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The Liberal Democrats

Fieldwork: October 17th 2007 - October 18th 2007

published by The Daily Politics

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Earlier this week, the Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell resigned from his post as leader of the party. He has subsequently attributed this decision to speculation in the media about his age and whether he was too old for the job. Please say if you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. If you don't know – or if you have never heard of a person I ask about - please say so.

Menzies Campbell was too old to lead a national political party

	All voters	Men	Women	18-34	35-54	55+	AB	C1	C2	DE	Lib Dem
Agree	20%	21%	18%	18%	19%	22%	21%	19%	19%	19%	15%
Disagree	67%	69%	65%	58%	69%	72%	70%	65%	66%	67%	77%
NET	-47%	-48%	-47%	-40%	-50%	-50%	-49%	-46%	-47%	-48%	-62%

I would vote for the Liberal Democrats in a General Election if they were led by Chris Huhne

	All	Men	Women	AB	C1	C2	DE	Lab	Con	Lib Dem
Yes	12%	14%	10%	13%	11%	15%	9%	6%	6%	52%
No	53%	56%	51%	54%	51%	48%	60%	71%	69%	9%
Don't know/ never heard of him	35%	30%	39%	34%	38%	37%	30%	22%	25%	39%

I would vote for the Liberal Democrats in a General Election if they were led by Nick Clegg

	All	Men	Women	AB	C1	C2	DE	Lab	Con	Lib Dem
Yes	11%	13%	10%	11%	15%	14%	6%	8%	10%	44%
No	53%	57%	48%	55%	48%	48%	59%	71%	64%	13%
Don't know/ never heard of him	36%	30%	42%	33%	37%	39%	34%	21%	24%	44%

The Liberal Democrats are now irrelevant in British Politics

	All voters	Men	Women	18-34	35-54	55+	AB	C1	C2	DE	Lib Dem
Agree	32%	33%	30%	25%	31%	37%	33%	29%	29%	36%	12%
Disagree	57%	61%	53%	56%	60%	54%	60%	57%	58%	51%	83%
NET	-25%	-28%	-23%	-31%	-29%	-17%	-27%	-28%	-27%	-15%	-71%

Populus interviewed a random sample of 1011 adults aged 18+ by telephone between 17th October 2007 and 18th October 2007. Interviews were conducted across England and the results have been weighted to be representative of all English adults. Populus is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules. For a full description of the methods we use, please click here.

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