Impact of the expenses scandal recedes
Ipsos's recent poll for Total Politics shows that the impact of the expenses scandal on voting may have fallen away since the summer.
Over half of the public now say that they would vote for the party they want to win the election, even if it meant voting for an individual caught up in the expenses scandal.
This is a complete reversal of findings from a poll in June - in the immediate aftermath of the scandal - when half said they would vote for a different candidate who was not caught up in the expenses scandal, even though this would mean voting against the party that they want to win the election.
Technical details Ipsos interviewed a representative sample of 1,503 adults aged 18+ across Great Britain. Interviews were conducted by telephone 19-22 March 2010. Data are weighted to match the profile of the population. Where percentages do not sum to 100, this may be due to computer rounding, the exclusion of "don't know" categories, or multiple answers. An asterisk (*) denotes any value of less than half a per cent. Voting intention figures exclude those who say they would not vote, are undecided or refuse to name a party and in the headline figures, those who are not absolutely certain to vote.
