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General Election 2001 - Election Digest
Times 2001 Campaign Polls Wave 3
Latest Gallup Findings: Little Change In Voting Intentions
Hitchhikers' Guide For The Candidates
System Three/Herald Election Survey In Scotland
Two Thirds Of Young People Not Intend To Vote -
Two Weeks To Go
A four week campaign, half gone, and the Tories are becalmed with their core vote of around 30% +/- 3%, just where they've been ever since William Hague instead of Ken Clarke was chosen as Leader of the Conservative Party. At times like these, one speculates "what if … ".
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'Green' Companies Sell Themselves Short In The City
Listed companies that are leading the way with their environmental and social policies are selling themselves and their shareholders short by failing to make the case to the City, according to research published by Business in the Environment (BiE).
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Millions Of Holidaymakers May Not Be Adequately Covered For Their Travels
As many as 7.5 million UK holidaymakers* could be travelling abroad this year with potentially inappropriate travel insurance according to Direct Line Travel Insurance.
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Survey Of Policyholders' Views
At its AGM today, Equitable Life published findings of research conducted by MORI amongst policyholders. This was undertaken to help the Society understand the concerns of all policyholders.
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Issues That Bite
ICM reports today on a 1000 case telephone poll carried out on 19-21 May, which finds a 1997-like 45% Labour, 32% Tory, 17% Liberal Democrat result, which if projected to seats in the House of Commons would deliver Labour of the order of 177 seats, before adjusting for regional swing and turnout, although ICM does report on those they think most likely to vote.
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General Election 2001 - Election Digest
Latest ICM/Guardian Findings
Gallup/BES Rolling Poll Projects To Labour Doubling Commons Majority
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General Election 2001 - Election Digest
Pensioners Would Elect Labour. More British pensioners intend to vote Labour than Tory in the forthcoming General Election, according an NOP/Sunday People survey...
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Reading The Polls
The British pollsters for some years have followed the Gallup method of determining voting intention, asking a two part question, "How do you intend to vote in the General Election on 7th June?", and leaving aside those who say at that point they would not vote, asking the remainder, usually about 90%, "Which party are you most inclined to support?" (asked of those who say they are undecided or refuse to say for which party they would vote for). As a frame of reference, figures of 30% undecided, 10% would not vote and 3% refused would not be unusual at the first question, and when asked the second, the undecideds drop to 10% and the refusals to 2%.
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General Election 2001 - Election Digest
Voting Intention & John Prescott. The NOP/Sunday Times poll shows Labour on 49% (unchanged since last week) ...