Party Identification - The "Michigan Question"

Q Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, or what?

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Q Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Green or what?

1991	Con	Lab	Lib Dem	Nat	Green	Other	Don't know	None of these	Refused
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Mar 7-25	35	31	13	1	4	3	13	n/a	n/a

Q Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, or what?

1993	Con	Lab	Lib Dem	Nat	Green	Other	Don't know	None of these	Refused
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Feb 18-22	32	38	13	2	1	1	3	8	2
Mar 25-29	31	38	13	1	1	1	4	9	1
Apr 22-26	30	36	15	1	1	1	6	10	2
May 20-24	31	35	17	2	1	1	5	8	1
Jun 24-28	28	37	14	2	1	1	4	11	2
Jul 22-26	28	35	17	2	1	1	5	9	2
Aug 19-23	27	34	18	1	1	1	5	11	2
Sep 16-20	29	34	17	1	*	1	5	11	1
Oct 21-25	30	37	15	1	1	1	4	10	1
Nov 18-22	28	35	15	1	1	1	4	9	2
Dec 9-13	29	37	13	1	1	1	5	12	1

1994	Con	Lab	Lib Dem	Nat	Green	Other	Don't know	None of these	Refused
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Jan 20-24	30	35	14	1	1	1	6	12	2
Feb 24-28	28	36	14	1	1	1	5	11	2
Mar 24-28	27	38	13	1	1	1	5	13	1
Apr 21-25	28	37	16	1	1	1	6	10	1
May 19-23	28	38	15	2	1	1	4	9	1
Jun 16-20	26	42	14	2	1	1	4	10	1
Jul 14-18	26	39	15	2	1	1	4	11	2
Aug 18-22	24	43	14	2	1	1	3	10	2
Sep 22-26	28	38	12	1	1	1	6	12	1
Oct 20-24	27	42	11	1	1	1	5	11	2
Nov 17-21	28	40	13	2	1	1	3	11	1
Dec 15-19	27	43	10	1	1	1	5	10	2

1995	Con	Lab	Lib Dem	Nat	Green	Other	Don't know	None of these	Refused
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Jan 20-23	29	42	11	1	1	1	4	10	2
Feb 17-20	26	41	12	2	*	1	5	11	2
Mar 17-20	26	41	9	2	1	1	6	12	1
Apr 21-24	28	40	11	2	1	1	5	11	2
May 19-22	27	39	11	1	*	1	5	12	1
Jun 23-26	29	38	11	1	*	1	5	12	1
Jul 21-24	27	44	9	1	*	1	5	11	2
Aug 25-28	26	40	13	2	1	2	6	9	2
Sep 22-25	28	37	11	2	1	1	4	14	2
Oct 20-23	27	39	10	2	1	1	4	14	2
Nov 17-20	28	37	11	2	1	1	4	15	2
Dec 1-4	29	37	11	2	1	1	5	13	1

1996	Con	Lab	Lib Dem	Nat	Green	Other	Don't know	None of these	Refused
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Jan 19-22	29	39	12	1	1	1	6	10	1
Feb 23-26	26	41	11	1	1	1	4	13	1
Mar 22-25	27	39	10	1	*	1	5	14	2
Apr 19-22	28	38	11	2	1	1	4	12	2
May 23-26	28	39	11	1	*	1	4	13	2
Jun 21-24	30	38	10	2	1	1	5	11	2
July 23-28	27	38	10	2	1	1	5	13	2
Aug 22-25	29	37	10	2	1	1	5	14	1
Sep 20-23	28	36	11	2	1	*	5	15	2
Oct 25-28	27	40	10	2	*	1	4	14	2
Nov 8-11	31	39	9	1	1	2	4	10	2
Dec 6-9	30	37	11	2	1	1	5	12	1

1997	Con	Lab	Lib Dem	Nat	Green	Other	Don't know	None of these	Refused
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Jan 24-28	29	39	10	2	1	1	4	13	2
Feb 21-24	30	40	10	2	1	2	4	10	1
Mar 21-24	29	36	11	2	1	1	5	14	1

2001	Con	Lab	Lib Dem	Nat	Green	Other	Don't know	None of these	Refused
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
May 22	24	41	7	1	1	2	6	16	1
May 29	24	42	10	2	1	2	4	15	2
Jun 5	25	41	10	2	1	1	6	12	2

2010	Con	Lab	Lib Dem	Nat	Green	Other	Don't know	None of these	Refused
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Feb 19-22	30	32	15	2	2	13	na	7	na
Apr 18-19	28	31	21	2	2	15	na	na	na
Jul 23-25	32	31	14	1	1	19	na	na	na

2014	Con	Lab	Lib Dem	Nat	Green	Other	Don't know	None of these	Refused
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
May 10-12	27	31	9	2	4	9	12	na	2

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