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Jewish Chronicle survey results - May 2016

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Just 13 per cent of British Jews plan to vote for Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party next week, an exclusive JC poll has revealed.

Theresa May’s Conservatives have the support of 77 per cent of Jewish voters. Below is a break-down of the entire survey.

When asked how likely they are to vote, 83.1 per cent of respondents said they would definitely vote, while 3.6 per cent said they would definitely abstain.

  Total Male Female
Unweighted total 515 265 250
Weighted total 515 249 266
10 - Will definitely vote 428 - 83.1% 202 - 81.3% 226 - 84.8%
9 20 - 3.9% 15 - 6.0% 5 - 1.9%
0 - Will not vote 19 - 3.6% 12 - 5.0% 6 - 2.3%

After removing those who said they were undecided - 7.6 per cent of respondents - and those who did not respond, 77 per cent of those polled said they are going to vote Conservative, while 13.4 per cent said they would vote Labour. The questions specifically asked how voters would cast their ballots in their own constituencies, rather than nationally.

Of those who will vote, 322 will vote Tory, while 56 will vote Labour, and 31 Liberal Democrat. Ten will vote for another party.

  Total Male Female
Unweighted total 434 235 199
Weighted total 418 213 205
Conservative 322 - 77.0% 157 - 73.7% 165 - 80.4%
Labour 56 - 13.4% 34 - 15.8% 23 - 11.0%
Liberal Democrat 31 - 7.3% 16 - 7.5% 15 - 7.2%
Another party 10 - 2.3% 6 - 3.0% 3 - 1.5%

At the last general election, two years ago, 18 per cent of the community surveyed pledged support to Labour, but this survey showed just 14 per cent of respondents supported the party while Ed Miliband was leader.

  Total Male Female
Unweighted total 515 265 250
Weighted total 515 249 266
Conservative 347 - 67.4 per cent 168 - 67.7% 179 - 67.1%
Labour 73 - 14.2% 40 - 16.0% 33 -12.5%
Liberal Democrats 24 - 4.7% 11 - 4.3% 14 - 5.2%
UKIP 3 - 0.6% 1 - 0.6% 2 - 0.6%
Green 5 - 0.9% 2 - 0.9% 3 - 1.0%
Another party 3 - 0.6% 2 - 0.9% 2 - 0.6%
Did not vote 41 - 8.0% 20 - 8.1% 21 - 7.9%

And 17.2 per cent of respondents said if Jeremy Corbyn was not leader of the Labour Party, they would be "much more likely" to vote for his party. Slightly less than half of those polled said they would be at least "a little more likely" to vote Labour if he was not leader.

  Total
Unweighted total 515
Weighted total 515
Much more likely 92 - 17.8%
A little more likely 134 - 26.1%
No more or less likely 130 - 25.3%
A little less likely 14 - 2.7%
Much less likely 41 - 7.9%
Don't know 6 - 1.2%

 

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