For the new year, a new survey went up on r/UKPolitics with 2439 responses, as below
First, some demographic questions:
Please note, for this and the rest of the survey, as Labour voters are in the vast majority, there was a separation between those who consider themselves more on the ‘lefty’ side of party, denoted as LabL in red, and those on the ‘centrist’ side of the party, denoted as LabC in pink.
If there were an election tomorrow, which party would you vote for?
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Next, some questions that were not particularly controversial between voting intention.
Please note, all questions were asked as a statement, with a 1 – 7 scale, where 1 was strongly disagree, 7 strongly agree, and 4 the mid point.
The uncontroversial statements were:
- The UK should institute a Japan-style fat tax (where companies measure waist size annually, and must provide assistance in getting employees in shape, or pay fines towards healthcare)
- A hotdog is a type of sandwich
- It is accurate to describe areas where the government provides services (eg benefits, NHS, police, army) as “socialist”
- Football should receive public subsidies
- Opera and ballet should receive public subsidies
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A significant part of Sunak’s low polling is because he is brown
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The terminally ill should have the right to choose to die sooner with a medically-assisted death
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I expect my personal financial situation to be better at the end of 2023 than it is today
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The Lords may need reform, but it would be better if it remained a technical chamber, rather than a second elected chamber
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Some form of mandatory national service (eg military, environmental, social) for 18 year olds would be a positive step for the country
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Vegans are more moral than non-vegans
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I would support the addition of new grammar schools
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The police should be banned from investigating any online offensive comments or hate speech other than where there is a threat of violence
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It would be better for the UK if the top rate of tax (on income over £150k) were raised to 60%
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It would be better for the UK if the top rate of tax (on income over £150k) were raised to 70%
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It would be better for the UK if the top rate of tax (on income over £150k) were raised to 80%
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It would be better for the UK if the top rate of tax (on income over £150k) were raised to 90%
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