Stephan Shakespeare

Floating away from the Tories

Almost half of floating voters believe it likely that the Lib Dems will take over from the Tories within five years - see the full results of the YouGov/Spectator survey

issue 05 October 2002

If floating voters had to choose between the Conservative party and the Liberal Democratic party, a clear majority of them would choose the Lib Dems, according to a poll conducted for The Spectator. And almost half of them believe it likely that the Lib Dems will take over from the Tories within five years.

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