Political Attitudes in Great Britain for August 1999

• MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 1,862 adults aged 18+ at 165 sampling points across Great Britain.
• Fieldwork was conducted face-to-face on 20-23 August 1999.
• Base: All respondents, unless stated.
• The voting intention figures exclude those who say they would not vote (13%), are undecided (7%) or refuse to name a party (1%).
• 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: 1,862

Conservative	27%
Labour	49%
Liberal Democrats	17%
Scottish/Welsh Nationalist	3%
Green Party	2%
Democratic/UKIP/Referendum Party	0%
Other	0%
Would not vote	13%
Undecided	7%
Refused	1%

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 Kennedy is doing his job as Leader of the Liberal Democrats? Base: 1,006

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: 910

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: 1,006

Improve	19%
Stay the same	43%
Get worse	31%
Don;t know	7%
Economic Optimism Index (EOI)	-12

Q10 Who is the British politician in the picture, and what job does he do? Base: 1,006