Labour Drops, But Still Leads In Britain (poll / The Times)

[struggle4progress]

Angus Reid Consultants - CPOD Global Scan) – The governing Labour party is still the top-rated top political organization in Britain, according to a poll by Populus published in The Times. 38 per cent of respondents would vote for Labour in the next general election. <snip>

On the basis of your view of the parties at the moment, if there were a general election tomorrow, which party would you vote for?

Mar. 2005 Feb. 2005 Jan. 2005

Labour 38% 41% 38%
Conservative 32% 32% 33%
Liberal Democrats 20% 18% 20%
Others 9% 9% 9%

Source: Populus / The Times
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,524 British adults, conducted from Mar. 4 to Mar. 6, 2005. No margin of error was provided.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=6251

[rpannier]

1. The 20% Liberal Democrat is nice

I'd hate to think the votes labor loses would be from centrists who'd vote Conservative. We can all hope the bulk of the 9% are people who are deciding between labour and Liberal Democrat and that they vote LD.