MORI Political Monitor June 1999

• MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 2,028 adults aged 18+ at 161 sampling points across Great Britain.
• Fieldwork was conducted face-to-face on 18-21 June 1999.
• Base: All respondents, unless stated.
• The voting intention figures exclude those who say they would not vote (12%), are undecided (6%) or refuse to name a party (2%).
• All figures are in percentages. Where percentages do not sum to 100, this may be due to multiple responses, the exclusion of don't knows or computer rounding.
• Data were weighted to match the profile of the population.
• An asterisk (*) denotes a figure between zero and 0.5%.

Q1 How would you vote if there were a General Election tomorrow? (If undecided or refused at Q1) Q2 Which party are you most inclined to support? Base: 2,028

The voting intention figures exclude those who say they would not vote (12%), are undecided (6%) or refuse to name a party (2%).

Voting Intention Long Term Trends

Q3 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way the Government is running the country? Q4 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Blair is doing his job as Prime Minister? Q5 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Hague is doing his job as leader of the Conservative Party? Q6 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Ashdown is doing his job as Leader of the Liberal Democrats? Base: 1,052

Satisfaction Ratings Long Term Trends

Q7 What would you say is the most important issue facing Britain today? Q8 What do you see as other important issues facing Britain today? Base: 1,052

An asterisk (*) denotes a figure between zero and 0.5%.

Important Issues Long Term Trends

Q9 Do you think that the general economic condition of the country will improve, stay the same, or get worse over the next 12 months? Base: 1,052

Economic Optimism Index (EOI) -4

Economic Optimism Long Term Trends

The following questions were compiled using the Excellence Model.

Now I would like to ask you about some of the political parties.

Q10 Thinking of the Conservative / Labour / Liberal Democrat Party, please pick one statement from each section according to which best reflects your behaviour and opinions with respect to that Party. Base: 1,052

a) Voting

b) Governing Britain

If they were in power how good would they be at doing what is best for Britain? (For Labour Party: How good are they at doing what is best for Britain?).

c) Advocacy