A large proportion of Britons remains uninformed about the referendum that could alter the way members of the House of Commons are elected, a new Vision Critical / Angus Reid poll has found.
A majority of respondents are still “not too informed” or “not informed at all” about the proposed electoral system.
A large proportion of Britons remains uninformed about the referendum that could alter the way members of the House of Commons are elected, a new Vision Critical / Angus Reid poll has found.
The referendum, which is scheduled for 5 May 2011, will ask voters whether the United Kingdom should continue to rely on the first past the post system to elect MPs to the House of Commons, or move to the alternative vote system instead.
In the online survey of a representative sample of 2,010 British adults, 54 per cent of respondents say they are “not too informed” or “not informed at all” about the alternative vote system.
Overall, 35 per cent of respondents (-2 since early January) say they would vote Yes to switch to the alternative vote system to elect MPs to the House of Commons. One-in-five respondents (21%, +1) would cast a No ballot in order to keep the existing first past the post system. More than a third of respondents (37%, =) are undecided, and seven per cent (+1) would not vote.
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Mario Canseco, Vice President, Communications & Media Relations
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Methodology: From January 25 to January 26, 2011, Vision Critical conducted an online survey among 2,010 randomly selected British adults who are Springboard UK panelists. The margin of error—which measures sampling variability—is +/- 2.2%. The results have been statistically weighted according to the most current education, age, gender and region data to ensure samples representative of the entire adult population of Great Britain. Discrepancies in or between totals are due to rounding.
