A YouGov poll whose findings are published today by the Times shows that the membership of the Labour Party are more supportive of Jeremy Corbyn now than they were in November 2015 and there is no realistic chance of him being removed now or in the foreseeable future. It is time for all his critics […]
Posts Tagged ‘Polling’
Poll shows Corbyn can’t be deposed. Do his critics want Labour to win or not?
May 17th, 2016 by Jon Lansman.
Is Labour a campaigning party, or one that follows public opinion?
Jan 27th, 2016 by Bryan Gould.I had the pleasure of working with Deborah Mattinson during the 1987 and 1992 election campaigns when she undertook qualitative polling for the Labour Party. She was expert in interpreting what could be gleaned from focus groups, and those running the campaign, myself included, always listened attentively to what she had to say. Politicians always […]
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New YouGov poll shows Corbyn has more support than Burnham & Cooper combined
Aug 14th, 2015 by Newsdesk.A new YouGov poll for the London Standard shows that Jeremy Corbyn “has more support among London public than nearest rivals, Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper, put together“. Forty-six per cent of Londoners with an opinion thought Jeremy would make the best Labour leader, reports the Standard, compared with 21% for Burnham, 20% for Cooper and […]
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Labour lost because it failed to challenge the Tory economic narrative
May 9th, 2015 by Michael Meacher.How does on explain that not one of the 50 or so polls over the last 6 weeks has put either Labour or the Tories outside the range of 260-285 seats, yet at 10pm on election night the BBC issues a shock exit poll which puts the Tories at 316 and Labour at 260? One […]
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Poll: Blair & Mandelson lead the race to the bottom (in popularity of retired politicians)
Feb 18th, 2015 by Jon Lansman.Ten days ago, Tony Blair offered to do “what it takes to help Ed Miliband win general election“. Michael Meacher on this site said thanks but we’d be better off without it. Today, a poll carried out by YouGov for the Times confirmed that he’s right. Asked about a number of retired politicians, Tony Blair and Peter […]
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Labour would do better being anti-austerity, anti-war and anti-corporate says poll
Jan 30th, 2015 by Jon Lansman.According to new polling evidence from YouGov, not just Labour voters but also the party’s swing voters prefer “a leftist Labour Party than a Blairite one” as Stephan Shakespeare, YouGov’s CEO puts it, adding: “People are not as attracted to the mushy centre as they were five years ago“. The poll shows big majorities for an agenda […]
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The polls provide clear evidence that Findlay can reach the parts Murphy can’t
Nov 25th, 2014 by Jon Lansman.It is true that Jim Murphy has a higher media profile than Neil Findlay, but rarely in a leadership election do we have such good evidence that one candidate in the running cannot win over the voters Labour needs whilst the other has the policies they support. This matters if Ed Miliband is to have […]
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Poll shows left policies would win back voters from SNP to Scottish Labour
Nov 19th, 2014 by Jon Lansman.Yesterday, Pollsters Survation released the results of a poll of previously declared SNP voters carried out for Progressive Polling which revealed that a range of left policies similar to those advocated by Neil Findlay and Katy Clark, would be likely to win back significant numbers of SNP voters: A policy of a mandatory living wage would make 37% more […]
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Labour’s poll hiccup
May 14th, 2014 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.Political people are a fragile lot. It doesn’t take much for herds of us to start quaffing at the Last Chance Saloon. Two polls – admittedly “gold standard” polls – place Labour two points behind the Conservatives. Not ideal at all, far from it. Then one of the them, the ICM poll for the Graun, puts […]
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How many million votes for socialism?
Nov 15th, 2013 by Miguel Costa Matos.When one of us suggests that the Labour Party should be more resolute and radical in its policy proposals, it doesn’t take long for detractors to start crying ‘8 million votes for Socialism’, in a clear reference to the 1983 general election defeat. Their whine seeks to identify those of us on the Left of […]
