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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% Image % saying immigration is one of the two top issues facing their country

🇩🇪 42% (ranks 1st on issues list)
🇬🇧 33% (3rd)
🇪🇸 31% (2nd)
🇫🇷 28% (2nd)
🇸🇪 23% (3rd)
🇮🇹 17% (=4th)
🇩🇰 15% (4th)

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Feb 11 11 tweets 7 min read
🧵/ 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 Image 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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Dec 27, 2024 6 tweets 4 min read
Willingness to support Ukraine until such a time as Russia has withdrawn has fallen in Western Europe since early 2023

🇸🇪 50% (-7 since Feb 2023)
🇩🇰 40% (-11)
🇬🇧 36% (-14)
🇩🇪 28% (-7)
🇪🇸 25% (-12)
🇫🇷 23% (-14)
🇮🇹 17% (-11)

yougov.co.uk/politics/artic…Image 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

🇸🇪 74% (-2 since Feb 2023)
🇩🇰 73% (+1)
🇬🇧 62% (-10)
🇩🇪 48% (-5)
🇫🇷 43% (-1)
🇪🇸 38% (-17)
🇮🇹 29% (-11)

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Sep 24, 2024 5 tweets 4 min read
Labour and Keir Starmer's favourability ratings have fallen to a new post-election low

Keir Starmer
Favourable: 30% (-14 from 8 Jul)
Unfavourable: 60% (+13)

Labour party
Favourable: 32% (-15)
Unfavourable: 59% (+13)

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Image 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)

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Sep 17, 2024 4 tweets 3 min read
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%

yougov.co.uk/politics/artic…Image Which constitutional set-ups for Scotland are popular with the different parties?

Top 3 with 2024 Labour voters
Devolution, current powers: 56% support
Devolution, more powers: 43%
Autonomy within UK: 35%

Top 3 with 2024 SNP voters
Full independence: 85%
Devolution, more powers: 85%
Autonomy within UK: 67%

Top 3 with 2024 Conservative voters
Abolition of devolution: 58%
Devolution, fewer powers: 51%
Devolution, current powers: 41%

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Sep 17, 2024 7 tweets 4 min read
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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Image 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%

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Aug 27, 2024 4 tweets 3 min read
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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Image 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%

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Aug 6, 2024 9 tweets 5 min read
Britons tend to think that Keir Starmer is handling the riots badly

Well: 31%
Badly: 49%

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Image 52% of Britons think the police are handling the recent riots well

While 61-69% of Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem voters agree, this figure falls to 36% of Reform UK voters

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Aug 6, 2024 9 tweets 6 min read
How have the public reacted to the recent riots?

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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Image 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%

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Jul 17, 2024 4 tweets 3 min read
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%

yougov.co.uk/politics/artic…Image 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.

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Jul 8, 2024 11 tweets 7 min read
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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Image 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%

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Jul 3, 2024 4 tweets 3 min read
Final YouGov MRP shows Labour on course for historic election victory

Labour: 431 (+229 from GE2019 result)
Con: 102 (-263)
Lib Dem: 72 (+61)
SNP: 18 (-30)
Reform UK: 3 (+3)
Plaid: 3 (-1)
Green: 2 (+1)

Fieldwork: 19 June - 2 July

yougov.co.uk/politics/artic…Image Our final call vote share, based on our MRP, is...

Labour: 39%
Conservative: 22%
Reform UK: 15%
Lib Dem: 12%
Green: 7%
SNP: 3%
Plaid: 1%
Other: 2%

Fieldwork: 19 June - 2 July

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Jun 19, 2024 11 tweets 6 min read
Our new MRP has the Conservatives on their lowest seat tally in the party’s almost 200-year history

Labour: 425 (+223)
Conservative: 108 (-257)
Lib Dem: 67 (+56)
SNP: 20 (-28)
Reform UK: 5 (+5)
Plaid: 4 (±0)
Green: 2 (+1)

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Image Implied vote share from our latest MRP

Labour: 39%
Conservative: 22%
Reform UK: 15%
Lib Dem: 12%
Green: 7%
SNP: 3%
Plaid Cymru: 1%
Other: 2%

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Jun 3, 2024 7 tweets 4 min read
Our first MRP of the 2024 general election shows Labour winning a majority of 194, larger than even Tony Blair's landslides

Labour: 422 (+220 from GE2019)
Conservative: 140 (-225)
Lib Dem: 48 (+37)
SNP: 17 (-31)
Green: 2 (+1)
PC: 2 (-2)
Reform UK: 0 (=)

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Image Want to see the results in your constituency? You can delve deeper into our MRP data and find further analysis on our election hub:
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May 24, 2024 8 tweets 5 min read
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%

yougov.co.uk/politics/artic…Image 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

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May 17, 2024 4 tweets 3 min read
Should schools teach about gender identity?

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)

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Image What do Britons say should be covered in sex education teaching in schools?

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%

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Feb 22, 2024 7 tweets 4 min read
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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Image Two years in, which side do European and US publics think has the upper hand in Ukraine?

Most common answer:
🇪🇸 Russia (58%)
🇺🇸 Russia (36%)

🇸🇪 Neither (48%)
🇮🇹 Neither (46%)
🇩🇪 Neither (42%)
🇬🇧 Neither (42%)
🇩🇰 Neither (42%)
🇫🇷 Neither (39%)

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Jan 30, 2024 8 tweets 5 min read
🧵/ 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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Image 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: 56% / 9%
25-29: 59% / 10%
30-39: 58% / 12%
40-49: 52% / 16%
50-59: 43% / 24%
60-69: 33% / 31%
70+: 23% / 43%

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Aug 11, 2023 8 tweets 5 min read
🧵 / 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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Image How gay and lesbian people think the public views gay + lesbian people

Positive: 54% (7% “very” positive)
Neutral: 26%
Negative: 19%

How Britons say they personally view gay + lesbian people

Positive: 54% (38% “very” positive)
Neutral: 36%
Negative: 7%

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May 25, 2023 4 tweets 3 min read
Generally speaking, do you think the level of immigration into Britain over the last ten years has been too high, too low or about right?

Too high: 57%
About right: 17%
Too low: 11%

yougov.co.uk/topics/politic… Image Do you think the level of immigration into Britain over the last ten years has been good or bad for the country?

Mostly good: 24%
Mostly bad: 33%
Both good and bad: 33%

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Apr 17, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
One in eight Britons (13%) turned to private healthcare in the last 12 months, with a further 27% considering it

yougov.co.uk/topics/health/… Image For what kind of treatment did people turn to private healthcare?

Non-emergency appointment: 48% of those who used private healthcare in the last 12 months
Routine appointment: 20%
Minor illness/injury: 17%
Emergency: 10%

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