Political Attitudes in Great Britain for June 1998
Research study conducted for The Times Newspaper MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 1,760 adults aged 18+ at 148 sampling points across Great Britain between 25-30 June 1998.
Research study conducted for The Times Newspaper MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 1,760 adults aged 18+ at 148 sampling points across Great Britain between 25-30 June 1998.
% | |
Conservative | 27 |
Labour | 56 |
Lib Dem | 13 |
Scot / Welsh Nationalist | 3 |
Green Party | 1 |
Referendum Party | * |
Other | 1 |
Would not vote | 10 |
Undecided | 7 |
Refused | 1 |
Satisfied | Dissatisfied | Don't know | |
% | % | % | |
Government | 49 | 38 | 13 |
Blair | 62 | 28 | 10 |
Hague | 23 | 46 | 31 |
Ashdown | 51 | 18 | 31 |
Q7 | Q7 / 8 | |
% | % | |
National Health Service / Hospitals | 15 | 44 |
Common Market / EU / Europe / Single European Currency | 22 | 33 |
Unemployment / factory closure / lack of industry | 16 | 33 |
Education / schools | 8 | 33 |
Crime / law & order / violence / vandalism | 7 | 21 |
Economy / economic situation | 5 | 13 |
Pensions / social security | 2 | 10 |
Poverty / inequality | 2 | 9 |
Housing | 2 | 8 |
Drug abuse | 1 | 8 |
Pollution / environment | 1 | 8 |
Morality / individual behaviour | 1 | 6 |
Inflation / prices | 1 | 5 |
Defence / foreign affairs | 1 | 5 |
Northern Ireland | 2 | 5 |
Transport / public transport | * | 5 |
Race relations / immigration / immigrants | 2 | 3 |
Taxation | * | 3 |
Local government / council tax | 1 | 2 |
Nuclear weapons / nuclear war / disarmament | * | 2 |
Pound / exchange rate / value of pound | * | 2 |
Scottish / Welsh Assembly / Devolution | * | 1 |
Privatisation | 0 | 1 |
AIDS | * | 1 |
Animal welfare | * | 1 |
Beef / BSE / Mad Cow Disease | * | 1 |
Countryside / rural life | * | 1 |
Trade unions / strikes | 0 | * |
Other | 3 | 10 |
Don't know | 6 | 5 |
% | |
Improve | 19 |
Stay the same | 36 |
Get worse | 38 |
Don't know | 7 |
a | b | |
% | & | |
Stay in | 47 | 54 |
Get out | 40 | 46 |
Don't know | 13 | 0 |
% | |
Austria | * |
Belgium | 2 |
Denmark | * |
Finland | 0 |
France | 3 |
Germany | 5 |
Greece | 0 |
Italy | * |
Luxembourg | * |
Netherlands | * |
Portugal | 0 |
Republic of Ireland | * |
Spain | 0 |
Sweden | * |
United Kingdom | 42 |
Other | 1 |
Don't know | 45 |
a | b | |
% | ||
Satisfied | 33 | 51 |
Dissatisfied | 19 | 24 |
Don't know | 48 | 25 |
Technical details
MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 1,760 adults aged 18+ at 148 sampling points across Great Britain. Fieldwork was conducted face-to-face on 25-30 June 1998. Base: All respondents, unless stated. The voting intention figures exclude those who say they would not vote (10%), 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%.
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