June 18th 46.2% 43.8% 7.6% Can the blues take comfort from Heath’s 1970 victory? Just look at the table showing the Gallup polls in 1970 in the six months ahead of the general election. Look in particular at how Heath’s Conservatives were well ahead until the May-June period when…