ITV poll: 68% of 165,000 people vote Corbyn4PM

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A poll by ITV’s This Morning asked viewers which party leader they would prefer to see as Prime Minister. The result was remarkable:

Over 165,000 people participated – and more than two-thirds chose Corbyn. Theresa May’s share of the vote was far less than a third of what Corbyn achieved.

Polls on Twitter, though considerably smaller scale, asked people who they intend voting for – both posted by a Conservative – also show:

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A poll by ITV’s This Morning asked viewers which party leader they would prefer to see as Prime Minister. The result was remarkable:

itv tmOver 165,000 people participated – and more than two-thirds chose Corbyn. Theresa May’s share of the vote was far less than a third of what Corbyn achieved.

Naysayers will say that the poll was not ‘scientific’. That’s true. But then, the methodology of official polls is rarely disclosed properly and vastly differing results suggest that those may not be too scientific either. It’s also possible, of course, that Corbyn supporters are simply more motivated to call or go online to cast their vote and influence the result – but again, that’s hardly a negative.

One thing that is certain, however, is that the result in no way supports or aligns with the prevailing punditry that claims the result of the General Election is a foregone conclusion or…

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6 thoughts on “ITV poll: 68% of 165,000 people vote Corbyn4PM

  1. this could be the crafty tories up to their old tricks. designed to galvanise the complacent tory voters who are scrared of a corbyn led government. hope not though.

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    1. They prefer to tilt the polls to their own advantage, using a bandwaggon technique, the idea being that people go with the majority, they like to be on the winning side and feel like others – its about creating a fake sense of consensus. The Tories did this last time, too. If people think everyone else, including people in similar circumstances are voting Tory, they may well be persuaded to do the same

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