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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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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 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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Mar 22, 2023 6 tweets 4 min read
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.

yougov.co.uk/topics/politic… Image 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

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Mar 20, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
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

yougov.co.uk/topics/politic… Image Do you think the United States and Britain were right or wrong to take military action against Iraq?

ALL BRITONS
Wrong: 47%
Right: 23%

CONSERVATIVE
Wrong: 47%
Right: 29%

LABOUR
Wrong: 57%
Right: 17%

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Mar 20, 2023 4 tweets 3 min read
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… Image 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?

ALL BRITONS
Willing: 34%
Unwilling: 39%

18 TO 24-YEAR-OLDS
Willing: 50%
Unwilling: 35%

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Feb 1, 2023 8 tweets 5 min read
Tomorrow is Rishi Sunak's 100th day in office.

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.

yougov.co.uk/topics/politic… While Sunak has reduced the Conservative's VI deficit compared to Truss, the Tories still trail Labour by almost 20pts

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Nov 10, 2022 6 tweets 4 min read
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

yougov.co.uk/topics/politic… 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

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Nov 9, 2022 6 tweets 4 min read
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%

yougov.co.uk/topics/politic… Image 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

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Oct 18, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
SNAP POLL: A majority of Conservative party members want Liz Truss to resign

All members
Resign: 55%
Stay: 38%

Truss voters
Resign: 39%
Stay: 57%

yougov.co.uk/topics/politic… Image 83% of Conservative party members say Liz Truss is doing badly as prime minister, including 55% who say "very badly"

72% of those who voted for Truss at the leadership election say she is doing a bad job

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Sep 22, 2022 8 tweets 5 min read
What impact is the cost of living crisis having on support for Ukraine? /🧵

yougov.co.uk/topics/politic… Do people associate 🇺🇦 with the cost of living?

Yes. In fact, it tops the list of factors they think are responsible

Ukraine: 45% in unprompted Q / 74% in prompted Q
Corporate greed: 15% / 67%
Govt weakness: 14% / 62%
COVID: 16% / 56%
Brexit: 15% / 54%

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Sep 21, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
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 /🧵

yougov.co.uk/topics/politic… One in three Britons (35%) say they have considered what they would do in the event of a nuclear attack

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Sep 3, 2022 6 tweets 4 min read
🧵/ Liz Truss is the firm favourite to be the new prime minister on Monday, but what do Britons think of her?

Not much, as it turns out. Only 12% expect her to be a good or great prime minister. 52% think she will be poor or terrible

yougov.co.uk/topics/politic… Net trust in Liz Truss on key issues facing the country

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

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Aug 16, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
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)

yougov.co.uk/topics/politic… Net government approval among Tory voters is currently -1

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

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Aug 15, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
What should happen to old TV/movies with content now considered racist/homophobic/sexist? According to *all Britons*

Remove entirely 9-10%
Remove bad parts 6%
Censor bad parts 4-5%
Leave unchanged with warning 57-60%
Leave unchanged, no warning 12-15%

yougov.co.uk/topics/enterta… What should happen to old TV/movies with content now considered *sexist*, according to *women*

Remove entirely: 11%
Remove offensive parts: 8%
Censor offensive parts: 5%
Leave unchanged, with warning: 57%
Leave unchanged, no warning: 11%

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Aug 8, 2022 12 tweets 7 min read
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

yougov.co.uk/topics/interna… 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)

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Jul 20, 2022 24 tweets 13 min read
🧵/ 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

yougov.co.uk/topics/lifesty… Image 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%

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Jul 12, 2022 6 tweets 4 min read
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.co.uk/topics/politic… Britons are more likely to support a scheme to resettle Ukrainian refugees...

Ukrainian: 71%
Afghan: 50%
Syrian: 48%
Somalian: 40%

...and in greater numbers

Ukrainian: 29% support taking in at least "a few 10,000s"
Afghan: 17%
Syrian: 16%
Somalian: 10%

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Jun 23, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
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

yougov.co.uk/topics/politic… Image 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

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