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Feb 22 • 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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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
https://t.co/fA7pLck4Uhyougov.co.uk/topics/society…
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%
Amid a growing crisis in dentistry, 10% of Britons say they’ve carried out their own dental work (6% in the last 2 years)
A third of those have pulled out, or tried to pull out, their own teeth.
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A fifth of Britons (22%) are not registered with a dentist, and 37% of those who aren’t say it’s because they can’t find an NHS dentist while 23% of them don’t think they can afford treatment
Two decades on from the beginning of the conflict, more than half of Britons (54%) think the Iraq War increased the risk of terrorism in Britain, while 41% say it made the world less safe and 43% think it made the lives of ordinary Iraqis worse
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Do you think the United States and Britain were right or wrong to take military action against Iraq?
A third of Britons would support social media checks becoming a standard part of the job application process – and twice as many support checks for jobs working with children
ALL JOBS
Support: 32%
Oppose: 53%
JOBS WITH CHILDREN
Support: 64%
Oppose: 26% yougov.co.uk/topics/society…
If a prospective employer asked you to show your social media profiles as a condition of getting the job, how willing would you be to do so?
A look at YouGov tracker data shows that the PM has failed to revitalize the Tory brand, and his own ratings - while in some areas better than those of his predecessors’ - remain mediocre.
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While Sunak has reduced the Conservative's VI deficit compared to Truss, the Tories still trail Labour by almost 20pts
Would Boris Johnson have been a better choice for holding on to Tory seats? @PME_Politics takes a look at MRP data to find out
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On an MRP of our 'who would be the best PM' question, Sunak comes ahead in far more seats than Johnson (but both trail Starmer)
Starmer v Sunak
Starmer: 389 seats
Sunak: 127
Not sure: 116
Starmer v Johnson
Starmer: 594
Johnson: 38
Not sure: 0
As Channel crossings rise, where do Britons stand on asylum seekers? Most Britons have a negative view of refugees crossing the English Channel to get to the UK
Positive: 19%
Negative: 55%
Neither positive nor negative: 22%
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Britons are split 36% to 37% on whether or not most asylum seekers coming to the UK are genuinely at risk in their home country
With Vladimir Putin's regime making nuclear threats against Britain today, the new YouGov Study of War shows the nation's thoughts on nuclear weapons /🧵
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One in three Britons (35%) say they have considered what they would do in the event of a nuclear attack
Cost of living -47
Economy -45
Housing -44
NHS -42
Immigration -42
Environment / climate change -40
Brexit -37
Education -35
Law and order -32
Ukraine war -29
Defence -29
We're delighted to announce that we've uploaded archive data going back to 2011 for our government approval and 'top issues facing the UK' trackers, including demographic breaks
Current govt approval
Approve: 18%
Disapprove: 64% (highest this parliament)
Our newly released archive data shows since 2011 it has only been negative in two other periods: during 2019 when May/Johnson couldn't pass a Brexit deal, and in one poll at the start of Partygate
Our latest European survey on Ukraine takes a particular focus on Polish attitudes - and they are not happy with France and Germany
Net confidence among Poles in each of the following to do the right thing on Ukraine
🇺🇸 +44
🇬🇧 +20
🇪🇺 +13
🇫🇷 -49
🇩🇪 -49
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Since the early days of the Ukraine invasion, Poles have become less likely to think the EU, Germany, and especially France, will do the right thing for Ukraine
% of Poles with confidence in:
🇺🇸 68% (+3)
🇬🇧 54% (-4)
🇪🇺 53% (-11)
🇩🇪 21% (-8)
🇫🇷 19% (-21)
🧵/ Where does the British public stand on transgender rights in 2022?
The key finding from our third major study into trans attitudes is that support for trans access rights has eroded since 2018, a shift which has taken place across all social groups
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Most Britons have paid little to no attention to the trans rights debate in the media and politics
A lot: 8%
A fair amount: 27%
Not much: 42%
None at all: 24%
Attitudes to Ukrainian refugees have been uniquely positive - a new YouGov study finds the public are far warmer towards them than they are towards Afghan, Syrian and Somalian refugees
YouGov's @PME_Politics has identified a new group of seats where the Tories should be worried: the "Conservative Celtic Fringe". These are 41 South West seats that have returned a Tory MP since 2015 and voted Leave in 2016
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Unlike the 'Blue Wall' (see link) which tends to be younger, more graduate-heavy, and more professional (and generally Remain-voting), 'Conservative Celtic Fringe' seats are older, Leave-voting and have a higher proportion of agricultural workers