Yes Side Still Ahead in Britain’s Alternative Vote Referendum
A majority of respondents are still “not too informed” or “not informed at all” about the proposed electoral system.
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(02/18/11) -
More than a third of Britons are ready to support the “Yes” side in this year’s electoral system referendum, 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, 37 per cent of respondents say they will vote “Yes” on the referendum, while 22 per cent would vote “No.” A third of respondents (35%) are undecided, and six per cent do not plan to vote.
Throughout 2011, three Vision Critical / Angus Reid surveys have provided similar findings, with “Yes” ahead of “No” by a double-digit margin, and at least a third of respondents still not sure about how they will cast their ballot.
The other constant in the first two months of the year is the majority of respondents (53% in the latest survey) who say they are “not too informed” or “not informed at all” about the alternative vote system that has been proposed to elect Members of Parliament to the House of Commons.
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Methodology: From February 15 to February 16, 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.
