MORI Political Monitor - Political Attitudes in Great Britain

MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 1,850 adults aged 18+ at 203 sampling points across Great Britain. Interviews were conducted face-to-face on 28 August - 2 September 2003. Data are weighted to match the profile of the population.

10 September 2003

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: 1,850 British adults 18+	%
Conservative	30
Labour	40
Liberal Democrats (Lib Dem)	21
Scottish/Welsh Nationalist	3
Green Party	2
Democratic/UKIP Party	1
Other	3

Lab lead (177%)	+10

Would not vote	12
Undecided	11
Refused	1

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: All absolutely certain to vote (989).	%
Conservative	34
Labour	36
Liberal Democrats (Lib Dem)	24
Scottish/Welsh Nationalist	3
Green Party	1
Democratic/UKIP Party	*
Other	2

Lab lead (177%)	2

Would not vote	*
Undecided	7
Refused	2

The headline figures are based on all respondents absolutely certain to vote.

Q3-6 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way the Government / Mr Blair / Mr Duncan Smith / Mr Kennedy are doing their job?
Base: 971 British adults 18+	Satisfied	Dissatisfied	Don't know	Index
	%	%	%	%
Government	24	67	10	-43
Blair	30	63	6	-33
Duncan Smith	20	47	33	-27
Kennedy	38	25	36	+13

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: 971 British adults 18+	Q7	Q7/8
	%	%
National Health Service/Hospitals	16	45
Race relations/immigration/immigrants	21	35
Education/schools	9	33
Crime/law & order/violence/vandalism	7	24
Defence/foreign affairs/international terrorism	11	20
Economy/economic situation	5	12
Pensions/social security	2	10
Unemployment/factory closure/lack of industry	2	10
Transport/public transport	1	10
Common Market/EU/Europe/Single European Currency	4	9
Housing	1	7
Drug abuse	1	6
Poverty/inequality	1	6
Taxation	1	6
Morality/individual behaviour	1	5
Nuclear weapons/nuclear war/disarmament	2	4
Low pay/minimum wage/fair wages	1	3
Inflation/prices	*	3
Local government/council tax	*	3
Pollution/environment	*	2
Countryside/rural life	1	1
Petrol prices/fuel	*	1
Pound/exchange rate/value of pound	*	1
Privatisation	*	1
GM/GM (Genetically Modified) foods	*	*
Northern Ireland	*	*
Trade unions/strikes	*	*
AIDS	0	*
Animal welfare	0	*
Beef/BSE/Mad Cow Disease	0	*
Foot and mouth outbreak/farming crisis	0	*
Scottish/Welsh Assembly/Devolution Constitutional reform	0	*

Other	6	16
Don't know	6	5

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: 879 British adults 18+	%
Improve	13
Stay the same	40
Get worse	39
Don't know	8

MORI Economic Optimism Index [EOI]	-26

Q10 And how likely would you be to vote in an immediate General Election, on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 means you would be absolutely certain to vote, and 1 means that you would be absolutely certain not to vote?
Base: 1,850 British adults 18+	%
10 - absolutely certain to vote	52
9	6
8	6
7	5
6	3
5	9
4	3
3	3
2	2
1 - absolutely certain not to vote	10
Don't know	2

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