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Good news on turnout and engagement

By Mark Pack | Tue 13th April 2010 - 2:20 pm

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Two pieces of cheery news.

First, from the latest Sunday Times/YouGov poll:

I am so disillusioned with politics that I am seriously thinking of not voting at all in the coming general election:

Agree 15%
Disagree 73%

All things considered, 15% is a pretty low figure.

Second, from a survey of 18-25 year olds:

A survey of 18-25 year-olds, commissioned by new media age and conducted by Lightspeed Research, found 46% of those aged between 18 and 21 believe increased political activity online has stimulated their interest in the election, with the figure at 41% for 22-25 year-olds…

Read more by Mark Pack or more about turnout.
This entry was posted in General Election, Online politics and Polls.

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One Comment

Andrew Suffield 13th Apr '10 - 5:05pm

That’s pretty much a textbook example of a survey with a built-in bias. It’s of the same form as the classic question, “do you like surveys?”, which invariably reveals that participants love surveys.

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