At the time Andrew Cooper of Populus pointed out — correctly — that it was worth looking at but if there was a problem it shouldn't
affect voting intention as past vote weighting should sort that out.
And the voters liked them: viewing figures were high, reaching a peak audience of almost 10 million, and many said afterwards that the debates had
affected their voting intentions.
One of the surveys being connducted by telephone as recently as Sunday, and subsequently leaked on the internet, asked 17 questions about the Liberal Democrats and asked people to rate a series of statements according to how likely they were to
affect their voting intentions.