The Thomson Reuters/Ipsos Monthly Primary Consumer Sentiment Index (PCSI) was released today for the following countries: Canada and the United States.
Last night was a difficult one for political pollsters in the United States, including Ipsos. Almost without exception, the major polling agencies and their media partners predicted that Hillary Clinton would win both the Electoral College and the popular vote. As we all know now, Donald Trump won the Electoral College and is at a near-even split on the popular vote (counting continues).
Cybercrime in the UK is identified as top reputational threat, but companies not seen as being on top of it. Cybercrime is a growing and evolving threat for businesses. More worryingly, across different industries it takes an average of 100 days for companies to detect a potential breach and sometimes a threat will not be identified at all, according to Gordon Morrison of Tech UK.
Our last pre-election poll shows Hillary Clinton building back some of the lead lost in the wake of Comey’s initial letter to Congress. This data paired with the state-level data from our final States of the Nation poll mean we put Clinton’s odds at 90% of winning the White House tomorrow.
Starting the last pre-election weekend, this election is closing as undecided and third party voters come home to the major candidates, more to Trump’s benefit than Clinton’s.
Most citizens around the world believe Hillary Clinton will win the upcoming U.S. presidential election, though Donald Trump is seen as the favorite by the people of a few countries. Clinton leads by very large margins in Latin American countries, while Eastern Europe shows higher support for Trump.
With less than a week to go, the general election matchup has remained stable – despite last Friday’s final October surprise. Clinton and Trump have both seen their favorability ratings improve as partisans are coming home for the big day while undecided voters continue to decline as a share of the electorate.
Ipsos was invited by the “Fifth Development of China Brand Chain Conference” (DCBC) organised by China Brand China Development Association and made a keynote speech entitled “A Best Brand Will Set Sail in Consumer Subconscious”.
Even before Anthony Weiner reappeared, the national race was reverting back to its normal balance with Hillary Clinton holding leads in a smaller – though still sufficient to win -- list of states.
