There is a frisson of excitement around the Tory blogosphere at the 13 point lead from the latest Yougov poll, but the detailed results reveal a few surprises.
That 8% declare themselves as 'none of the above' and 14% as don't knows only makes half of the 40% of the electorate that boycott the polls in a general election. The sample is very small, but this appears to be concentrated in the young and the C2DEs.
When asked about the extent of the State in the national economy, 44% thought 50-50 was good, with 26% wanting a bigger role for business and 20% a bigger role for the State. At a time when business - the banks - are public villains, this is a surprisingly good indication that the country has no real taste for Scandinavian Statism (sorry, Polly)
With 65% of respondents against general government data sharing and only 19% for, it also seems we don't want a surveillance State either.
We're pretty green, it seems. A majority support the banning of incandescent light bulbs and recycling. And opponents of a third Heathrow runway outnumber supporters 42% to 29%.
The social mobility questions are stunners. Only 12% think they're less socially mobile than their parents , with young C2DE males prominent, whilst 55% think they're more socially mobile. Whilst 80% agree that breaking down barriers to mobility is a good thing, 48% fear this will lead to unhealthy positive discrimination (30% disagreeing). However, the view is that the government is mad not bad; 49% disagree that Milburn's intention is to hammer the middle classes, split about evenly between ABC1s and C2DEs.
Support for Israel (24%) and Hamas (18%) is closer than one might have imagined, with 39% thinking they're both equally to blame for the current conflict.
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