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Frequently Asked Questions (2): How Does The Voting Intention Question Work?
Recent correspondence has reminded me that not everybody knows exactly how we set about asking respondents their voting intentions, or how we calculate the figures from their responses.
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Fly Away Peter
Peter Mandelson's resignation last week was an embarrassment to the government, and naturally led to much speculation that the government is acquiring a sleazy image that will damage it at the election. Two polls conducted since the resignation have explored this. Unfortunately the reporting of the second of these, an NOP poll for the Channel 4 programme Powerhouse, has misinterpreted its findings and perhaps as a consequence its implications.
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Mobile Customers Prepared To Pay Premium Price For Location Based Services
Mobile phone customers in Great Britain believe that location based services will be valuable and they would be prepared to change operator and pay a premium price to have access to them according to research commissioned by AirFlash, the premier provider of location-based development platforms for carriers and portals.
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Some Basic Electoral Numbers
At the last general election, Labour won 44.4% of the vote in Great Britain and that secured them 419 seats or an overall majority in the Commons of 179. In the vast majority of those constituencies where the result was marginal or even semi-marginal, the Conservatives were in second place; they won 31.4% of the vote across Great Britain, 13% behind Labour, and secured 165 seats.
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A Snapshot Of Life In London
Most Londoners like their city, its diversity, cultural facilities and economic opportunities, according to the latest MORI research released today. But they remain concerned about congested streets, public transport, crime rates and the cost of living.
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The Polls In 2000
An editorial in the Daily Telegraph last month (5 December) suggested that MORI's polls in The Times systematically under-represent Conservative strength, and further that this is because they are conducted face-to-face rather than by telephone. The article cited several arguments in support of its case which were based on factual errors. We wrote to the paper correcting these errors, but it failed to publish our letter. It is not true as they alleged that face-to-face polls tend to find lower Conservative support than telephone polls. Nor is it true that MORI's polls find systematically lower Conservative support than those of the other polling companies. But since some of these misconceptions seem to be widespread, and the Telegraph was only echoing the wishful thinking which seems to be still entrenched in some corners of Conservative Central Office, it is perhaps time for a systematic review of the evidence, taking the whole of the year 2000 as our basis.
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Stop Daydreaming And Start Investing In The New Year
According to recent research undertaken by MORI for the Association of Investment Trust Companies ("AITC"), the British public are a nation of dreamers - they have a dream goal or a dream possession, a little or large luxury that would meet their dreams and aspirations. The only problem is - that's all they have!
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Political Polling In Britain - The History
Dr Henry Durant, the man who introduced opinion polling to Britain, once described it as "the stupidest of professions" - for who else is stupid enough to publish a prediction on Thursday morning that may be proved wrong on Thursday evening?