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Political Monitor: Satisfaction Ratings 1997-Present

Political Monitor: Satisfaction Ratings 1997-Present

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Trends showing satisfaction with the government and the various party leaders.

20 January 2020

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Dr. Roger Mortimore Public Affairs

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Hover over each point to see the date of fieldwork and the net satisfaction rating. Click on any of the politicians in the legend, to add/ remove their data from the chart.

1977-1987 | 1988-March 1997

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

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

1997	Gov't		Blair		Hague		Ashdown
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
General Election 1 May 1997
May 9-12	46	9	65	5	n/a	n/a	66	8
June 20-23	53	15	72	7	12	13	61	10
July 25-28	53	20	70	11	21	24	62	11
August 21-25	48	27	65	19	22	28	58	15
September 26-29	57	20	75	13	18	46	60	15
October 24-27	55	22	72	15	23	41	59	15
November 21-24	52	28	70	20	19	53	63	14
December 12-15	43	38	61	27	20	50	59	15

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

1998	Gov't		Blair		Hague		Ashdown
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
January 23-26	46	38	60	29	22	45	56	15
February 20-23	44	43	60	31	25	44	56	17
March 20-23	46	38	62	28	27	43	54	16
April 24-27	54	32	68	22	27	42	52	18
May 21-24	52	31	67	23	21	46	51	17
June 25 -30	49	38	62	28	23	46	51	18
July 17-21	50	35	62	28	24	49	51	20
August 21-24	47	40	65	26	23	46	50	20
September 18-21	45	41	61	30	20	51	52	18
October 23-26	47	42	62	29	25	50	48	23
November 20-23	49	37	61	29	27	48	52	21
December 11-14	46	40	60	29	24	51	48	21

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

1999	Gov't		Blair		Hague		Ashdown
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
January 22-25	45	41	59	31	23	50	56	17
February 19-22	45	45	58	34	23	53	54	17
March 19-22	47	41	61	29	24	50	53	18
April 23-26	50	37	63	28	21	52	55	18
May 21-24	46	42	58	34	20	55	52	20
June 18-21	45	44	57	35	23	50	53	20
July 23-26	43	42	55	33	25	48	55	16
							Kennedy
August 20-23	39	49	49	39	20	52	21	10
September 24-27	47	40	58	34	23	50	24	11
October 22-25	42	45	53	37	25	53	23	13
November 19-22	44	43	54	36	28	47	28	11
December 10-14	45	45	57	35	24	54	29	15

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

2000	Gov't		Blair		Hague		Kennedy
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
January 20-25	37	51	53	38	19	56	28	14
February 17-22	35	53	49	42	22	55	26	15
March 23-28	37	51	47	43	26	49	30	16
April 13-18	38	52	52	41	24	51	34	16
May 18-23	36	49	47	42	27	47	32	15
June 22-27	28	62	39	52	29	48	31	17
July 20-24	29	59	42	50	29	49	31	19
August 17-21	33	54	45	45	26	51	32	18
September 21-26	26	66	32	63	23	56	42	17
October 19-23	29	61	37	55	28	51	34	19
November 23 - 28	35	53	42	49	26	52	34	16
December 7-12	34	54	43	50	25	52	35	18

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

2001	Gov't		Blair		Hague		Kennedy
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
January 18-22	37	50	47	44	25	52	33	19
February 15-20	39	49	48	43	25	56	35	19
March 22-27	40	51	47	46	25	53	40	22
April 19-24	37	52	44	46	25	54	35	20
General Election
June 21-26	45	43	55	37	23	55	59	17
July 19-23	42	47	51	41	n/a	n/a	46	15
August 23-28	40	48	49	43	n/a	n/a	43	14
					Duncan Smith
September 20-25	54	36	67	26	15	15	47	15
October 18-22	50	38	65	28	22	14	45	16
November 22-27	52	38	64	28	24	22	44	15
	There was no MORI Political Monitor in December

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

2002	Gov't		Blair		Duncan Smith		Kennedy
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
January 24-28	43	45	51	39	25	33	53	16
February 21-26	37	53	46	46	27	30	46	16
March 21-26	33	57	42	50	23	31	46	15
April 18-22	41	47	46	46	26	27	47	14
May 23-28	33	57	39	50	26	35	41	19
June 20-24	36	52	46	47	24	33	44	16
July 18-22	34	55	42	50	22	35	46	17
	There was no MORI Political Monitor in August
September 19-24	37	52	42	49	22	39	43	17
October 17-21	35	55	41	49	18	44	45	19
November 14-19	32	56	40	51	22	49	47	19
December 12-17	32	58	38	54	19	49	43	20

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

2003	Gov't		Blair		Duncan Smith		Kennedy
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
23-27 January 2003	26	65	33	58	18	49	42	20
20-25 February 2003	25	67	31	61	16	53	42	23
20-24 March 2003	35	55	43	48	21	47	39	26
24-28 April 2003	35	53	47	45	22	47	40	26
22-28 May 2003	30	60	38	54	23	44	38	26
19-24 June 2003	25	64	31	61	21	49	37	27
17-22 July 2003	26	65	32	60	25	45	39	26
28 August-2 September 2003	24	67	30	63	20	47	38	25
11-16 September 2003	27	66	29	64	19	49	35	29
23-28 October 2003	25	64	31	60	22	49	38	24
					Howard
20-25 November 2003	27	63	32	57	26	17	40	18
11-17 December 2003	29	60	36	55	22	21	41	20

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

2004	Gov't		Blair		Howard		Kennedy
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
15-20 January 2004	25	64	32	59	30	22	39	20
12-16 February 2004	27	64	31	60	29	27	39	23
11-16 March 2004	25	64	32	60	31	28	40	21
15-19 April 2004	26	65	31	61	28	30	38	25
27 May-1 June 2004	26	62	29	61	30	31	38	24
24-29 June 2004	27	62	30	61	26	38	36	28
22-27 July 2004	27	64	30	63	26	42	44	26
12-16 August 2004	28	61	29	61	26	41	39	30
10-14 September 2004	29	62	32	61	26	40	39	25
21-27 October 2004	28	62	30	61	23	45	38	27
4-8 November 2004	28	63	32	60	23	44	38	28
2-6 December 2004	31	59	33	58	22	43	41	27

2005	Gov't		Blair		Howard		Kennedy
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
20-24 January 2005	32	58	33	57	22	48	39	28
17-21 February 2005	31	59	35	57	25	45	37	29
17-22 March 2005	31	59	34	59	31	41	39	29
General Election 5 May 2005
19-23 May 2005	38	52	39	55	28	48	49	28
16-20 June 2005	34	55	39	52	23	49	46	26
14-18 July 2005	37	51	44	47	25	48	42	29
11-15 August 2005	36	54	39	51	25	45	46	26
22-26 September 2005	29	61	31	60
20-25 October 2005	35	56	36	55
17-22 November 2005	33	57	37	55

… the Government is running the country? … Mr Blair is doing his job as Prime Minister? … Mr Cameron is doing his job as Leader of the Opposition? … Sir Menzies Campbell is doing his job as Leader of the Liberal Democrats?

2006	Gov't		Blair		Cameron
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
19-23 January 2006	32	60	36	57	31	17
16-20 February 2006	28	60	31	60	31	16	Campbell
16-21 March 2006	27	65	31	62	32	19	22	17
27 April - 2 May 2006	22	68	29	64	29	27	26	20
25-30 May 2006	22	69	26	67	33	27	22	31
22-26 June 2006	27	64	32	60	32	28	22	28
20-24 July 2006	23	68	23	67	29	31	22	28
31 August-6 September 2006	24	67	26	66	30	28	22	28
12-16 October 2006	27	64	32	60	31	32	22	31
9-14 November 2006	22	69	27	65	25	31	23	26
7-12 December 2006	26	64	30	64	28	33	22	31

… the Government is running the country? … Mr Blair / Brown is doing his job as Prime Minister? … Mr Cameron is doing his job as Leader of the Opposition? … Sir Menzies Campbell is doing his job as Leader of the Liberal Democrats?

2007	Gov't		Blair		Cameron		Campbell
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
19-29 January 2007	24	69	25	68	28	37	22	33
19-25 April 2007	27	66	28	66	30	33	22	32
17-22 May 2007	30	60	35	57	29	33	21	34
14-20 June 2007	30	61	33	60	28	33	21	33
			Brown
12-17 July 2007	36	53	36	20	31	35	22	32
23-29 August 2007	35	54	43	23	29	39	23	32
20-26 September 2007	35	52	44	26	23	45	24	35
18-23 October 2007	34	57	37	38	36	38
29 November - 7 December 2007	28	65	31	54	39	33

… the Government is running the country? … Mr Brown is doing his job as Prime Minister? … Mr Cameron is doing his job as Leader of the Opposition? … Mr Clegg is doing his job as Leader of the Liberal Democrats?

2008	Gov't		Brown		Cameron		Clegg
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
17-23 January 2008	29	62	32	48	31	38	15	18
21-26 February 2008	29	63	31	55	35	35	19	22
13-18 March 2008	26	65	27	58	38	34	19	26
17-22 April 2008	26	66	23	61	35	33	20	25
15-20 May 2008	21	72	23	67	40	31	23	24
Methodology change: from June 2008 onwards, satisfaction ratings measured using telephone rather than face-to-face interviewing
13-15 June 2008	21	73	22	70	50	30	33	24
18-20 July 2008	18	77	21	72	50	29	32	23
15-17 August 2008	20	76	24	71	51	29	33	26
12-14 September 2008	18	76	24	69	48	32	32	24
17-19 October 2008	25	69	35	59	49	34	35	28
14-16 November 2008	32	59	41	50	45	36	34	25
12-14 December 2008	28	64	38	54	43	38	35	28

2009	Gov't		Brown		Cameron		Clegg
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
16-18 January 2009	27	65	33	59	44	38	34	25
13-15 February 2009	21	70	26	64	43	34	35	26
13-15 March 2009	26	67	34	59	52	30	38	26
17-19 April 2009	23	70	32	60	52	29	39	25
29-31 May 2009	18	77	26	69	51	35	45	23
19-21 June 2009	16	78	27	66	45	37	39	29
17-19 July 2009	19	75	26	68	46	37	44	28
21-23 August 2009	23	71	28	65	47	38	42	26
25-27 September 2009	26	69	29	65	45	39	48	27
16-18 October 2009	23	72	32	62	49	34	44	27
13-15 November 2009	25	67	34	59	48	35	41	26
11-13 December 2009	21	73	28	63	44	38	40	27

… the Government is running the country?
… Mr Brown is doing his job as Prime Minister?
… Mr Cameron is doing his job as Leader of the Opposition?*
… Mr Clegg is doing his job as Leader of the Liberal Democrats?

2010	Gov't		Brown		Cameron		Clegg
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
26-28 January 2010	25	67	33	59	43	40	42	26
19-22 February 2010	26	64	36	57	44	40	44	27
19-22 March 2010	25	68	34	60	42	42	45	25
18-19 April 2010	30	66	35	59	45	42	68	15
12-13 May 2010	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	53	21	53	23

*For Cameron, asked as "Leader of the Conservative Party" in May 2010

… the Government is running the country?
… Mr Cameron is doing his job as Prime Minister?
… Mr Miliband is doing his job as Leader of the Labour Party?
… Mr Clegg is doing his job as Deputy Prime Minister?

2010	Gov't		Cameron		Miliband		Clegg
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
18-20 June 2010	43	33	57	26			53	27
23-25 July 2010	43	40	55	32			47	34
10-12 September 2010	43	47	57	33			52	35
15-17 October 2010	42	45	52	37	41	22	45	40
12-14 November 2010	35	55	46	45	38	29	38	49
10-12 December 2010	38	54	48	44	35	34	38	50

2011	Gov't		Cameron		Miliband		Clegg
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
21-24 January 2011	30	61	38	52	37	37	32	55
18-20 February 2011	31	60	39	52	34	43	34	57
11-13 March 2011	36	59	43	51	37	42	34	56
15-17 April 2011	37	55	44	47	41	40	35	53
20-24 May 2011	34	56	44	47	35	43	29	61
17-19 June 2011	36	54	45	47	34	48	32	58
16-18 July 2011	29	63	38	53	37	44	31	56
20-22 August 2011	30	59	39	51	36	43	31	56
10-12 September 2011	32	59	39	52	31	47	31	59
22-24 October 2011	30	63	40	54	34	48	30	58
19-21 November 2011	30	62	39	53	34	49	29	59
10-12 December 2011	36	56	43	50	34	50	33	55

2012	Gov't		Cameron		Miliband		Clegg
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
21-23 January 2012	40	53	46	47	30	56	32	55
25-27 February 2012	30	64	40	51	30	55	28	60
17-19 March 2012	32	60	41	52	34	52	32	59
21-23 April 2012	27	65	37	57	34	52	30	61
12-14 May 2012	26	67	32	60	34	50	25	64
9-11 June 2012	28	66	34	58	35	48	26	63
14-16 July 2012	26	68	33	60	33	51	26	64
11-13 August 2012	32	60	39	55	41	43	31	58
15-17 September 2012	28	64	34	58	38	47	23	66
20-24 October 2012	27	67	33	62	37	49	23	68
10-13 November 2012	31	62	40	54	40	43	27	59
8-10 December 2012	30	63	37	56	40	43	27	60

… the Government is running the country?
… David Cameron is doing his job as Prime Minister?
… Ed Miliband is doing his job as leader of the Labour Party?
… Nick Clegg is doing his job as Deputy Prime Minister?
... Nigel Farage is doing his job as leader of UKIP, the UK Independence Party?

2013	Gov't		Cameron		Miliband		Clegg		Farage
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
12-14 January 2013	27	64	34	59	36	48	28	61
9-11 February 2013	25	66	34	58	34	45	24	64
9-11 March 2013	24	68	31	61	32	52	22	65	35	26
13-15 April 2013	29	65	32	60	34	50	21	65	34	26
11-13 May 2013	28	63	36	57	35	49	26	63	40	29
8-10 June 2013	28	64	34	58	31	52	27	61	38	31
13-15 July 2013	30	62	38	54	30	56	27	61	34	35
10-12 August 2013	32	60	38	55	28	55	27	62	33	38
7-9 September 2013	32	60	36	56	24	60	24	64	29	36
12-15 October 2013	36	56	39	53	36	49	31	57	33	38
9-11 November 2013	29	60	35	56	31	54	22	65	28	41
7-9 December 2013	32	58	39	52	29	54	28	57	33	38

2014	Gov't		Cameron		Miliband		Clegg		Farage
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
11-14 January 2014	31	59	39	53	31	53	29	57	35	37
1-3 February 2014	32	59	37	55	31	52	25	64	31	41
8-12 March 2014	33	59	37	56	32	53	29	60	31	41
5-7 April 2014	33	58	38	56	30	56	29	63	40	36
10-12 May 2014	35	57	39	52	31	54	23	66	35	46
14-17 June 2014	31	58	37	55	29	57	25	63	37	45
12-15 July 2014	33	59	36	55	28	61	23	65	38	45
9-11 August 2014	37	55	38	54	29	58	26	64	39	43
6-9 September 2014	36	56	39	54	29	58	21	66	39	44
11-14 October 2014	31	60	38	55	25	59	25	62	39	43
8-10 November 2014	33	60	38	53	21	65	26	62	38	44
13-15 December 2014	31	62	36	57	25	63	24	64	33	53

2015	Gov't		Cameron		Miliband		Clegg		Farage
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
11-13 January 2015	33	56	41	52	26	61	25	64	35	48
10-12 February 2015	34	58	39	53	26	61	23	64	30	53
8-11 March 2015	34	58	38	54	28	59	26	62	35	47
12-15 April 2015	37	55	39	53	33	52	27	58	30	56
26-29 April 2015	41	52	46	48	35	54	34	55	31	56

… the Government is running the country?
… David Cameron is doing his job as Prime Minister?
... Harriet Harman is doing her job as acting leader of the Labour party?
... Nigel Farage is doing his job as leader of UKIP, the UK Independence Party?

2015	Gov't		Cameron		Harman				Farage
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
14-16 June 2015	43	46	49	42					29	47
18-20 July 2015	39	51	42	49	33	34			31	44

… the Government is running the country?
… David Cameron is doing his job as Prime Minister?
... Jeremy Corbyn is doing his job as leader of the Labour party?
... Tim Farron is doing his job as leader of the Liberal Democrats?
... Nigel Farage is doing his job as leader of UKIP, the UK Independence Party?

2015	Gov't		Cameron		Corbyn		Farron		Farage
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
19-22 September 2015	38	54	42	52	33	36	22	29	40	45
17-19 October 2015	38	57	42	51	37	39	22	27	46	37
14-17 November 2015	36	58	40	55	37	40	18	32	33	45
12-14 December 2015	38	55	41	55	33	50	24	31	33	48

2016	Gov't		Cameron		Corbyn		Farron		Farage
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
23-25 January 2016	36	56	42	51	31	49	22	32	31	49
13-16 February 2016	34	60	39	54	30	51	20	34	33	48
19-22 March 2016	32	61	34	59	35	46	24	36	38	40
16-18 April 2016	33	59	37	56	38	43	21	29	32	38
14 - 16 May 2016	30	62	31	61	31	50	22	33	36	41
11 - 14 June 2016	32	59	35	58	27	52	19	32	38	44
9 - 11 July 2016	24	69	28	66	24	65	21	37	n/a	n/a

… the Government is running the country?
… Theresa May is doing her job as Prime Minister?
... Jeremy Corbyn is doing his job as leader of the Labour party?
... Tim Farron is doing his job as leader of the Liberal Democrats?
... Paul Nuttall is doing his job as leader of UKIP the UK Independence Party?

2016	Gov't		May		Corbyn		Farron		Nuttall
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
13 - 15 August 2016	41	45	54	19	25	58	22	30	n/a	n/a
10 - 14 September 2016	39	52	54	27	27	58	22	33	n/a	n/a
14 - 17 October 2016	37	53	48	32	31	55	22	34	n/a	n/a
11 - 14 November 2016	43	47	54	30	28	57	23	36	n/a	n/a
10 - 12 December 2016	36	53	50	35	26	58	27	28	18	35

2017	Gov't		May		Corbyn		Farron		Nuttall
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
13 - 16 January 2017	36	56	45	39	26	61	23	33	18	36
10 - 14 February 2017	36	54	53	36	24	62	-	-	-	-
10 - 14 March 2017	38	54	52	39	23	64	26	36	14	51
21 - 25 April 2017	46	47	56	37	27	62	30	37	21	50
15 - 17 May 2017	45	49	55	35	31	58	28	39	17	54
20 May - 1 June 2017	38	53	43	50	39	50	25	44	18	55
14-18 July 2017	28	64	34	59	44	45	-	-	-	-
	Government		May		Corbyn		Cable
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
15-18 September 2017	30	60	37	54	43	46	30	31
27 October-1 November 2017	30	59	37	53	42	45	26	33
24-28 November 2017	26	67	32	59	42	49	27	39

2018	Government		May		Corbyn		Cable
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
19-23 January 2018	28	64	38	55	38	49	25	37
2-7 March 2018	30	62	41	52	37	52	25	37
20-24 April 2018	30	63	38	55	32	59	28	35
18-22 May 2018	33	60	37	56	32	56	28	33
22-27 June 2018	30	63	35	58	31	57	27	34
20-24 July 2018	22	69	30	62	28	58	24	40
14-18 September 2018	20	72	29	62	24	66	24	39
19-22 October 2018	22	70	29	61	28	59	19	38
30 Nov - 5 Dec 2018	24	69	35	57	27	59	24	38

2019	Government		May		Corbyn		Cable
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
1-5 February 2019	22	71	33	58	17	72	24	41
15-19 March 2019	11	86	29	65	20	70	24	42
10-14 May 2019	10	84	26	69	20	73	32	37
21-25 June 2019	8	85	25	69	17	75	33	40

… the Government is running the country?
… Boris Johnson is doing his job as Prime Minister?
... Jeremy Corbyn is doing his job as leader of the Labour party?
... Jo Swinson is doing his job as leader of the Liberal Democrats?
... Nigel Farage is doing his job as leader of the Brexit Party?

2019-2022	Government		Johnson		Corbyn		Swinson		Farage
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
26-30 July 2019	18	75	31	38	19	69	28	28	32	53
13-16 Sep 2019	14	81	37	55	16	76	35	40	34	50
25-28 Oct 2019	19	74	46	44	15	75	29	41	29	51
2-4 Dec 2019	23	72	36	56	24	68	29	51	30	56
General Election 2019 (12 December)
31 Jan- 3 Feb 2020	40	50	47	44	16	75	-	-	-	-
13-16 March 2020	48	41	52	38	19	68	-	-	-	-
					Starmer
5-10 June 2020	40	51	48	49	51	20	-	-	-	-
30 July - 4 August 2020	44	48	47	47	48	26	-	-	-	-
							Ed Davey
11-18 Sept 2020	35	57	40	54	43	27	17	25
22-28 Oct 2020	30	61	33	59	45	30	20	25
4-10 Dec 2020	37	53	42	50	38	33	15	29
29 Jan - 4 Feb 2021	41	51	42	51	40	35	14	40
5-12 March 2021	42	49	44	51	33	42	15	28
16-22 April 2021	44	51	44	50	36	46	18	38
28 May - 3 June 2021	44	48	44	47	22	51	16	29
2-8 July 2021	35	55	38	54	27	50	21	31
30 July - 9 August 2021	39	51	41	52	27	53	21	32
17-23 September 2021	35	51	39	51	25	50	19	33
26 Oct - 4 Nov 2021	29	62	34	61	29	50	20	37
3-10 Dec 2021	25	65	28	65	28	49	19	33
19-25 Jan 2022	25	67	24	70	33	48	27	28
9-16 Mar 2022	31	59	31	59	33	43	22	28
20-28 Apr 2022	30	61	30	63	32	46	24	29
11-17 May 2022	26	66	28	64	31	48	27	25
22-29 June 2022	23	69	25	69	32	46	28	28
21-27 July 2022	20	74	24	69	29	49	25	29

… the Government is running the country?
… Liz Truss is doing her job as Prime Minister?
... Keir Starmer is doing his job as leader of the Labour party?
... Ed Davey is doing his job as leader of the Liberal Democrats?

September - October 2022	Government		Truss		Starmer		Davey
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
7-15 September 2022	20	70	27	29	31	45	22	31
5-12 October 2022	11	80	16	67	38	39	25	29

… the Government is running the country?
… Rishi Sunak is doing his job as Prime Minister?
... Keir Starmer is doing his job as leader of the Labour party?
... Ed Davey is doing his job as leader of the Liberal Democrats?

2022 - Present	Government		Sunak		Starmer		Davey
	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis	Sat	Dis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
9-16 November 2022	16	76	29	37	36	42	22	28
7-13 December 2022	14	79	28	49	36	42	21	27
13-19 January 2023	14	76	26	56	37	40	19	30
22 Feb - 1 March 2023	15	77	27	59	34	46	19	31
22-29 March 2023	16	77	32	54	31	51	20	36
10-16 May 2023	15	76	30	55	31	50	25	32
14-20 June 2023	12	80	28	59	31	49	23	34
19-23 July 2023	14	79	26	63	31	53	22	36
6-12 September 2023	12	80	22	66	29	51	22	34
11-18 October 2023	14	80	26	63	30	53	20	35
1-7 November 2023	13	80	21	66	29	50	23	31
1-7 December 2023	12	82	21	69	30	51	19	33
17-23 January 2024	13	78	20	66	30	48	20	35
21-28 February 2024	10	83	19	73	29	55	18	40
3-15 April 2024	10	84	16	75	25	56	18	40
8-14 May 2024	12	81	17	72	32	50	22	38
31 May - 4 June 2024	12	83	20	73	31	52	23	37
21-24 June 2024	12	83	20	75	33	52

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