As the U.K.'s Conservatives struggle to deliver Brexit, an exclusive poll for POLITICO suggests the party has lost the trust of voters on core issues
Voters in every cluster rate the Tories as more"out of touch" than Labour, but on leadership, whilst both are extremely unpopular, May is clearly ahead of Corbyn. May has a higher net satisfaction rating than Corbyn in every cluster of marginal constituencies, the survey found. She is also consistently seen as more"responsible" and"strong." Because of the focused nature of the poll it does not provide a national figure for voting intentions.
According to the poll — the first in a series to be published this year — Brexit is named as one of the three most important issues facing the country in all four areas surveyed, with more than 70 percent in each area naming it.Asked how well they think the Conservatives would handle Britain’s exit from the EU on a scale of 0 to 10, those in London gave the party a paltry 3.71 on average. The same respondents gave Labour 4.35.
Health and education are the next two most important issues, according to the poll. Health was named by 43 percent of voters in the North West, 39 percent in Scotland, 36 percent in the East Midlands and just 26 percent in London. Worryingly for the Tories, each of the four areas surveyed believed that Labour would be better than the Conservatives at handling health and education — as well as housing, transport and climate change.
Labour was also most likely to be described as"incompetent." Yet they were also associated with"working for the poorest in society" and backing"hard working people on an average wage" by over 30 percent of respondents.
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