Effect of rain on likelihood of voting

Q. How likely are you to get along to vote in the General Election? Q. And if it rained all day on May 1st, the day of the General Election, how likely would you be to get along and vote?

MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 583 GB adults aged 18+. Interviews were conducted by telephone on 22-24 April 1997. Data were weighted to match the profile of the population. The survey was conducted on behalf of The Weather Channel.

Q. How likely are you to get along to vote in the General Election?

  All Conservative Labour Lib Dem
  % % % %
Certain not to vote 7 1 * *
Not very likely to vote 4 10 1 3
Quite likely to vote 10 10 11 5
Very likely to vote 14 20 4 41
Certain to vote 65 60 83 50
Don’t know * - * *
Certain/very likely 79 80 87 91

Q. And if it rained all day on May 1st, the day of the General Election, how likely would you be to get along and vote?

  All Conservative Labour Lib Dem
  % % % %
Certain not to vote 9 6 * *
Not very likely to vote 5 6 1 3
Quite likely to vote 10 13 8 10
Very likely to vote 10 13 12 24
Certain to vote 66 62 78 62
Don’t know * * 1 -
Certain/very likely 76 75 90 86

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