Political Monitor December 2002

Friday 27 December 2002

Political Attitudes in Great Britain for December 2002

Technical details

  • MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 1,843 adults aged 18+ at 187 sampling points across Great Britain.
  • Fieldwork was conducted face-to-face on 12-17 December 2002.
  • Research conducted on behalf of the Financial Times
  • 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 absolutely certain to vote (955)

 %
Conservative33
Labour37
Liberal Democrats (Lib Dem)24
Scottish/Welsh Nationalist3
Green Party1
Democratic/UKIP Party1
Other1
 
Lab lead (±%)+4
 
Would not vote*
Undecided5
Refused2

The headline figures are based on all those absolutely certain to vote.

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 (1,843)

 %
Conservative29
Labour43
Liberal Democrats (Lib Dem)23
Scottish/Welsh Nationalist3
Green Party1
Democratic/UKIP Party1
Other1
 
Lab lead (±%)+14
 
Would not vote13
Undecided8
Refused1

The headline figures are based on all respondents.

Q3-6 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way the Government / Mr Blair / Mr Duncan Smith / Mr Kennedy are doing their job?

Base: 947

 SatisfiedDissatisfiedDon't knowIndex
 %%%±%
Government325811-26
Blair38548-15
Duncan Smith194932-30
Kennedy432037+23

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: 947

 Q7Q7/8
 %%
National Health Service/Hospitals1238
Defence/foreign affairs/international terrorism2035
Education/schools629
Race relations/immigration/immigrants1423
Crime/law & order/violence/vandalism923
Pensions/social security213
Economy/economic situation512
Transport/public transport212
Unemployment/factory closure/lack of industry49
Common Market/EU/Europe/Single European Currency28
Nuclear weapons/nuclear war/disarmament47
Poverty/inequality17
Drug abuse26
Housing26
Low pay/minimum wage/fair wages15
Taxation15
Inflation/prices14
Morality/individual behaviour14
Trade unions/strikes*4
Pollution/environment*2
AIDS*1
Countryside/rural life*1
Local government/council tax*1
Privatisation*1
Petrol prices/fuel01
Pound/exchange rate/value of pound01
Animal welfare0*
Beef/BSE/Mad Cow Disease0*
Foot and mouth outbreak/farming crisis0*
GM/GM (Genetically Modified) foods0*
Northern Ireland0*
Scottish/Welsh Assembly/Devolution Constitutional reform00
 
Other313
Don't know65

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: 947

 %
Improve10
Stay the same36
Get worse50
Don't know4
 
MORI EOI-40

Q10 And how likely would you be to vote in an immediate General Election, on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 means you would be absolutely certain to vote, and 1 means that you would be absolutely certain not to vote?

Base: 1,843

 %
10 — absolutely certain to vote52
97
88
75
64
57
42
33
22
1 — absolutely certain not to vote11

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