MORI’s new poll has: CON 32%, LAB 36%, LD 21%. Labour are up 4%. the Tories are up 1%, as UKIP fall one point to 4. At this stage before the last election MORI was showing a 22% Labour lead with the LDs on 15%. Labour were on 51%. YouGov should be out tomorrow and UKIP’s rating will be interesting.! After 94 comments can the thread be continued here? Many thanks. Mike Smithson
My General Election Bets In this last article before my holiday I thought I would set out my personal General Election bets. These are mostly in line with the calls that we’ve made on the site. Some now look silly, some look really good value and some look over-priced – but they all seemed a good idea at the time of being made. They also reflect how attitudes to political outcomes have changed over the past year. Labour to win…
The White House race gets dirtier and dirtier The Democratic ticket is holding firm in the polls with a clear lead in most of them after a sustained and well funded attack in an attempt to undermine John Kerry’s status as a Vietnam war hero. A big New York Times investigation has sought to establish the truth behind the “Swift Boat Vertans for Truth”, who has been funding the TV commercials and features some remarkable revelations. It states:- Records show…
A poll for “shy Labour” as well as “shy Conservative” voters Every General Election gambler should hope that the Independent newspaper contracts again with the US polling organisation Rasmussen which at the 2001 General Election was the most consistent pollster and the only firm that got the Tory share right. The firm’s controversial methodology seeks to overcome the human interface issues of the conventional poll interviews without the limitations of internet surveys and could be ideal for identifying Labour supporters…
Good value bets for Tory and Labour backers If today’s 3% ICM poll improvement for the Tories is followed by Mori, YouGov and Populus it might just affect the betting. In recent months ICM has usually been showing bigger leads for Labour than the other firms and this might be due to the weighting it attaches to those surveyed who are not certain to vote. In July all the other pollsters had the two main parties within one percent when…
Hartlepool – Can Labour hold on? 9am update Campaigning has started in earnest for the Hartlepool by-election and Politicalbetting has urged William Hill to make a market available on-line ASAP. The date has yet to be fixed but already the contest is attracting more media interest than last month’s two contests and we expect this to be reflected in the betting activity. These are the ’01 party shares together with GE predictions from Martin Baxter based on his latest “poll…
Charter 88 What are the prospects for the “Ginger Alliance”? Judging by the state of the General Election betting markets and the scores of comments on the site this week the big divide amongst political gamblers is between those who believe that the Iraq War and its aftermath has permanently damaged Tony Blair and Labour and those who think there will be a recovery. Only time will tell which view is correct. The “recoverers” believe Labour will get back with…
[next planned update – Friday] Would Blair’s scalp be offered as the price for a coalition? A big feature of the Election run-up will be the questioning of the Lib Dems about whether in a hung parliament they would prop up a defeated Blair Government or do a deal with Michael Howard – probing that could expose deep ideological differences in the party. Unlike his predecessor, Paddy Ashdown, Kennedy has been much more detached from Labour and if his party…