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Political Attitudes In Great Britain For June 2000

MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 1,915 adults aged 18+ at 153 sampling points across Great Britain between 22-27 June 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: 1,915

	%
Conservative	33
Labour	47
Liberal Democrats	13
Scottish/Welsh Nationalist	3
Green Party	2
Democratic/UKIP/Referendum Party	1
Other	*

Would not vote	14
Undecided	9
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: 939

	Satisfied	Dissatisfied	Don't know	Index
	%	%	%	±%
Government	28	62	10	-34
Blair	39	52	9	-13
Hague	29	48	23	-19
Kennedy	31	17	52	+14

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: 939

	Q7	Q7/Q8
	%	%
National Health Service/Hospitals	22	55
Education/schools	7	32
Common Market/EU/Europe/Single European Currency	15	24
Crime/law and order/violence/vandalism	10	23
Unemployment/factory closure/lack of industry	8	17
Race relations/immigration/immigrants	7	17
Pensions/welfare security	2	12
Economy/economic situation	3	9
Drug abuse	3	8
Poverty/inequality	2	8
Housing	2	7
Taxation	2	7
Inflation/prices	1	4
Low pay/minimum wage/fair wages	1	4
Morality/individual behaviour	1	4
Pollution/environment	1	4
Transport/public transport	*	4
Defence/foreign affairs	*	3
Pound/exchange rate/value of pound	*	2
Northern Ireland	1	1
GM/GM (Genetically Modified) foods	*	1
Animal welfare	0	1
Countryside/rural life	0	1
Local government/council tax	0	1
Nuclear weapons/ nuclear war/disarmament	*	*
Beef/BSE/Mad Cow Disease	0	*
Privatisation	0	*
Scottish/Welsh Assembly/Devolution	0	*
AIDS	0	0
Trade unions/strikes	0	0

Other	4	12
Don't know	7	5

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: 939

Q10 If there were a referendum now on whether Britain should be part of a Single European Currency, how would you vote?

Base: 939

Q11 If the government were to strongly urge that Britain should be part of a Single European Currency, how would you vote?

Base: 939

Q12 Which of the following best describes your own view of British participation in the single currency?

Base: 976

	%
Strongly support British participation	13
Generally in favour of British participation, but could be persuaded against it if I thought it would be bad for the British economy	21
Generally opposed to British participation, but could be persuaded in favour of it if I thought it would be good for the British economy	24
Strongly oppose British participation	33
Don't know	9

Q13 If there were a referendum now on whether Britain should stay in or get out of the European Union, how would you vote?

Base: 939

Q14 On balance, do you think Britain is now more or less divided by class than it was in 1979?

Base: 939

Q15 Do you think Britain is now more or less divided by class than it was at the last general election in 1997?

Base: 939

Q16 Which political party, if any, would you identify most with the Establishment?

Base: 939

	%
Conservative	44
Labour	20
Liberal Democrats	2
Scottish/Welsh Nationalist	*
Democratic/UKIP/Referendum Party	0
Green Party	*
Other	1
All of them	2
None of these	5
Don't know	26