Lost support

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33979, 21 October 1975, Page 20

Lost support

The poll figures are subject; to a maximum statistical; sampling error of plus or minus 2 per cent. i Among Labour voters ini 11972, 75 per cent would now) (remain loyal — down from; 80 per cent in July. Eighteen per cent would switch to National (14 per cent in July), 3 per cent would switch to Values (unchanged) and 4 per cent to Social Credit (3 pert cent in July). Loyalty to National has( risen fractionally from 94; per cent in July to 95 per; cent, with switching to! Labour at 3 per cent (4 per cent in July) and switching! to Social Credit and Values! unchanged at 1 per cent. The loj’alty rate among. Social Credit voters has! slipped from 52 per cent to 47 per cent since July, with: 8 per cent now switching to; Labour (down sharply from! 16 per cent in July), 40 per! cent to National (25 per cent in July) and 6 per cent tot Values (8 per cent in July). ' Loyalty to Values has, dropped further to 33 per cent: (43 per cent in July), with'

. 42 per cent of Values sup((porters now switching to . Labour (8 per cent in July) and 25 per cent switching to National (47 per cent in (July). i New voters have increased Itheir support for Labour from 36 per cent in July to 39 per cent. National now has the support of 49 per cent of new voters (54 per cent in July). Values has 8 per cent (7 per tcent in July) and Social Credit, an unchanged 4 per I cent. : Those eligible to vote in (1972 who did not then but would now have lifted their support for Labour from 34 (per cent to 37 per cent since (July but reduced their sup port for National from 58 per (cent to 55 per cent in the (same interval. ( Such support for Values (accounts for 3 per cent (8 ; per cent in July) and for Social Credit. 6 per cent (1 ! per cent in July). Present party supporters. iand the nine out of every 50 !polled who constitute the ■ uncommitted group, voted as follows (read downward) in (the 1972 election:

1972 Vote Labour Current Supporters Uncommitted Nat tonal Socred Values All others .. 67 12 29 25 3R Didn’t vote 2 54 4 12 11 Labour1 3 43 7 3 National 2 1 12 2 Socred — 2 __ — Values R 9 10 5 12 New voters . . 20 19 14 39 34