Polling Matters Keiran Pedley

On this week’s episode of the Ipsos MORI Politics and Society podcast, Keiran Pedley and Cameron Garrett sit down to discuss the latest wave of Ipsos MORI’s Political Monitor. They ask what is behind the Conservative’s growing poll lead and examine Keir Starmer’s falling poll ratings.

In this special episode, Kieran Pedley is joined by two colleagues, Holly Day and Cameron Garrett.
Holly talks about the government’s improving poll ratings and what is driving them
Cameron talks about Keir Starmer’s poll ratings a year in as Labour leader
And Keiran takes us through how the public think past PMs did in office – as featured on Times Radio this week

On this week's podcast, Keiran Pedley is joined by Emily Gray, Managing Director, Ipsos MORI Scotland and Sir John Curtice, Professor of Politics at The University of Strathclyde. In this episode, the guests discuss the unfolding important elections in Scotland and the latest Ipsos MORI Scottish Political Monitor, including:
Is the Salmond - Sturgeon row cutting through to voters? Does it matter?
Looking ahead to the Scottish elections in May, why they're important and what is the current state of events.
Scotland's independence - Sir John Curtice gives his opinion on what the 'baseline' level of support for independence is and the implications it could pose on the United Kingdom.
What is Scottish public opinion of the party leaders and issues and how this election compares with previous ones.

On this week's podcast, Keiran Pedley is joined by Stephen Bush, Political Editor of the New Statesman and Paula Surridge, Deputy Director of The UK in a Changing Europe and Political Sociologist at the University of Bristol.
In this episode, the team review the latest data from the Ipsos MORI Political Monitor including:
The state of the main parties as we enter 2021,
The Greens being on 8 points – and whether it matters,
Public perceptions of the government’s handling of COVID,
Plus a deep dive on Labour leader Keir Starmer – how is he doing as he approaches the first anniversary of him becoming Labour leader?

On this week's podcast, Keiran Pedley is joined by Ailsa Henderson from the University of Edinburgh and Emily Gray of Ipsos MORI Scotland to discuss this week's bombshell Ipsos MORI / STV News poll showing support for Scottish independence at a record 58%. The group discuss what has caused support for independence to increase, the arguments Scots find convincing for independence and for Scotland staying in the Union and what might happen at the Scottish parliamentary elections next year.

On this week’s podcast, Keiran Pedley is joined by Chris Jackson from Ipsos in the US and Ariel Edwards-Levy of the Huffington Post to take a deep-dive look at the upcoming US presidential election.
Topics discussed included:
What’s driving Biden’s lead?
How can Trump turn it around?
Shy Trump voters / partisan non-response bias / turnout filters and other important polling points
The states to watch
Will we know the result on election day?
Is a Trump win or a Biden landslide more likely?
…and some listener questions too.