Sentences with phrase «current opinion polls suggest»

I feel that the electorate, or what used to be called the «silent majority,» will have spotted this and the LibDems and Conservatives will fare much better in May than the current opinion polls suggest.

Not exact matches

I don't put much store in opinion polls, but if true it would only indicate roughly what you would expect to happen at this point in the parliament - 32 % isn't that much lower than Labour got in the 2005 General Election and all it would suggest is that the Liberal Democrats are having a reversal - tactical voting could see them holding onto many of their current seats, indeed it is even possible that if they got 17 % of the vote that if it focused in an area that they could actually end up with more seats, where the switches in support are occuring is crucial - if they are focused then if the Conservative Party were to get 39 % then it might still result in them getting fewer seats than Labour or in extremis winning a 150 seat majority or so?

I suggest that current Conservative opinion poll leads are on the cusp of making a vote for the LDs safer and more profitable for potential LD supporters.

Most sensible Conservatives know that the Lib Dems are still gifted, hard working and canny campaigners and will do better than their current opinion poll ratings suggest and certainly when those ratings rise in a General Election campaign, as they inevitably will.

Although the current system may help the Liberal Democrats save more seats that their 9 per cent opinion polling rating suggests, the party will stick to its long - standing support for proportional representation.