Political Monitor April 2002

Thursday 25 April 2002

  • MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 1,912 adults aged 18+ at 193 sampling points across Great Britain
  • Interviews were conducted face-to-face between 18-22 April 2002
  • Data are weighted to match the profile of the population
  • Results are based on all respondents unless otherwise stated
  • An '*' indicates a finding of less than 0.5%, but greater than zero

Q1 How would you vote if there were a General Election tomorrow?
[If undecided or refused at Q1]
Q2 Which party are you most inclined to support?
Base: All respondents 18+ [1,912]

 %
Conservative27
Labour50
Liberal Democrats16
Scottish/Welsh Nationalist3
Green Party1
Democratic/UKIP/Referendum Party1
Other1
 
Lab lead ±+23
 
Would not vote10
Undecided6
Refused1

Q3-Q6 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way the Government/Mr Blair/Mr Duncan Smith/Mr Kennedy are doing their job?
Base: 992

 SatisfiedDissatisfiedDon't knowIndex
 %%%±%
Government414713-6
Blair464690
Duncan Smith262746-1
Kennedy471440+33

Q7 What would you say is the most important issue facing Britain today?
Q8 What do you see as other important issues facing Britain today?
Base: 992

 Q7Q7/8
 %%
National Health Service/Hospitals3766
Crime/law & order/violence/vandalism1229
Education/schools628
Defence/foreign affairs/international terrorism819
Race relations/immigration/immigrants513
Transport/public transport212
Common Market/EU/Europe/Single European Currency410
Economy/economic situation49
Pensions/social security19
Unemployment/factory closure/lack of industry38
Drug abuse16
Morality/individual behaviour16
Poverty/inequality16
Housing15
Taxation15
Pollution/environment14
Low pay/minimum wage/fair wages*3
Nuclear weapons/nuclear war/disarmament12
Petrol prices/fuel*2
Local government/council tax02
Inflation/prices11
Countryside/rural life*1
Foot and mouth outbreak/farming crisis*1
Northern Ireland*1
Privatisation*1
Pound/exchange rate/value of pound01
AIDS**
Animal welfare**
Beef/BSE/Mad Cow Disease**
Scottish/Welsh Assembly/Devolution Constitutional reform**
GM/GM (Genetically Modified) foods0*
Trade unions/strikes0*
 
Other414
Don't know54

Q9 Do you think that the general economic condition of the country will improve, stay the same, or get worse over the next 12 months?
Base: 992

 %
Improve24
Stay the same41
Get worse29
Don't know6
 
MORI EOI-5

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