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Netherlands: CDA Leads Labour by Smaller Margin

What party would you vote for in the next parliamentary election?
(Results presented in seats)

	Mar. 22	Dec. 29
Christian-Democratic Appeal (CDA)	31	34
Labour Party (PvdA)	24	23
Socialist Party (SP)	18	18
People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)	17	14
Proud of the Netherlands (ToN)	16	21
Party for Freedom (PvdV)	14	10
Democrats 66 (D66)	10	6
Green Left (GL)	9	12
Christian Union (CU)	7	7
Party for the Animals (PvdD)	2	3
Reformed Political Party (SGP)	2	2

Source: Maurice de Hond
Methodology: Interviews with 1,000 Dutch adults, conducted on Mar. 22, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

New Zealand: Conservative National Party Increase Lead

If an election were held today which party would receive your party vote?

	Mar. 2	Feb. 3	Jan. 20
National	49.5%	45.5%	52%
Labour	35%	36.5%	33.5%
Greens	7%	9%	6.5%
New Zealand First	4%	4%	3.5%
Maori Party	2%	1.5%	2%
ACT	1%	2%	1%
United Future	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%
Progressives	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%

Source: Roy Morgan International
Methodology: Interviews with 816 New Zealand voters, conducted from Feb. 18 to Mar. 2, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

UK: Conservatives Lead by 5

If there were to be a general election tomorrow, which party do you think you would vote for?

	Jan. 31	Jan. 20	Jan. 10
Conservative	37%	37%	40%
Labour	32%	35%	33%
Liberal Democrat	21%	20%	18%
Other	10%	8%	9%

Source: ICM Research
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,012 British adults, conducted on Jan. 30 and Jan. 31, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

UK: Conservatives Have 10 pt. Lead

How would you vote if there were a general election tomorrow? Which party are you most inclined to support?

	Jan. 10	Dec. 7	Nov. 27
Conservative	42%	42%	41%
Labour	32%	35%	32%
Liberal Democrats	15%	14%	17%
Other	11%	9%	10%

Source: Ipsos-MORI
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 517 absolutely certain British voters, conducted on Jan. 9 and Jan. 10, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

Bizarre: British Poll Finds Labour Much More 'Sleazy' Than Conservatives

Do you agree or disagree with these statements?

Labour these days gives the impression of being very sleazy and disreputable

Agree	60%
Disagree	28%
Don’t know	12%

The Conservatives these days give the impression of being very sleazy and disreputable

Agree	31%
Disagree	49%
Don’t know	21%

Source: YouGov / Daily Telegraph
Methodology: Online interviews with 2,038 British adults, conducted from Nov. 27 to Nov. 29, 2007. No margin of error was provided.

UK: Conservative Leads Rises to 11 pts

If there were a general election tomorrow, which party would you vote for?

	Nov. 28	Nov. 22	Nov. 16
Conservative	43%	41%	41%
Labour	32%	32%	35%
Liberal Democrats	14%	14%	13%
Other	11%	13%	11%

Source: YouGov / Daily Telegraph
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,966 British adults, conducted from Nov. 26 to Nov. 28, 2007. No margin of error was provided.

UK: Conservatives Lead by 9 pts

If there were a general election tomorrow, which party would you vote for?

	Nov. 22	Nov. 16	Oct. 24
Conservative	41%	41%	41%
Labour	32%	35%	38%
Liberal Democrats	14%	13%	11%
Other	13%	11%	10%

Source: YouGov
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,600 British adults, conducted from Nov. 21 to Nov. 22, 2007. No margin of error was provided.

New Zealand: National Party Lead Grows (A Lot)

If an election were held today which party would receive your party vote?

	Nov. 11	Oct. 28	Oct. 14
National	48%	45%	45.5%
Labour	34%	40.5%	39%
Greens	7.5%	6.5%	7.5%
New Zealand First	5.5%	3.5%	3%
Maori Party	2.5%	1.5%	2%
United Future	1%	1.5%	1.5%
ACT	1%	1%	0.5%
Progressives	--	--	--

Source: Roy Morgan International
Methodology: Interviews with 808 New Zealand voters, conducted from Oct. 29 to Nov. 11, 2007. No margin of error was provided.

UK: Conservatives Lead Labour by 6 pts

If there were a general election tomorrow, which party would you vote for?

	Nov. 16	Oct. 24	Oct. 6
Conservative	41%	41%	38%
Labour	35%	38%	41%
Liberal Democrats	13%	11%	11%
Other	11%	10%	10%

Source: YouGov
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,983 British adults, conducted from Nov. 14 to Nov. 16, 2007. No margin of error was provided.

UK: Conservatives Down by Only 3 pts

If there were a general election tomorrow, which party would you vote for?

	Oct. 6	Oct. 4	Sept. 28
Labour	41%	40%	43%
Conservative	38%	36%	32%
Liberal Democrats	11%	13%	15%
Other	10%	11%	10%

Source: YouGov / The Times
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,757 British adults, conducted on Oct. 5 and Oct. 6, 2007. No margin of error was provided.

UK: Conservatives Within 1 pt of Labour

If there were to be a general election tomorrow, which party do you think you would vote for?

	Oct. 4	Sept. 20	Sept. 16
Labour	39%	39%	40%
Conservative	38%	33%	32%
Liberal Democrat	13%	19%	20%
Other	10%	9%	8%

Source: ICM Research / The Guardian
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 977 British adults, conducted on Oct. 3 and Oct. 4, 2007. No margin of error was provided.

UK: Labour Leads by 6

If there were to be a general election tomorrow, which party do you think you would vote for?

	Sept. 20	Sept. 16	Aug. 23
Labour	39%	40%	39%
Conservative	33%	32%	35%
Liberal Democrat	19%	20%	18%
Other	9%	8%	8%

Source: ICM Research / Sunday Mirror
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,029 British adults, conducted on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20, 2007. No margin of error was provided.

Norway: Labour Leads Conservatives

What party would you support in the next federal election?

	May 2007	Apr. 2007
Labour Party (DNA)	31.8%	31.2%
Conservatives (H)	21.0%	20.8%
Progress Party (FrP)	15.7%	19.8%
Socialist Left (SV)	9.1%	6.8%
Agrarians (Sp)	6.9%	7.0%
Liberal Left (V)	6.1%	6.4%
Christian People (KrF)	6.0%	4.1%

Source: Norsk Respons / Aftenposten
Methodology: Interviews with 1,000 Norwegian voters, conducted in early May 2007. Margin of error is 3 per cent.