Matthew Smith
Data Journalism Head at YouGov
Head of data journalism at @YouGov. Formerly digital comms at @policy_exchange, @unisontweets
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3 weeks ago |
yougov.co.uk | Matthew Smith
How popular are Western European leaders in their own countries? A new YouGov Eurotrack survey conducted from 6-24 March 2025 explores the favourability of national leaders among their respective populaces in each of the seven countries covered: Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden.
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1 month ago |
yougov.co.uk | Matthew Smith
This is despite the vast majority of Britons agreeing that the public finances are in a bad stateAhead of the Spring Statement, a new YouGov survey finds that 80% of Britons believe the public finances are in a poor state, including 34% who say they are in a “very bad” state. A mere 3% consider the government to be in a good place financially, while 13% see the situation as neither good nor bad.
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1 month ago |
yougov.co.uk | Matthew Smith
Keir Starmer’s figures remain slightly up from last month, Nigel Farage’s slightly down, and Elon Musk has become more unpopular stillKeir Starmer’s favourability ratings ticked upwards in between mid-February and early March, likely as a result of his successful visit to Washington DC and/or his handling of relations with Ukraine, following Donald Trump’s public scolding of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House.
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1 month ago |
yougov.co.uk | Matthew Smith
People in the five largest European nations see the US president as a threat to peace and security on the continentThe Ukraine conflict has dominated headlines in recent weeks, topped by a fiery exchange between Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House this weekend. With the US looking increasingly likely to disengage from the conflict, European countries will need to decide if they want to increase their involvement, or leave Ukraine to its fate.
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1 month ago |
yougov.co.uk | Matthew Smith
Most say immigration over the past decade has been too high, and that their governments have mismanaged the issueA new YouGov survey shows that majorities across our seven EuroTrack nations (Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden) say that immigration to their countries over the past ten years has been too high. Germans and Spaniards are the most likely to say so, at 81% and 80%, while Danes are the least likely, at 55%.
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RT @YouGov: Americanisms are increasingly being adopted by younger Britons % of 18-24 year olds typically using... Vacation: 14% (+13 vs o…
Ah yes, The Killing Fields, the perfect movie to cushion the end of the weekend and ease the passage into Monday https://t.co/DNe5A9Qcmd
Shakespeare couldn’t even get Richard III into the bottom five
Who are the least popular kings and queens (and Cromwells) since 1066? Bottom 5 1. Henry VIII: -42 net score 2. Oliver Cromwell: -20 3. Edward VIII: -13 4. Mary I: -10 5. Charles I: -9 https://t.co/O4zqSpley2 https://t.co/luVBYkFLeb
