Political Monitor - Satisfaction Ratings 1988-1997

Public Sector

Q Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way ... ... the Government is running the country? ... [name] is doing his/her job as Prime Minister/Leader of the Opposition?Leader of the Liberal Democrats?

 

1977-1987 | 1997-present

Q3-6 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way ...

... the Government is running the country? ... Mrs Thatcher is doing her job as Prime Minister? ... Mr Kinnock is doing his job as Leader of the Opposition? ... Mr Steel/Ashdown is doing his job as Leader of the Liberal Party/SLD/Democrats?* ... Mr MacLennan/Dr Owen is doing his job as Leader of the SDP?

1988 Gov't Thatcher Kinnock Steel MacLennan Owen
  Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis
  % % % % % % % % % % % %
January 22-26 40 50 46 47 33 48 23 51 9 41    
February 26-March 1 37 53 45 48 35 49 24 50 11 42    
March 24-28 39 54 47 49 36 50 25 46 11 39 32 39
April 22-26 38 56 43 52 39 47 25 42 9 36 29 29
May 27-1 June 39 52 43 51 37 49 n/a n/a     24 42
June 22-28 42 49 49 46 32 55 n/a n/a     25 43
July 21-25 41 53 46 49 30 57 n/a n/a     30 33
  Ashdown  
August 18-22 44 48 50 45 28 59 15 19     27 39
September 21-26 38 53 46 47 32 53 19 23     31 37
October 26-31 40 52 46 48 36 51 21 24     30 38
November 25-30 37 56 47 48 34 55 23 23     29 39
December 28-29 41 51 48 48 27 61 26 26     29 39

*Asked as "Liberal Party" for Steel; "SLD" for Ashdown August-November, "Democrats" in December

 

… the Government is running the country?
… Mrs Thatcher is doing her job as Prime Minister?
… Mr Kinnock is doing his job as Leader of the Opposition?
… Mr Ashdown is doing his job as Leader of the Democrats?
… Dr Owen is doing his job as Leader of the SDP?

1989 Gov't Thatcher Kinnock Ashdown Owen
  Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis
  % % % % % % % % % %
January 26-30 38 54 46 48 30 57 23 25 30 38
February 23-28 34 57 44 51 34 53 26 29 36 34
March 15-19 36 57 43 52 33 55 23 32 31 40
April 20-24 32 60 41 54 33 52 24 30 30 39
May 18-22 33 59 40 54 38 48 21 36 22 48
June 22-27 28 64 34 60 41 45 18 39 22 45
July 20-26 28 66 34 61 38 49 17 41 22 46
August 17-21 31 62 38 57 39 47 20 41 22 46
September 21-26 30 62 41 54 39 47 25 37 24 46
October 19-23 27 66 35 60 43 44 20 42 22 48
November 23-27 28 66 33 63 42 44 26 37 27 42
December 27-28 28 67 33 64 42 47 24 45 24 52

… the Government is running the country?
… Mrs Thatcher/Mr Major is doing her/his job as Prime Minister?
… Mr Kinnock is doing his job as Leader of the Opposition?
… Mr Ashdown is doing his job as Leader of the Liberal Democrats?
… Dr Owen is doing his job as Leader of the SDP?

1990 Gov't Thatcher Kinnock Ashdown Owen
  Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis
  % % % % % % % % % %
January 18-22 25 69 31 65 43 44 23 36 25 41
February 15-19 19 74 29 66 41 44 25 33 25 38
March 15-20 16 79 20 76 43 43 28 35 24 45
April 19-24 17 77 21 75 39 45 25 36 22 45
May 17-21 23 71 26 70 40 46 28 33 23 43
June 13-18 24 66 30 62 38 46 23 35    
July 19-23 24 70 30 65 37 50 27 38    
August 16-20 25 68 33 63 39 47 27 37    
September 20-24 25 69 36 59 41 43 38 31    
October 18-22 22 70 29 66 45 42 38 29    
November 15-19 22 73 25 71 42 41 37 30    
  Major  
December 27-28 31 62 37 22 37 51 37 34    

… the Government is running the country?
… Mr Major is doing his job as Prime Minister?
… Mr Kinnock is doing his job as Leader of the Opposition?
… Mr Ashdown is doing his job as Leader of the Liberal Democrats?

1991 Gov't Major Kinnock Ashdown
  Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis
  % % % % % % % %
January 18-21 41 49 61 15 44 44 40 27
February 22-25 34 56 63 19 43 43 45 24
March 21-25 30 62 58 27 39 48 50 25
April 18-22 32 58 59 26 38 49 49 25
May 24-28 27 64 49 36 40 48 53 21
June 21-24 27 66 50 34 39 47 49 24
July 19-22 26 65 53 33 37 48 50 23
August 23-27 32 58 57 30 38 49 48 24
September 20-24 31 59 57 32 33 53 52 22
October 18-21 30 62 54 35 41 49 47 27
November 22-25 29 63 52 37 37 50 50 24
December 27 26 65 51 39 33 55 45 33

… the Government is running the country?
… Mr Major is doing his job as Prime Minister?
… Mr Kinnock/Smith is doing his job as Leader of the Opposition?
… Mr Ashdown is doing his job as Leader of the Liberal Democrats?

1992 Gov't Major Kinnock Ashdown
  Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis
  % % % % % % % %
January 17-21 28 63 51 38 34 53 51 22
February 21-25 25 68 48 44 36 54 57 21
March 20-24 29 65 48 44 41 48 58 23
April 25-28 40 50 55 35 33 53 52 27
May 21-25 41 51 56 35 30 58 50 30
June 19-23 34 56 51 39 27 60 48 31
  Smith  
July 23-28 27 64 50 42 30 12 53 22
August 27-September 1 25 68 47 46 30 23 47 27
September 25-29 18 75 33 60 33 21 48 28
October 23-27 10 85 21 72 40 24 47 27
November 27-December 1 12 82 25 69 40 28 41 34
December 11-15 14 78 28 64 35 31 43 33

… the Government is running the country?
… Mr Major is doing his job as Prime Minister?
… Mr Smith is doing his job as Leader of the Opposition?
… Mr Ashdown is doing his job as Leader of the Liberal Democrats?

1993 Gov't Major Smith Ashdown
  Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis
  % % % % % % % %
January 21-25 17 76 31 61 34 36 42 33
February 18-22 14 80 28 64 34 35 43 29
March 25-29 13 81 26 67 37 35 42 32
April 22-26 17 76 27 64 37 36 45 30
May 20-24 12 81 21 71 33 41 50 28
June 24-28 10 84 19 73 35 42 50 28
July 22-26 12 80 19 73 36 39 50 27
August 19-23 12 80 21 70 35 39 50 25
September 16-20 11 82 20 70 34 38 48 27
October 21-25 11 82 23 69 41 34 47 29
November 18-22 13 82 21 71 39 36 46 30
December 9-13 13 80 24 68 39 35 43 30

… the Government is running the country?
… Mr Major is doing his job as Prime Minister?
… Mr Smith/Blair is doing his job as Leader of the Opposition?
… Mr Ashdown is doing his job as Leader of the Liberal Democrats?

1994 Gov't Major Smith Ashdown
  Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis
  % % % % % % % %
January 20-24 13 80 21 71 37 37 42 31
February 24-28 11 81 22 68 37 37 44 29
March 24-28 12 81 20 72 38 38 41 32
April 21-25 11 84 19 74 36 40 46 31
May 19-23 12 82 22 71     48 24
June 16-20 11 83 20 74     43 28
July 14-18 10 84 20 74 Blair 42 28
August 18-22 11 84 17 76 34 16 46 27
September 22-26 12 80 24 68 33 19 38 36
October 20-24 14 79 27 66 42 15 39 33
November 17-21 12 82 23 70 41 20 39 33
December 15-19 8 86 18 74 49 18 40 29

… the Government is running the country?
… Mr Major is doing his job as Prime Minister?
… Mr Blair is doing his job as Leader of the Opposition?
… Mr Ashdown is doing his job as Leader of the Liberal Democrats?

1995 Gov't Major Blair Ashdown
  Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis
  % % % % % % % %
January 20-23 10 84 20 73 46 24 36 33
February 17-20 9 84 20 71 48 22 41 30
March 17-20 11 83 22 70 51 21 38 32
April 21-24 9 83 22 69 47 24 38 30
May 19-22 10 82 21 70 51 23 41 27
June 23-26 14 79 28 64 53 24 41 31
July 21-24 11 81 25 66 51 24 38 30
August 25-28 13 79 26 65 45 28 40 29
September 22-25 14 77 28 62 45 29 44 28
October 20-23 15 78 28 64 52 26 41 28
November 17-20 15 77 25 66 52 25 42 28
December 1-4 14 79 28 64 51 26 42 29

… the Government is running the country?
… Mr Major is doing his job as Prime Minister?
… Mr Blair is doing his job as Leader of the Opposition?
… Mr Ashdown is doing his job as Leader of the Liberal Democrats?

1996 Gov't Major Blair Ashdown
  Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis
  % % % % % % % %
January 19-22 14 76 25 64 49 27 40 26
February 23-26 13 79 26 66 48 29 43 27
March 22-25 14 78 26 65 53 26 43 27
April 19-22 15 75 29 62 50 28 43 26
May 23-26 14 78 26 66 48 29 43 27
June 21-24 18 73 29 61 48 29 43 26
July 23-28 15 76 28 63 43 32 39 27
August 20-25 16 75 28 62 43 34 40 28
September 20-23 17 75 29 61 42 35 39 29
October 25-28 18 73 30 60 51 27 42 28
November 8-11 22 69 36 55 49 28 45 20
December 6-9 18 74 30 62 47 33 43 26

… the Government is running the country?
… Mr Major is doing his job as Prime Minister?
… Mr Blair is doing his job as Leader of the Opposition?
… Mr Ashdown is doing his job as Leader of the Liberal Democrats?

1997 Gov't Major Blair Ashdown
  Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis Sat Dis
  % % % % % % % %
January 24-28 21 71 31 61 50 32 43 24
February 21-24 21 70 34 58 48 32 44 24
March 21-24 23 69 32 59 51 29 49 21
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