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Lib Dem members’ poll results on Syria Military intervention: 25% say No, 7% say Yes. 62% say Yes BUT…

By Stephen Tall | Thu 29th August 2013 - 1:20 pm

Lib Dem Voice yesterday polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of the situation in Syria. Some 580 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results today. The survey remains open and we’ll update these results in the next day or so if they change.

Lib Dem members: opposed to Iraq and Afghanistan wars; supportive of Libyan and Kosovo interventions

First, we asked about views of UK involvement in recent conflicts abroad. There was a big span of views. Unsurprisingly, given the Lib Dems were the only party to vote against military action against Iraq …

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Also posted in Europe / International and News | Tagged featured and syria | 33 Comments

Make your views known on Syria: Lib Dem members’ survey now live

By Stephen Tall | Wed 28th August 2013 - 9:25 pm

The new LDV members’ survey focusing on Syria is now live. So if you are one of the c.1,500 registered members of the Liberal Democrat Voice forum — and any paid-up party member is welcome to join — then you now have the opportunity to make your views known.

There are five questions relating to the current situation in Syria. 300 Lib Dem members have completed the survey within a couple of hours of it going live. We’ll be reporting the initial results on Thursday, though the survey will stay live for a couple more days to give as …

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How you can take part in LibDemVoice’s exclusive party member surveys

By Stephen Tall | Mon 26th August 2013 - 9:00 am

LibDemVoice’s surveys of party members signed-up to our discussion forum have been running for close to four years now. (I posted yesterday the final set of figures from our most recent poll.)

Our surveys are a way of testing members’ views on a variety of hot topics. And as they’ve been running throughout the first three years of the Coalition they’re also an interesting record of changing views on how the Coalition is regarded within the party.

If you would like to take part in the LibDemVoice surveys, there are simply two steps you need to follow:
1) Be a current …

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Lib Dem members’ favourite political blogs ranked

By Stephen Tall | Sun 18th August 2013 - 10:45 am

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

Guardian’s CiF tops poll: almost half Lib Dem members read it

LDV asked: Which non-Lib Dem politics blogs (if any) do you read? Please tick all that apply.
Figures compared with last time we asked this question, in September 2012.)

Guardian Comment is Free

Huffington Post

ConservativeHome

UK Polling Report

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Just how much campaigning do Lib Dem members do?

By Stephen Tall | Fri 16th August 2013 - 11:30 am

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

81% put in time for the party

Including campaigning, leafleting, social events, meetings and any other party activity, how much time do you think you spend on party activity in the average month?

22% – Up to 5 hours

12% – 6-10 hours

15% – 11-20 hours

12% – 21-30 hours

5% – 31-40 hours

17% – …

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Nick’s Letter from the Leader: what Lib Dem members think of them

By Stephen Tall | Thu 15th August 2013 - 3:15 pm

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

50% of Lib Dem members say Leaders’ Letter is effective — but with concerns about its tone

It’s nine months since Nick Clegg began sending a weekly email to party members, or indeed anyone who signs up at www.libdememails.co.uk/nick. Do you read them — and, if yes, what do you make of them?

Do you read Nick Clegg’s weekly …

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Je ne regrette rien? Would Lib Dem members have voted for Coalition knowing what we know now?

By Stephen Tall | Wed 14th August 2013 - 8:15 am

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

Since the Coalition began, I’ve been asking the question about whether members support the party being in coalition with the Conservatives. Pretty consistently, across 16 separate surveys, around 80% have said yes. But I realise this question is, to some extent, skewed by the fact that we are where we are. Some members who are deeply unhappy with the …

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An in/out EU referendum? Lib Dem members say no, by 55% to 36%

By Stephen Tall | Tue 13th August 2013 - 10:55 am

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

55% of Lib Dems oppose in/out EU referendum

The next Conservative election manifesto will include a pledge to hold an in/out referendum on the UK’s continuing membership of the European Union. Do you think the next Liberal Democrat manifesto should include the same pledge?
(Figures compared to last time we asked this question in March 2013).

36% (+2%) – Yes,

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EXCLUSIVE: What Lib Dem members think of the Coalition as it enters its 4th full year

By Stephen Tall | Mon 12th August 2013 - 8:15 am

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

(All comparisons are with our most recent survey conducted in March 2013.)

61% of Lib Dems say party on “right course”

Do you think, as a whole, the Liberal Democrats are on the right course or on the wrong track?

61% (+3%)

31% (-2%) The wrong track

8% (-1%) – Don’t know /

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Who’s up, who’s down? How party members rate the performances of leading Lib Dems

By Stephen Tall | Sun 11th August 2013 - 2:30 pm

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

LDV asked: How would you rate the performances of the following leading Liberal Democrats and government ministers?

Full results are published below, but here’s two key lists for those who want to cut to the chase… (with comparison to March 2013 ratings in brackets)

Top 5 Lib Dem performers in the Government:

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Revealed: What Lib Dem members think of Ed Miliband and David Cameron

By Stephen Tall | Sun 11th August 2013 - 11:15 am

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

Cameron bounces back as Miliband’s stock falls further among Lib Dems

We’ve been asking this question for almost two years, and over the past year there has been quite a change in fortunes (and back again) for the two party leaders, as this graph illustrates:

Here’s the …

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All-women shortlists to select Lib Dem candidates? 66% of party members say no.

By Stephen Tall | Sat 10th August 2013 - 3:45 pm

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

Party members oppose all-women shortlists by 66% to 26%

Events this year have once again shone an unflattering light on the party’s lack of female representation in the House of Commons. Though, as Mark Tompson has previously highlighted here on LDV, this is in part at any rate down to first-past-the-post skewing Lib Dem election results. All-women shortlists is …

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Full steam ahead for high speed rail, say 55% of Lib Dem members

By Stephen Tall | Sat 10th August 2013 - 10:55 am

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

Lib Dem members back HS2 by 55% to 31%

There are plans to build a new high speed rail link (called HS2) between London and Birmingham, and then on to Manchester and Leeds. This is currently expected to cost around £42 billion. Do you support or oppose these plans?

31% – Oppose

13% – Don’t know

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Tagged high-speed rail, HS2, norman baker, railways and vince cable | 53 Comments

Majority of Lib Dem members back Vince’s Royal Mail privatisation plans

By Stephen Tall | Fri 9th August 2013 - 9:55 am

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

Royal Mail privatisation backed by 55% to 41%

The Government has announced plans to privatise Royal Mail. 90% of shares will be made available for purchase by the public, with 10% given to postal service employees for free. To what extent do you support or oppose plans to privatise the Royal Mail?

39% – Tend to support

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Tagged post office, privatisation, royal mail and vince cable | 3 Comments

Scrap Trident nuclear weapons, urge 58% of Lib Dem members

By Stephen Tall | Thu 8th August 2013 - 9:45 am

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

58% say scrap Trident, just 26% back leadership line of reduced deterrent

Currently the Trident system has FOUR nuclear armed submarines. This means that at least one nuclear armed submarine can always be on patrol, even if others are undergoing maintenance or training, and therefore the country has a continuous nuclear deterrent. One way of having a less expensive nuclear …

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Tagged defence, nuclear disarmament, nuclear weapons and trident | 24 Comments

What Lib Dem members think about The Morrissey Report into alleged sexual harassment within the party

By Stephen Tall | Sun 4th August 2013 - 8:15 am

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

79% of Lib Dem members support Morrissey Report

The independent Morrissey Inquiry, set up by the party following allegations of sexual impropriety against the party’s former chief executive Lord Rennard (which he denies), reported in June. Are you broadly aware of the report and its recommendations?

67%

28% – No

5% – Don’t know

How effectively do you think the party has communicated the findings of the Morrissey Report?

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Lib Dem members back plain cigarette packaging, but more evenly divided on minimum alcohol pricing

By Stephen Tall | Sat 3rd August 2013 - 4:45 pm

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

Two-thirds of Lib Dem members back plain cigarette packaging

Do you support or oppose banning brightly coloured branding and packaging for cigarettes and introducing plain packs?

Total support = 66%

17% – Tend to oppose

11% – Strongly oppose

Total oppose = 28%

5% – Don’t know

Two-thirds of Lib …

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Tagged jeremy browne, liberal vision, Lynton Crosby, minimum alcohol pricing, plain cigarette packaging and stephen williams | 21 Comments

As economy begins to recover, Lib Dem members swing in favour of Coalition’s strategy

By Stephen Tall | Thu 1st August 2013 - 9:20 am

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

Lib Dem members swing in favour of Coalition’s economic policies

Thinking of the current state of the economy and the Coalition’s approach, which of the following statements is closest to your own view?
(Comparisons in brackets are with the last time we asked this question in March 2013.)

15% (-5%)

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Should MPs take second jobs? Majority of Lib Dem members say ‘No’.

By Stephen Tall | Tue 30th July 2013 - 8:35 pm

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

54% of Lib Dem members say ‘No’ to MPs taking second jobs

Which of the following best reflects your view?

29%

54% – MPs

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Lib Dem members on David Ward: majority say his comments were wrong – but majority also say party wrong to suspend him

By Stephen Tall | Mon 29th July 2013 - 2:50 pm

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

We asked about the party’s decision to suspend the whip from Bradford MP David Ward. This followed controversy in February when ha made controversial comments about Jews (David Ward summoned by Clegg after ‘Jews’ comments – BBC) and then again in July when he tweeted calling Israel an “apartheid state” and saying that “Zionists” were “losing the battle (MP David Ward has Lib Dem whip withdrawn over Israel comment – BBC).

54% say David Ward’s comments were wrong; but 53% say party was wrong to withdraw whip

Lib Dem MP for Bradford East David Ward has had the party whip temporarily withdrawn following controversial comments he has made regarding Israel. Which of these statements most closely matches your own view?

21%

17% – I think the whip should remain withdrawn until he apologises for his comments

16% – I disagree with his comments but oppose the whip being withdrawn

37% – I oppose the whip being withdrawn and support his right to continue speaking out in this way

8% – Don’t know

An interestingly split response. While a clear majority of Lib Dem members disagreed with David Ward’s comments (54%, summing the first three options), a clear majority also oppose the decision of the party leadership to remove the whip until at least 13th September (53%, summing the third/fourth options).

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Majority of Lib Dem members back monarchy – but 40% would prefer UK to become a Republic

By Stephen Tall | Sun 28th July 2013 - 11:45 am

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

44% want Charles as King, 9% prefer Wills: 40% want neither

Thinking about the future monarch, which of the following would you prefer?

44%

9% – Prince William should succeed as King after Queen Elizabeth II instead of Prince Charles

40% – Neither – there should be no monarch after Queen Elizabeth II

6% – Don’t know

By 53% to 40%, our sample of Lib Dem members opt for monarchy over a republic. As ever, though, those headline figures include a span of opinion revealed in the comments.

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Tagged monarchy, prince charles, prince william, royal family and the queen | 17 Comments

EXCLUSIVE: Nick Clegg’s ratings get a boost & 55% of party members want him to lead party in 2015

By Stephen Tall | Fri 26th July 2013 - 9:50 am

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

Nick Clegg’s ratings recover to +18%, best in over a year

What is your view of Nick Clegg’s performance as Lib Dem leader?

44% – Satisfied

Total satisfied = 58% (+10%)

20% – Dissatisfied

20% – Very dissatisfied

Total dissatisfied = 40% (-8%)

2% – Don’t know / No opinion

When we last polled party members on their view of Nick Clegg’s performance as Lib Dem leader, in March 2013, he had a rating of -2%. This was only the second time perceptions of Nick within the party had dipped into the negative zone. July’s rating sees his position recover significantly to +18%. That’s Nick’s best rating since June 2012 (when it was +19%).

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POLL EXCLUSIVE: What Lib Dem members think will happen in 2015 – and what we want to happen in the event of a hung parliament

By Stephen Tall | Thu 25th July 2013 - 8:15 am

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

72% of Lib Dem members predict another hung parliament in 2015

What do you believe is the likeliest outcome of the next general election?

5%

6% – A Conservative minority government

3% – A Conservative-led coalition with parties other than Labour or the Lib Dems

11% – A Conservative-Lib Dem coalition

29% – A Labour-Lib Dem coalition

3% – A Labour-led coalition with parties other than the Conservatives or the Lib Dems

20% – A minority Labour government

9% – An overall majority for Labour

0% – A “grand coalition” between Labour and Conservatives

13% – Don’t know

I deliberately offered multiple, mirroring choices to capture the full span of opinion on this. But let’s now group the data together to help us understand what it’s saying:

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Our July survey of Lib Dem members: today’s your last chance to take part

By Stephen Tall | Tue 23rd July 2013 - 11:45 am

Our new LibDemVoice members’ survey went live last Friday: all 1,500 of those who are signed-up to our private members’ forum were emailed with a unique link asking questions about a range of current political issues.

Over 500 have already completed it, and today’s your last day to fill it in and make sure your views count.

A few people have mentioned, here or on Twitter, that they’ve not received the email. If that’s you, please be assured this isn’t a conspiracy to deprive you of your chance to have your say! The three most likely reasons you’ll have heard …

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New LDV members’ survey now live: your views on David Ward, Trident, all-women-shortlists, and the Coalition

By Stephen Tall | Fri 19th July 2013 - 4:30 pm

The new LDV members’ survey is now live. So if you are one of the c.1,500 registered members of the Liberal Democrat Voice forum — and any paid-up party member is welcome to join — then you now have the opportunity to make your views known.

Questions we’re asking this month include:

do you agree with the party whip being withdrawn from David Ward for his controversial comments on Israel?
what do you think about replacing Trident?
do you support plain cigarette packaging and minimum alcohol pricing?
are you in favour of HS2?
would you support all-women-shortlists in Lib Dem

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How you can take part in LibDemVoice’s exclusive party member surveys

By Stephen Tall | Thu 4th April 2013 - 10:50 am

LibDemVoice’s surveys of party members signed-up to our discussion forum have been running for close to four years now. (I posted yesterday the final set of figures from our most recent poll.)

Our surveys are a way of testing members’ views on a variety of hot topics. And as they’ve been running throughout the first three years of the Coalition they’re also an interesting record of changing views on how the Coalition is regarded within the party.

If you would like to take part in the LibDemVoice surveys, there are simply two steps you need to follow:
1) Be a current …

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Lib Dem ‘mansion tax’: the right policy AND a vote-winner, say 69% of party members

By Stephen Tall | Wed 3rd April 2013 - 12:15 pm

Lib Dem Voice polled our members-only forum recently to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Some 650 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

The Lib Dems are committed to levying a new household tax (known as the Mansion Tax) of 1% on the value of properties over £2m. Which of these statements best represents your own view?

69%

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58% of Lib Dem members against pledging in/out EU referendum in 2015 manifesto

By Stephen Tall | Mon 1st April 2013 - 12:45 pm

Lib Dem Voice polled our members-only forum recently to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Some 650 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

David Cameron has said the next Conservative election manifesto will include a pledge to hold an in/out referendum on the UK’s continuing membership of the European Union. Do you think the next Liberal Democrat manifesto should include the same pledge?

34%

58% – No, it

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Benefits, back-to-work and the unemployed: what Lib Dem members think

By Stephen Tall | Sun 31st March 2013 - 2:15 pm

Lib Dem Voice polled our members-only forum recently to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Some 650 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

70% say: withdraw unemployment benefits IF job offers refused without ‘good reason’

In principle, do you support or oppose withdrawing benefits from unemployed people who refuse offers of work without good reason?

70%

21% – Oppose

9% – Don’t know

The overwhelming view — held by 7-in-10 of those Lib Dems who responded — was that in principle withdrawing benefits …

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Tagged benefits, unemployment and workfare | 24 Comments

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