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Political Attitudes in Great Britain for July 2000

Friday 28 July 2000

MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 2,019 adults aged 18+ at 185 sampling points across Great Britain between 20-24 July 2000.
Results are based on all respondents unless otherwise stated
Data are weighted to the known population profile
An '*' indicates a finding of less than 0.5%, but greater than zero
Poll conducted by MORI on behalf of The Times

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: 2,019

	%
Conservative	33
Labour	49
Liberal Democrats	12
Scottish/Welsh Nationalist	3
Green Party	1
Democratic/UKIP/Referendum Party	*
Other	1

Would not vote	13
Undecided	8
Refused	1

Q3 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way the Government is running the country?

Q4 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Blair is doing his job as Prime Minister?

Q5 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Hague is doing his job as leader of the Conservative Party?

Q6 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Kennedy is doing his job as leader of the Liberal Democrats?

Base: 1,039

	Satisfied	Dissatisfied	Don't know	Index
	%	%	%	±%
Government	29	59	12	-30
Blair	42	50	8	-8
Hague	29	49	22	-20
Kennedy	31	19	50	+12

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?Random

Base: 1,039

	Q7	Q7/Q8
	%	%
National Health Service/Hospitals	22	51
Crime/law and order/violence/vandalism	15	34
Education/schools	7	34
Common Market/EU/Europe/Single European Currency	11	19
Unemployment/factory closure/lack of industry	7	17
Pensions/welfare security	3	14
Transport/public transport	2	13
Economy/economic situation	5	12
Race relations/immigration/immigrants	4	11
Taxation	3	11
Poverty/inequality	2	8
Housing	1	7
Drug abuse	2	6
Inflation/prices	1	5
Morality/individual behaviour	1	5
Pollution/environment	1	5
Low pay/minimum wage/fair wages	*	3
Pound/exchange rate/value of pound	1	2
Defence/foreign affairs	*	2
Local government/council tax	*	2
Animal welfare	*	1
Beef/BSE/Mad Cow Disease	*	1
Countryside/rural life	*	1
Northern Ireland	*	1
Nuclear weapons/ nuclear war/disarmament	*	1
Scottish/Welsh Assembly/Devolution	*	1
GM/GM (Genetically Modified) foods	0	1
AIDS	*	*
Privatisation	*	*
Trade unions/strikes	0	*

Other	4	13
Don't know	5	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: 1,039

	%
Improve	23
Stay the same	40
Get worse	33
Don't know	4
MORI Economic Optimism Index (EOI)	-10

Q10 Looking ahead to the next General Election, which, if any of these issues do you think will be very important to you in helping you decide which party to vote for?

Base: 1,039

	%
Animal welfare	8
Constitution / devolution	6
Defence	10
Education	52
Europe	26
Health care	67
Housing	15
Law and order	54
Managing the economy	29
Northern Ireland	8
Pensions	35
Protecting the natural environment	19
Public transport	27
Taxation	36
Trade Unions	3
Unemployment	35
Other	3
Don't know	4

Q11-26 I am going to read out a list of problems facing Britain today and for each one, I would like you to tell me whether you think that the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats or some other party has the best policy on each.

Base: 1,039

	Con	Lab	Lib Dem	Other	None	Don't Know
	%	%	%	%	%	%
Animal welfare	8	18	12	7	14	42
Constitution/devolution	23	22	8	2	8	38
Defence	32	24	2	1	10	31
Education	20	43	7	1	9	20
Europe	28	25	7	1	10	28
Health care	16	42	7	1	13	21
Housing	15	32	4	1	13	34
Law and order	31	25	5	1	13	25
Managing the economy	26	35	4	1	10	24
Northern Ireland	13	39	3	1	17	28
Pensions	20	25	7	1	17	31
Protecting the natural environment	9	17	16	14	13	30
Public transport	12	37	7	3	16	26
Taxation	28	25	9	1	12	26
Trade Unions	15	37	4	1	10	34
Unemployment	10	48	5	1	13	24

Q11-26 I am going to read out a list of problems facing Britain today and for each one, I would like you to tell me whether you think that the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats or some other party has the best policy on each.

Base: All those saying each issue is very important

	Con	Lab	Lib Dem	Other	None	Don't Know
	%	%	%	%	%	%
Animal welfare (76)	7	33	10	10	11	29
Constitution / devolution (63)	30	27	17	4	11	11
Defence (106)	41	26	2	1	12	18
Education (539)	19	45	8	1	9	18
Europe (257)	37	27	11	3	8	14
Health care (702)	17	43	8	1	12	19
Housing (157)	13	31	7	4	14	31
Law and order (562)	38	24	5	1	12	20
Managing the economy (297)	32	34	4	1	9	20
Northern Ireland (81)	18	35	3	0	20	24
Pensions (377)	23	22	10	1	22	23
Protecting the natural environment (204)	7	13	21	18	17	23
Public transport (279)	11	41	9	4	17	18
Taxation (369)	36	22	8	1	13	20
Trade Unions (30)	17	40	11	0	14	18
Unemployment (361)	9	47	6	1	11	26