General Election 2001 - Economist Poll

• MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 1,846 adults aged 18+ at 199 sampling points across Great Britain.
• Interviews were conducted face-to-face on 10-14 May 2001.
• Data are weighted to match the profile of the population.
• Results are based on all respondents unless otherwise stated.
• An '*' indicates a finding of less than 0.5%, but greater than zero.
• Poll conducted by MORI on behalf of The Economist.

Q1 How do you intend to vote in the General Election on June 7th? [If undecided or refused at Q1] Q2 Which party are you most inclined to support? Base: All respondents 18+ (1,846)

Conservative	26%
Labour	54%
Liberal Democrats	14%
Scottish/Welsh Nationalist	3%
Green Party	1%
Democratic/UKIP/Referendum Party	1%
Other	1%
Labour lead	+28%
Would not vote	10%
Undecided	10%
Refused	2%

Q Do you think that the general economic condition of the country will improve, stay the same, or get worse over the next 12 months?

	%
Improve	23
Stay the same	41
Get worse	27
Don't know	9
MORI Economic Optimism Index (EOI)	-4

Base: All respondents 18+ (1,846) Economic Condition Long Term Trends

Q3 From this card, can you tell me how likely you are to get along to vote in the General Election?

	%
Certain to vote	52
Very likely to vote	17
Quite likely to vote	13
Not very likely to vote	6
Certain not to vote	10
Don't know	2

Base: All respondents 18+ (1,846) Likelihood of voting Long Term Trends

Q4 Have you definitely decided to vote for the [...] party or is there a chance you may change your mind before you vote?

	Definitely decided%	May change mind%	Don't know%
Conservative (378)	73	26	1
Labour (794)	73	25	2
Liberal Democrats (185)	55	43	2
Scottish/Welsh Nationalists (45)	59	39	2

Base: All respondents 18+ naming a party

Q5a If you do change your mind about voting for the Conservative party, which party would you vote for instead?

	%
Conservative	-
Labour	31
Liberal Democrats	31
Scottish/Welsh Nationalists	2
Green Party	3
Democratic Party/UKIP/Referendum Party	1
Other	2
Would not vote	4
Undecided	26

Base: All respondents voting Conservative 18+ who may change mind (96)

Q5b If you do change your mind about voting for the Labour party, which party would you vote for instead?

	%
Conservative	17
Labour	-
Liberal Democrats	43
Scottish/Welsh Nationalists	8
Green Party	1
Democratic Party/UKIP/Referendum Party	1
Other	2
Would not vote	1
Undecided	27

Base: All respondents voting Labour 18+ who may change mind (196)

Q5c If you do change your mind about voting for the Liberal Democrats party, which party would you vote for instead?

	%
Conservative	22
Labour	37
Liberal Democrats	-
Scottish/Welsh Nationalists	0
Green Party	4
Democratic Party/UKIP/Referendum Party	0
Other	5
Would not vote	7
Undecided	25

Base: All respondents voting Liberal Democrats 18+ who may change mind (76)

Q6 At this general election which, if any, of these issues do you think will be very important to you in helping you decide which party to vote for?

Asylum/immigration	24%
Animal welfare	13%
Constitution/devolution	5%
Defence	9%
Education	53%
Europe	18%
Health care	61%
Housing	18%
Law & Order	44%
Managing the economy	29%
Northern Ireland	5%
Pensions	35%
Protecting the natural environment	20%
Public transport	23%
Taxation	35%
Trade Unions	3%
Unemployment	25%
Other	2%
None of these	5%
Don't know	3%

Base: All respondents 18+ (1,846)

Q7 Thinking of those issues you think are important please tell me if you think that the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats or some other party has the best policy on each.

	Con%	Lab%	Lib Dem%	Other%	None%	Don't know%
Asylum seekers/ Immigration (439)	36	14	3	2	15	30
Animal welfare (244)	14	20	8	6	11	41
Constitution/devolution (103)	27	29	6	7	8	23
Defence (178)	40	20	3	1	6	30
Education (967)	12	46	9	1	7	25
Europe (324)	44	28	6	3	6	13
Health care (1,150)	14	49	6	1	7	23
Housing (354)	9	38	4	2	10	37
Law and order (826)	29	31	4	*	11	25
Managing the economy (504)	17	51	4	1	6	21
Northern Ireland (92)	22	37	0	5	14	22
Pensions (698)	17	47	5	1	6	24
Protecting the natural environment (372)	11	18	18	17	11	25
Public transport (420)	11	32	11	2	14	30
Taxation (608)	33	30	6	*	8	23
Trade Unions (59)	7	49	2	3	11	28
Unemployment (456)	7	60	2	1	8	22

Base: All respondents who think each issue is important 18+

Q8 What do you think the main issues in the General Election campaign will be?

Q9 What do you think the main issues in the General Election campaign should be?

	Q8Issues will be%	Q9Issues should be%
Asylum seekers/Immigration	22	21
Animal welfare	4	7
Constitution/devolution	2	4
Defence	3	7
Education	52	55
Europe	23	17
Health care	55	60
Housing	7	14
Law and order	30	38
Managing the economy	22	27
Northern Ireland	3	4
Pensions	16	23
Protecting the natural environment	5	13
Public transport	13	16
Taxation	42	31
Trade Unions	1	2
Unemployment	17	22
Other	1	1
None of these	1	1
Don't know	7	5

Base: All respondents 18+ (1,846)

Q10 Who do you think would make the most capable Prime Minister, Mr Blair, Mr Hague or Mr Kennedy?

	%
Blair	52
Hague	13
Kennedy	9
Other	1
None	13
Don't know	12

Base: All respondents 18+ (1,846)

Q11 Which political party, if any, do you think would be the best at looking after the interests of people like you?

	%
Conservative	22
Labour	43
Liberal Democrat	9
Other	3
None	11
Don't know	12

Base: All respondents 18+ (1,846)

Q12 How important is it to you personally who wins the General Election?

	%
Very important	27
Fairly important	36
Not very important	25
Not at all important	11
No opinion	1

Base: All respondents 18+ (1,846)