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Political Attitudes in Great Britain for May 2000

Thursday 25 May 2000

MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 1,891 adults aged 18+ at 151 sampling points across Great Britain between 18-23 May 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: 1,891

	%
Conservative	32
Labour	48
Liberal Democrats	15
Scottish/Welsh Nationalist	3
Green Party	1
Democratic/UKIP/Referendum Party	*
Other	1

Would not vote	12
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: 979

	Satisfied	Dissatisfied	Don't know	Index
	%	%	%	±%
Government	36	49	15	-13
Blair	47	42	11	+5
Hague	27	47	26	-20
Kennedy	32	15	53	+17

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: 979

	Q7	Q7/Q8
	%	%
National Health Service/Hospitals	20	45
Crime/law and order/violence/vandalism	16	34
Education/schools	6	30
Unemployment/factory closure/lack of industry	9	23
Common Market/EU/Europe/Single European Currency	10	19
Race relations/immigration/immigrants	6	16
Pensions/welfare security	3	15
Economy/economic situation	4	11
Drug abuse	3	10
Housing	2	9
Poverty/inequality	2	9
Morality/individual behaviour	1	6
Transport/public transport	*	6
Pollution/environment	1	5
Defence/foreign affairs	1	4
Taxation	1	4
GM/GM (Genetically Modified) foods	1	3
Inflation/prices	1	3
Countryside/rural life	1	2
Local government/council tax	*	2
Low pay/minimum wage/fair wages	1	2
Northern Ireland	*	2
Animal welfare	0	1
Beef/BSE/Mad Cow Disease	*	1
Nuclear weapons/ nuclear war/disarmament	*	1
Pound/exchange rate/value of pound	1	1
AIDS	0	1
Privatisation	*	1
Scottish/Welsh Assembly/Devolution	*	1
Trade unions/strikes	0	*

Other	3	11
Don't know	7	6

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: 979

	%
Improve	22
Stay the same	38
Get worse	33
Don't know	7
Economic Optimism Index (EOI)	-11

Q10 On balance, do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements … ?

"The Conservatives are ready to form the next government"

Base: 979

	%
Agree	23
Disagree	60
Don't know	17
Net agree	-37

"William Hague is ready to be Prime Minister"

Base: 979

	%
Agree	18
Disagree	64
Don't know	18
Net agree	-46

Q11-16 I am going to read out some issues facing Britain today. For each one, I would like you to tell me whether you think William Hague or Tony Blair is most in tune with the views of the British public …

Base: 979