Big increase in voters trusting Nick & Vince to steer British economy

By Stephen Tall | Sun 25th April 2010 - 12:05 am

Some interesting details from tonight’s ComRes poll, as picked out by Andrew Hawkins, the firm’s chairman:

Of those, the turnout figure is perhaps the most significant, as it suggests we are looking at up to seven in ten voters intending to turn out to cast their vote. Given the Lib Dem surge is concentrated among those sections of the electorate who ar least likely to turn out, as well as younger voters (who also often don’t show up), this is important for the party’s success on 6th May.

But here’s the other significant question:

Putting your party allegiance aside, who do you trust most to steer Britain’s economy through the current downturn?

28%

26%

22%

True, the Lib Dem duo are still in third place, but the improvement is marked: Nick and Vince are now trusted by 22% of the British public to steer the British economy safely, a figure within touching distance of Labour and the Tories. For a third party which hasn’t been in government for 80 years to attain this trust level is impressive, and indicates quite why the party is at 30% in the polls right now.

5 Comments

Andrew Suffield 25th Apr '10 - 3:54am

I’m not sure why people feel more trusting – they’ll take promises on credit? – but I’m not going to knock it if it works.
Cllr Patrick Smith 25th Apr '10 - 5:58am

The stark revelations here are that 41% of young people between 18-24 years of age are now choosing Clegg over Brown or Cameron for a better future.

This is not surprising choice, as Lib Dems will reduce and abolish student fees in higher education over 6 years when the others merely seek to compound individual student debt with impunity.

There is also 20% of 18 to 24 year olds not in education,jobs or vocational training or apprenticeships and facing a dismal outlook on personal opportunities under this lack lustre old Government and unemployment figures are now rising to 2.5 million.

The new exponential rise in late registrations of voters and anticipated Election Day turnout of 66% is also related to the perception of young first time voters, who see the closer understanding and scrutiny of today`s issues affecting them, being best portrayed by the Cable and Clegg campaign, across the UK.

I have seen evidence on the doorstep that there are new voters in the mainstream of support for Nick Clegg`s Liberal Democrats, who have decided to vote for the first time having previously not voted at all.

This is due to the salutary fact, in the most important British Election for 100 years, that it is time for a new slate of Liberal Democrat MP`s to turn out a Government that has presided over the worst excess in public confidence,in the `expenses scandal’, over a century of representative democracy.

The core anchor in Nick Clegg`s outstanding leadership skills,will be his ability to stand firm on his pledge to clean up British politics after May 6th 2010 for good. I believe he will succeed.
TAGilbert 25th Apr '10 - 7:38am

See my post about a certain newspaper’s polls on the members forum….
Philip Young 25th Apr '10 - 2:29pm

Sunday afternoon’s “The Politics Show” reports that over 10 million “I Agree With Nick” T-shirts have been sold….how do they know that?
Brigitta Fazekas 6th May '10 - 11:38pm

how can i put in a late vot for two people and join the lib dem party