Issue Watch
Track global public opinion on current issues.
- 2008: Race for the White House
- Abortion
- Africa
- Angela Merkel
- Death Penalty
- Economy and Globalization
- Environment
- European Union
- George W. Bush
- Global Warming
- Gordon Brown
- Hamas
- Immigration
- Iran
- Iraq War
- Italy Election 2008
- Kevin Rudd
- Latin America
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- North Korea
- Oil and Gas
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Stem Cell Research
- Stephen Harper
- Terrorism
- U.S. Election 2008 - The Democrats
- U.S. Election 2008 - The Republicans
- U.S. Election 2008: The Primaries
- Vladimir Putin
- Yasuo Fukuda
Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research
Electoral Issues Split Views In Britain
(Angus Reid Global Scan) - Many Britons believe politicians are paying too much attention to the country's pension system, according to a poll by YouGov published in the Daily Telegraph. 68 per cent of respondents say the topic has been discussed too much in the campaign.
On Apr. 5, prime minister Tony Blair asked Queen Elizabeth II to dissolve Parliament and called a general election for May 5. Blair announced that he would lead the Labour party into the next parliamentary ballot, and retire at the end of what would be his third term in office.
Michael Howard—a former interior minister under John Major in the early 1990s—has been the country's top Tory politician since November 2003. Charles Kennedy has headed the Liberal Democrats since August 1999.
More than half of all respondents say council tax, global warming, and law and order have become persistent topics. Conversely, more than 20 per cent of respondents would like more discussions about asylum and immigration, the terrorist threat and poverty in Africa.
Polling Data
People have different views about the issues that ought to be discussed during the present election campaign. In connection with the following issues, do you think it is being discussed too little, too much, or about the right amount?
Too | Too | About | |
Long-term future of pensions | 68% | 4% | 19% |
Council tax | 55% | 8% | 28% |
Global warming | 54% | 9% | 27% |
Law and order | 53% | 10% | 30% |
Asylum / Immigration | 48% | 24% | 21% |
Housing and house building | 41% | 9% | 39% |
Taxation | 40% | 13% | 37% |
The HIV/AIDS epidemic | 40% | 11% | 33% |
Traffic congestion | 38% | 15% | 35% |
Britain's relations with Europe | 37% | 18% | 35% |
The terrorist threat | 32% | 26% | 24% |
Poverty in Africa | 32% | 23% | 31% |
Source: YouGov / Daily Telegraph
Methodology: Online interviews to 5,109 British adults, conducted on Apr. 5 and Apr. 6, 2005. No margin of error was provided.