Mark Pack

Nine months on: how the party’s leaders have fared

By | Mon 18th December 2006 - 10:00 am

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6 Comments

  • Mark Pack 18th Dec '06 - 10:52am

    Oh, if I must…

  • tristan 18th Dec '06 - 7:45pm

    Ming does have the great advantage of having had Paddy and Charles before him. He is seeking to leave a similar increase when he leaves (whenever that is, which I think will be a while), and a party in fit shape for government.

    People thought that we’d have massive poll drops with the trouble at the beginning of the year, but we’ve shown them to be wrong.

    I’d be interested in the changes in poll ratings over the 9 months and the personal ratings.

    (and of course, these are also affected by outside events…)

  • hywelmorgan 20th Dec '06 - 6:18pm

    I’m always keen to remember what Mark Twain said about statistics 🙂

    Comparable satisfaction ratings for how X is doing as leader of the Liberal Democrats
    Ashdown -6
    Kennedy +18
    Campbell -9

    Healthcheck warning though – At one stage Paddy was at -24 – by the 1992 election he was on +25 so how much weight you can attach to these figures I don’t know. I suspect very little.

    If you look at Mori’s long term leader attributes statistics Charles never significantly bettered Paddy’s performance on the positive attributes – even in his “stong” areas like “down to earth” or in overall figures.

    Like Charles and Paddy before him Ming has strengths and flaws. I didn’t vote for him but he was clearly the best performer at the hustings I went to for example. The key thing is to play to his strengths and they will overcome his flaws.

  • hywelmorgan 20th Dec '06 - 6:19pm

    Sorry – source for those figures is Mori – http://www.mori.co.uk – Leader satisfaction ratings.

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