Well meaning, good
intentioned liberal people are unduly impressed with the Islamic outward manifestations of piety.
Not exact matches
As a result, Jewish groups, though usually nervous about evangelicals»
intentions regarding public schools, have pointedly distanced themselves from the position of
People for the American Way — one of the active
liberal advocacy groups — that parents with religious concerns should enroll their children in private schools.
The changes in 2015 vote
intention among those
people who voted
Liberal Democrat in 2010 between the first (February - March) and second (May - June) BESIP survey show small increases for the Conservatives, UKIP and the Green Party.
The following table reveals the 2015 vote
intentions among those
people who reported voting
Liberal Democrat in 2010.
However, I'm always slightly wary of constituency polls in
Liberal Democrat held seats — the effect of incumbency and tactical voting is far higher for Lib Dem MPs, and when you ask a generic voting
intention I think many
people give their national preference, rather than how they would actually vote in their own constituency.
As was the position before Tony Blair resigned, we once again have a known unknown ahead of us — we know that in mid-December the
Liberal Democrats will have a new leader, but we can't know until then what effect it will have on
people's voting
intentions — it may have none, it may see the Lib Dems taking support back off Labour, or off the Conservatives.
The reason for the difference is most likely tactical considerations —
people answer Labour to a normal voting
intention question because that's the party they really support, but know that they happen to live in a seat where Labour could never win, so actually vote
Liberal Democrat.
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.