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Political Monitor October 2002

Political Attitudes in Great Britain for October 2002

Technical details

MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 1,012 adults aged 18+ at 183 sampling points across Great Britain.
Fieldwork was conducted face-to-face on 18-21 October 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

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

Base: 1,012

	Satisfied	Dissatisfied	Don't know	Index
	%	%	%	±%
Government	35	55	10	-20
Blair	41	49	9	-8
Duncan Smith	18	44	38	-26
Kennedy	45	19	36	+26

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: 1,012

	Q7	Q7/8
	%	%
National Health Service/Hospitals	17	45
Defence/foreign affairs/international terrorism	23	35
Education/schools	6	32
Crime/law & order/violence/vandalism	10	28
Race relations/immigration/immigrants	6	18
Transport/public transport	2	11
Unemployment/factory closure/lack of industry	3	10
Pensions/social security	2	9
Nuclear weapons/nuclear war/disarmament	6	8
Common Market/EU/Europe/Single European Currency	2	8
Economy/economic situation	3	7
Drug abuse	2	7
Housing	1	6
Poverty/inequality	1	6
Inflation/prices	1	4
Low pay/minimum wage/fair wages	1	4
Taxation	1	4
Northern Ireland	1	3
Morality/individual behaviour	*	3
Trade unions/strikes	1	2
Local government/council tax	*	2
Pollution/environment	*	2
AIDS	1	1
Countryside/rural life	*	1
Foot and mouth outbreak/farming crisis	*	1
Pound/exchange rate/value of pound	*	1
Petrol prices/fuel	0	1
Privatisation	0	1
GM/GM (Genetically Modified) foods	*	*
Animal welfare	0	*
Beef/BSE/Mad Cow Disease	0	*
Scottish/Welsh Assembly/Devolution Constitutional reform	0	*

Other	6	15
Don't know	4	4

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: 1,012

Q10 Some people did not get along to vote at the General Election on the 7th June 2001. Did you vote at the General Election on the 7th June 2001?

Base: 1,012

Q11 What Party did you vote for at the General Election on 7th June 2001. If you are not sure or did not vote, please say so.

Base: 710