The average of 26 national polls published in August showed no real shift in opinion between the main two forces, with a Christian Democrat (CDU/CSU) lead of 14.3 points, compared to 14.5 points in July. Not only did the Social Democrats (SPD) make virtually no inroads into Angela Merkel’s commanding lead, they matched January 2017 […]
Month: August 2017
Neck and neck in twin UK polls
The late August Monday public holiday traditionally marks the end of summer in the UK and, after a very light period for opinion polling, the pollsters are straight back into action today with twin surveys issued by YouGov and ICM. Both show that the minority ruling Conservatives and the opposition Labour Party are running neck […]
Finland’s Greens on an August roll with second storming poll
Any sense that the record opinion poll score for Finland’s Green League published 11 days ago by Taloustutkimus was a one-off is dispelled by today’s survey from the country’s other main pollster, Kantar TNS. For the second time in August the Greens (VIHR) surge into second place and move above 17 per cent of voting […]
Another downward plunge for Macron’s ratings
Ifop’s monthly poll for the Journal du Dimanche, out today, holds more grim reading for French President Emmanuel Macron. As the country gears up for the political rentrée or return to business, he has lost a staggering 28 points on the poll’s net satisfaction measure. For the first time since his election, the En Marche! […]
Norway’s Labour in ‘crisis’ as support slumps
A triple release of polling data yesterday provoked fresh headlines of ‘crisis’ for the election campaign of Jonas Gahr Store, leader of Norway’s opposition Labour Party (AP). All three surveys put Labour below 28 per cent, around three points off their 2013 General Election score and enough to raise the prospect of several seat losses. […]
Best INSA poll for nearly two years for Merkel as CDU maintains its lead through August
Germany’s Insa polling agency, which produces weekly work for the country’s biggest tabloid newspaper, Bild, has been showing slightly lower scores for the CDU/CSU than other pollsters during the past few months. Five of the nine regular national polling firms have put Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrat party on 40 per cent of voting intentions recently, […]