New ComRes Poll - Public Divided on Tax Rises vs Spending Cuts

There is a new ComRes poll published tonight for tomorrow’s Independent on Sunday which shows little change from the General Election result:

               Conservative             36% (down 1%)

                                        Labour                      30% (down 3%)

                                        Lib Dem                    23% (up 2%) 

Some other questions were asked about the upcoming Budget on Tuesday:

“I would be prepared to pay more income tax rather than see public services cut”
Agree 48%
Disagree 45%
DK 7%

· There are no major demographic patterns but there are among voters – 51% of Tory voters disagree, as do only 38% of Lib Dems and 34% of Labour supporters

“The coalition government is deliberately exaggerating the financial problems to justify cuts to the public sector”
Agree 38%
Disagree 49%
DK 13%

· Younger people are the most suspicious of the government’s motives on this measure, as are DE voters and Scots
· There is a huge party variance: 19% of Tory voters agree, compared with 34% of Lib Dems (which strikes me as remarkably high) and 66% of Labour voters

Methodology note: ComRes telephoned a random sample of 1004 GB adults on 16-17 June 2010. Data were weighted demographically and by past vote. ComRes is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules. Full tables at www.comres.co.uk

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