Political Attitudes in Great Britain for September 1999

• MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 1,823 adults aged 18+ at 155 sampling points across Great Britain.
• Fieldwork was conducted face-to-face on 24-27 September 1999.
• Base: All respondents, unless stated.
• The voting intention figures exclude those who say they would not vote (11%), are undecided (6%) 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: 1,823

Conservative	25%
Labour	52%
Liberal Democrats	17%
Scottish/Welsh Nationalist	4%
Green Party	1%
Democratic/UKIP/Referendum Party	*%
Other	1%
Would not vote	11%
Undecided	6%
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: 923

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

Important Issues over the last 12 months & 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: 923

Improve	29%
Stay the same	40%
Get worse	24%
Don't know	7%
Economic Optimism Index (EOI)	+5

Q10-12 Read through the list slowly keeping the Conservative / Labour / Liberal Democrat party in mind. Every time you come to a statement that fits your ideas or impressions of the party just tell me. You may pick as many or as few as you like. You don't have to be certain, just pick the letters next to the statements you feel fit the Conservative / Labour / Liberal Democrat party. Base: 923

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