MORI interviewed a representative interlocking quota sample of 1,064 electors. Interviews were conducted face-to-face in 52 constituency sampling points across Great Britain on 16-17 April 1979.
Q1 How do you think you will vote at the General Election on the 3rd May?
(If undecided or refused at Q1)
Q2 Which party are you most inclined to support?
Base: All expressing a voting intention (911)
| |
% |
|---|
| Conservative |
50 |
| Labour |
38 |
| Liberal
|
10 |
| Other |
2 |
Q3 Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister, Mr Callaghan or Mrs Thatcher?
| |
% |
|---|
| Mr Callaghan |
45 |
| Mrs Thatcher |
37 |
| Don't know
|
18 |
Q4 Do you think that one political party will achieve an overall majority in the General Election or do you think there is likely to be a stalemate?
| |
% |
|---|
| Overall majority |
46 |
| Stalemate |
42 |
| Don't know
|
12
|
Q5 Do you think it will be a good or bad thing for the country if no party achieves an overall majority?
| |
% |
|---|
| Good |
20 |
| Bad |
65 |
| Don't know
|
15
|
Q6 Which party do you think will win the largest number of seats at the General Election?
| |
% |
|---|
| Conservative |
59 |
| Labour |
26 |
| Other |
1 |
| Don't know
|
14
|
Q7 I am going to read out to you a number of policies that some people would like the next government to adopt. For each one I would like you to tell me whether you support or oppose this policy.
| |
|
Support |
Oppose |
Don't
know |
|---|
| Increase defence spending |
% |
53 |
37 |
10 |
| Introduce proportional representation for elections to Parliament |
% |
41 |
23 |
36 |
| Push for a reform of the agricultural policy of the Common Market |
% |
70 |
15 |
15 |
| Reduce income tax by reducing government spending |
% |
75 |
17 |
8 |
| Abolish social security payments to strikers' families while they are on strike |
% |
54 |
38 |
8 |
| Remove the power of the House of Lords to delay or veto decisions of the House of Commons |
% |
31 |
40 |
28 |
| Reduce government investment and loans to industry |
% |
42 |
45 |
13 |
| Introduce laws to limit the power of trade unions |
% |
74 |
19 |
7 |
Q8 And which party's policy is it to ...?
| |
|
Cons-
ervative |
Labour |
Liberal |
Other |
Don't know |
|---|
| Increase defence spending |
% |
55 |
12 |
3 |
0 |
30 |
| Introduce proportional representation for elections to Parliament |
% |
12 |
12 |
31 |
* |
45 |
| Push for a reform of the agricultural policy of the Common Market |
% |
30 |
36 |
3 |
* |
31 |
| Reduce income tax by reducing government spending |
% |
66 |
15 |
2 |
* |
17 |
| Abolish social security payments to strikers' families while they are on strike |
% |
75 |
6 |
1 |
* |
18 |
| Remove the power of the House of Lords to delay or veto decisions of the House of Commons |
% |
12 |
45 |
4 |
* |
38 |
| Reduce government investment and loans to industry |
% |
48 |
16 |
2 |
1 |
32 |
| Introduce laws to limit the power of trade unions |
% |
79 |
5 |
1 |
* |
15 |
Q9 Which parties, if any, do you think will do what they promise in their election manifesto?
| |
% |
|---|
| Conservative |
29 |
| Labour |
19 |
| Liberal |
5 |
| None of these
|
47
|
