MORI interviewed a representative interlocking quota sample of 1,054 adults aged 18+. Interviews were conducted face-to-face in 53 constituency sampling points across Great Britain on 8-9 April 1979.
Q1 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way the government has run the country?
Q2 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Callaghan has done his job as Prime Minister?
Q3 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mrs Thatcher has done her job as Leader of the Opposition?
| |
Government |
Callaghan |
Thatcher |
|---|
| |
% |
% |
% |
|---|
| Satisfied |
28 |
49 |
47 |
| Dissatisfied |
64 |
46 |
39 |
| Don't know
|
8 |
5 |
14 |
Q4 How do you think you will vote at the General Election on the 3rd May?
(If undecided or refused at Q4)
Q5 Which party are you most inclined to support?
Base: All expressing a voting intention (905)
| |
% |
|---|
| Conservative |
49 |
| Labour |
39 |
| Liberal
|
10 |
| Other |
2 |
Q6 Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister, Mr Callaghan or Mrs Thatcher?
| |
% |
|---|
| Mr Callaghan |
47 |
| Mrs Thatcher |
39 |
| Don't know
|
14 |
Q7 Should Mrs Thatcher have accepted the invitation to debate with the Prime Minister on television, or was she right to refuse this invitation?
| |
% |
|---|
| Should have accepted |
47 |
| Right to refuse |
45 |
| Don't know |
8 |
Q8 If Mr Callaghan and Mrs Thatcher did appear in such a debate, who do you think would come off best?
| |
% |
|---|
| Mr Callaghan |
43 |
| Mrs Thatcher |
32 |
| Don't know
|
25 |
Q9 Now thinking about what future Labour and Conservative governments would be like, which do you think would...?
| |
|
Labour |
Conser-
vative |
Don't
know |
|---|
| ...have the best understanding of the problems facing Britain |
% |
40 |
44 |
16 |
| ...be the most likely to put the interests of the country before the interests of their party |
% |
44 |
36 |
20 |
| ...be the most extreme in their views |
% |
39 |
38 |
23 |
| ...be the most capable |
% |
38 |
48 |
14 |
| ...be best able to deal with the unions |
% |
51 |
32 |
17 |
| ...get the best deal for Britain from the Common market
|
% |
32 |
40 |
28 |
Q10 Do you think the death penalty is ever justified or not?
| |
% |
|---|
| Yes/sometimes |
74 |
| No, never |
23 |
| Don't know
|
3
|
Q11 (To those saying "Yes, sometimes" at Q10) I am going to read a list of various crimes, and I would like you to tell me whether or not you feel the death penalty would be a suitable punishment for such a crime.
(Table combines answers from Q10 and Q11 to show percentages of the public supporting or opposing the death penalty in each case)
| |
|
Suitable |
Not suitable/
never
justified
|
Don't
know |
|---|
| Murder during an armed robbery |
% |
66 |
29 |
5 |
| Terrorist murders |
% |
72 |
24 |
4 |
| Terrorist offences not resulting in death |
% |
21 |
70 |
9 |
