tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post7243084951089640764..comments2023-11-02T10:43:15.185+00:00Comments on DENVERSTROPE: Tolling BellsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-63888960001890489232010-05-03T00:41:45.281+01:002010-05-03T00:41:45.281+01:00That's a sound prediction to me. A small point...That's a sound prediction to me. A small point possibly in support of this, when I was asked by the Labour canvasser if I would be voting for them in the election, my immediate, unthinking reaction was to avoid some sort of boring confrontation on a nice sunny evening when I was busy by saying 'I haven't decided yet' and then politely ended the conversation.<br /><br />I wonder how many people have been doing that, not only on the doorsteps, but in surveys, too. Interesting? Maybe.Jon Lishmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272058035800593800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-17260154184274142442010-05-02T21:51:35.016+01:002010-05-02T21:51:35.016+01:00I was canvassing in a council estate yesterday. On...I was canvassing in a council estate yesterday. Once would have been solid Labour territory. We did find some Labour people - all of them said "I've always voted Labour". One even said his dad would turn in his grave if he did anything different. But we also found a large number of people intending to vote Tory, including one who said he'd always voted Labour but was voting Tory this time because Labour are "rubbish". We also found some defectors from Labour to Lib Dem. And <i>everybody</i> including the Labour voters was pleased to see us.<br /><br />It feels to me as if the polls are (again) underestimating Tory support. I'm sticking with my forecast of 42% for the Tory vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-8286877526499360722010-05-01T22:10:25.552+01:002010-05-01T22:10:25.552+01:00Thanks John. Very useful stuff - and very encourag...Thanks John. Very useful stuff - and very encouraging.Jon Lishmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272058035800593800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-64152490930256899252010-05-01T21:35:08.797+01:002010-05-01T21:35:08.797+01:00Interesting that Labour are now feeling it necessa...Interesting that Labour are now feeling it necessary to put so much effort into trying to hold onto a formerly safe seat...<br /><br />As for the polls: yes, they are trending away from Labour, a bit wavery for the Lib Dems, and slowly upward for the Conservatives.<br /><br />My all-polls graph shows Conservatives now at 34-35% average (and rising), Labour at 26% (and falling), Lib Dems around 29% (and fluctuating) with Others stabilised at 10-11%.John M Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251285057595626917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-69209423126916552882010-05-01T21:03:56.675+01:002010-05-01T21:03:56.675+01:00It shall be done :)It shall be done :)Jon Lishmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272058035800593800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-52564613767441881302010-05-01T19:23:00.406+01:002010-05-01T19:23:00.406+01:00Your dog has taste - was wanting to chase Labour o...Your dog has taste - was wanting to chase Labour off the face of the constituency and, hopefully, the planet. <br /><br />Let's see a picture of this wise pooch! And I'll post a picture of mine - a Welsh (appropriately enough) Border Collie - in return.Cogito Dexterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474929728659342255noreply@blogger.com