Category Archives: LDV Members poll

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 550 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?

This was the second post-reshuffle survey of what members

Throughout the life of the Coalition to date, we’ve been surveying party members to ask what you make of the party’s performance in government. There have been five questions we’ve asked each time. Here’s how views have changed in the past two-and-a-half-years…

Do you support or oppose the Lib Dems being in the Coalition Government with the Conservatives?

Do you approve or disapprove of the Coalition Government’s record to date?

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 550 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

Party members split on Lib Dem influence achieved within Coalition

How would you rate the extent of the Liberal Democrat influence within the Coalition Government, where 10 is highly influential, and 1 indicates no influence. (Comparison with September’s figures in brackets.)

1: 1%
2: 7%
3: 17%
4: 15%
5: 11%
Lacking influence = 51% (-2%)
6: 17%
7: 23%
8: 8%
9: 2%
10: 1%
Achieving influence = 49% (+2%)

This …

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 550 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

Three-quarters say Coalition will be bad for Lib Dem prospects in

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 550 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

Majority favour votes for some (but not all) prisoners

LDV asked: The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the British Government cannot maintain its blanket ban on prisoners being disqualified from voting. What is your view?

30% – I support votes for all prisoners
55% – I support votes for some categories of prisoners (eg, for non-violent offences and/or in the lead-up

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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 550 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

Obama tops our poll with 91% support from Lib Dems

LDV asked: If you had a vote in the US presidential election, would you support Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

The new LDV members’ survey is now live. So if you are one of the c.1,300 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:

• what you think of ‘secret courts’, elected police and crime commissioners and prisoners’ votes;
• what you make of the Coalition’s economic policies, Council Tax benefit, ‘shares for rights’;
• what you think about the railways and ‘Page 3’;
• what you think about tuition fees 2 years after the

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LibDemVoice’s surveys of party members signed-up to our discussion forum have been running for well over three years now. (I posted at the weekend 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 two 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 …

Lib Dem Voice polled our members-only forum before conference to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 550 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

BBC Radio, Channel 4 and The Independent top our poll for best-quality political coverage

Lib Dem Voice polled our members-only forum before conference to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 550 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?

This was the first post-reshuffle survey of what members think of the new Lib Dem ministerial team. As it was conducted mere days

Lib Dem Voice polled our members-only forum before conference to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 550 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

44% say ‘gender is irrelevant’; but 35% say Clegg should have appointed female cabinet minister by now

>Lib Dem Voice polled our members-only forum before conference to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 550 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

Miliband slips from -20% to -48% (but note the caveats below)

LDV asked: Do you think Ed Miliband is doing well or badly as leader of the Labour party?

Lib Dem Voice polled our members-only forum before conference to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 550 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 other politics blogs (if any) do you read? Please tick all that apply.

Guardian Comment is Free 46%
Huffington Post 31%
ConservativeHome 30%
Lib Dem Blogs aggregator 28%
UK Polling Report 28%
Guido Fawkes 25%
Nick Robinson’s blog 24%
PoliticalBetting 24%
Economist blogs 17%
Liberal Conspiracy

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Lib Dem Voice polled our members-only forum before conference to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 550 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results.

74% of members continue to support Coalition with Conservatives

LDV asked: Do you support or oppose the Lib Dems being in the Coalition Government with the Conservatives? (Comparison with August 2012′s figures)

74% (-3%) – Support
21% (+3%) – Oppose
5% (n/c) – Don’t know / No opinion

Support for the Coalition remains high, at 74%, in spite of, well, everything. The net …

The new LDV members’ survey is now live. So if you are one of the c.1,300 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:

• what you think of free schools and academies;
• what you make of reforms to GCSEs in England;
• what you think about a new runway at Heathrow;
• whether you agree with means-testing benefits for wealthier pensioners;
• your views on Nick Clegg’s leadership and the forthcoming reshuffle;

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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 500 party members have responded, and we’ve been publishing the full results. This is the final part.

Party members give Lib Dems 7 out of 10 for influence within the Coalition

How would you rate the extent of the Liberal Democrat influence within the Coalition Government, where 10 is highly influential, and 1 indicates no influence.

1: 1%
2: 6%
3: 15%
4: 11%
5: 10%
Lacking influence = 43% (+12%)
6: 19%
7: 23%
8: 11%
9: 3%
10: 1%
Achieving influence

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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 500 party members have responded, and we’ve been publishing the full results. The final parts are being published this weekend.

Three-quarters say Coalition will be bad for Lib Dem prospects in 2015

LDV asked: Do you think the Coalition Government will be good or bad for the Lib Dems’ electoral prospects at the next general election?

9% – Good
77% – Bad
11% – Neither good nor bad
4% – Don’t know / No

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