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Feb 26 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
A majority in all seven of our EuroTrack countries say immigration has been too high nationally
🇩🇪 81% say too high
🇪🇸 80%
🇸🇪 73%
🇬🇧 71%
🇮🇹 71%
🇫🇷 69%
🇩🇰 55%
% saying immigration is one of the two top issues facing their country
🧵/ Where does the British public stand on transgender rights in 2024/5?
The 4th study in our series shows that scepticism has grown across the board over the last two years, including among groups typically more sympathetic to trans people
On transgender social/legal status, % of Britons think...
Social
Should be able to identify as a different gender: 49% (-6 from 2022)
Should not be able to identify as a different gender: 35% (+10)
Legal
Law should allow people to change legal gender: 34% (-6)
Law should not allow people to change legal gender: 48% (+11)
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While Western Europeans are much more likely to want Ukraine to win than Russia, the number who do so AND care a great/fair amount about it has fallen noticeably in some countries since early 2023
Labour party
Favourable: 32% (-15)
Unfavourable: 59% (+13)
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Negative attitudes towards Labour have not crystallised just yet. Most Britons (54%) still say they are willing to give the new government the benefit of the doubt
Have high hopes, think they will do well: 19% (-2 from 20 Jun)
Do not have high hopes, but give benefit of doubt: 35% (=)
Do not have high hopes, think they will do badly: 38% (+5)
25 years after devolution for Scotland, and 10 years after the independence referendum, what constitutional set-up do Scots support having?
Devolution, more powers: 51% support
Devolution, current powers: 46%
Autonomy within UK: 42%
Full independence: 41%
Abolition of devolution: 21%
Devolution, fewer powers: 19%
With the 10 year anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum tomorrow, support for 'Yes' and 'No' among voters stands at effectively the same level as a decade ago
No: 56% (+1 from 2014)
Yes: 44% (-1)
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But 'No' supporters are less likely to say their view on Scottish independence is strongly held
% saying their views are strongly held:
All Scots: 73%
Yes supporters: 90%
No supporters: 78%
A hypothetical merger of the Conservatives and Reform UK divides the Tory membership, four in ten supportive and half opposed
% of Conservative members...
Support: 42%
Oppose: 51%
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Nonetheless, most Conservative members feel the party should move to the right and primarily target Reform UK voters over the next parliament
% of Conservative members saying party should...
Move to right: 51%
Move to centre: 34%
Stay where it is: 12%
% saying party should primarily target...
Reform UK voters: 50%
Labour voters: 25%
Lib Dem voters: 16%
Some other group: 4%
Only 7% of Britons support the riots, 8% have sympathy for the views of the rioters, and just 12% think the riots are justified
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Reform UK voters are the most likely to have positive opinions of the riots and rioters, although this is still a minority view among these voters
Support the riots
Reform: 21%
Con: 9%
Lab/LD: 1-3%
Have sympathy for the views of the rioters
Reform: 25%
Con: 8%
Lab/LD: 2-4%
Think the riots are justified
Reform: 33%
Con: 16%
Lab/LD: 2-4%
When asked to rank parties in order of preference, Labour are still Britons’ overall favourite party, but the Lib Dems ultimately have broader popularity – being more people’s second or third favourite party.
Ranked first
Labour 28%
Conservatives 21%
Reform UK 18%
Greens 17%
Lib Dems 13%
Ranked first, second or third
Lib Dems 79%
Labour 70%
Greens 60%
Conservatives 43%
Reform UK 41%
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Overall, fewer than one in five Britons are consistently right-wing in their party preferences, i.e. rank the Conservatives and Reform UK ahead of every other party, compared to 40% who rank all major progressive parties ahead of them.
How Britain voted in 2024: our study of 35,000 voters conducted since the election breaks down the election result by age, gender, education, past vote and a host of other factors 👇
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Age continues to be a key factor in how Britons vote, with younger adults mostly backing left wing parties and older adults tending to vote for right wing parties.
How 18-24 year olds voted
Labour: 41%
Green: 18%
Lib Dem: 16%
Reform UK: 9%
Conservative: 8%
Other: 8%
How 70+ year olds voted
Conservative: 46%
Labour: 20%
Reform UK: 15%
Lib Dem: 11%
Green: 3%
Other: 5%
Mega-poll mega-thread/ How does voting intention look as the campaign kicks off?
First up: age. Age will once again be a key factor in how people vote, and currently Labour are ahead among every age group except the over-70s
Labour / Tory vote by age group
18-24: 57% / 8%
25-29: 59% / 9%
30-39: 60% / 10%
40-49: 52% / 15%
50-59: 46% / 19%
60-69: 34% / 27%
70+: 25% / 39%
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Education level is also a key factor in voting intention – those with more education qualifications are more likely they are to vote Labour/a left wing party
Low (GCSE or below): 35% Lab / 28% Con (+22% Ref UK)
Medium: 43% Lab / 22% Con
High (degree or above): 55% Lab / 13% Con
The government says they shouldn’t, but 60-61% of people say sex education should teach that people can be transgender or non-binary (including 66-67% of parents)
People can be trans/non-binary: 60-61%
Explicit discussion of sexual acts: 68%
Pornography: 72%
Revenge porn: 77%
People can be gay/bi: 78%
Forced marriage: 79%
Negative effects of porn: 82%
Stalking: 87%
Sending naked pics of under-18s is a crime: 88%
Grooming: 89%
Un/healthy relationships: 90%
Consent: 90%
Sexual harassment: 91%
STIs: 92%
Staying safe, appropriate boundaries and reporting concerns: 92%
Contraception: 92%
Conception and birth: 93%
Saturday marks the 2nd anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Our Eurotrack+US survey finds attitudes to the conflict remain largely the same as a year ago
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Two years in, which side do European and US publics think has the upper hand in Ukraine?
Most common answer:
🇪🇸 Russia (58%)
🇺🇸 Russia (36%)
🧵/ We’ve examined headline voting intention from 14,000 voters over the last 3 months to take a detailed look at voting demographics as we head towards the likely 2024 general election
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Age will once again be a key factor in how people vote, and currently Labour are ahead among every age group except the over-70s
🧵 / Britons have a more positive opinion of lesbian and gay, bisexual, and transgender people than lesbian and gay, bisexual, and transgender people think
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How gay and lesbian people think the public views gay + lesbian people
Non-emergency appointment: 48% of those who used private healthcare in the last 12 months
Routine appointment: 20%
Minor illness/injury: 17%
Emergency: 10%