Campaign for Fairer : Marginal Seats Political Poll METHODOLOGY NOTE ComRes interviewed online a representa sample of 1,002 GB adults living in the 40 most marginal constituencies where the Conservas and shared first and second place between them at the last General Election in 2010. Of these 40 constituencies, 25 currently have a Conserva MP and 15 currently have a MP. Each constituency is represented in the sample equally, with results weighted to be representa of all adults in all 40 constituencies as a whole. Data were also weighted by past vote recall. Fieldwork took place from 15 th to 24 th November 2014. ComRes is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules. All press releases or other publications must be checked with ComRes before use. ComRes requires 48 hours to check a press release unless otherwise agreed. The ComRes Battlebus is a battlegrounds omnibus survey of 1,000 voters in the 40 most marginal -Conserva constituencies. For more information on future waves of the Battlebus please contact Adam Ludlow on adam.ludlow@comres.co.uk. To register for Pollwatch, a monthly newsletter update on the polls, please email: pollwatch@comres.co.uk
Table 1 Page 1 Q1 Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) are electronic gambling machines found in betting shops. A range of games are available to play on FOBTs including Roulette, Black Jack, Poker and virtual horseracing. Overall, how harmful or harmless, do you think that fixed odds betting terminals are to The people that use them Total Gender Age Social Grade Current MP Marginality Male Female 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ AB C1 C2 DE Conser va Con -4% Con < Lab < Lab -4% Unweighted base 1,002 445 557 46 128 166 202 229 231 342 295 161 204 639 363 363 276 200 163 Weighted base 1,002 492 510 125 172 180 174 147 204 213 304 213 272 626 376 351 276 200 175 Net: Harmful 652 337 315 56 100 104 115 117 160 156 214 123 158 421 231 236 185 120 111 65% 68% 6 45% 58% 58% 66% 79% 78% 73% 70% 58% 58% 67% 61% 67% 67% 60% 63% Net: Harmless 173 93 80 27 36 43 33 17 18 32 56 40 45 93 80 50 42 39 41 17% 19% 16% 2 21% 24% 19% 1 9% 15% 18% 19% 17% 15% 21% 14% 15% 19% 24% Very harmful 380 191 189 13 57 63 62 82 103 99 118 72 90 249 131 140 109 68 63 38% 39% 37% 11% 33% 35% 35% 56% 50% 47% 39% 34% 33% 40% 35% 40% 39% 34% 36% Fairly harmful 272 146 126 43 43 41 53 35 57 57 96 51 68 172 99 96 76 52 48 27% 30% 25% 34% 25% 23% 31% 24% 28% 27% 3 24% 25% 27% 26% 27% 28% 26% 27% Fairly harmless 144 79 65 24 29 35 30 14 12 29 39 40 36 82 62 44 38 30 32 14% 16% 13% 19% 17% 19% 17% 10% 6% 14% 13% 19% 13% 13% 17% 13% 14% 15% 18% Very harmless 28 14 14 3 6 8 3 3 6 3 16-9 10 18 6 4 9 9 3% 3% 3% 4% 4% 3% 1% 5% - 3% 5% 4% 5% Don't know 178 62 115 42 36 34 27 13 26 24 34 50 69 113 65 65 48 42 23 18% 13% 23% 34% 21% 19% 15% 9% 13% 11% 11% 24% 25% 18% 17% 19% 17% 21% 13%
Table 1 Cont'd Page 2 Q1 Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) are electronic gambling machines found in betting shops. A range of games are available to play on FOBTs including Roulette, Black Jack, Poker and virtual horseracing. Overall, how harmful or harmless, do you think that fixed odds betting terminals are to The people that use them Total Voting Intention Past vote - General Election 2010 Region Conserva UKIP Green Conserva North Midlands South East & East London South West & Wales Unweighted base 1,002 275 286 70 181 48 325 285 159 380 292 150 107 73 Weighted base 1,002 240 296 58 184 55 289 290 136 376 301 150 100 75 Net: Harmful 652 170 194 37 125 47 206 190 100 240 184 107 72 48 65% 71% 66% 63% 68% 84% 71% 65% 73% 64% 61% 71% 7 64% Net: Harmless 173 46 51 13 29 5 47 54 23 61 62 23 14 14 17% 19% 17% 2 16% 10% 16% 19% 17% 16% 20% 15% 14% 18% Very harmful 380 106 111 24 69 25 132 108 65 144 99 65 42 30 38% 44% 37% 41% 38% 45% 46% 37% 48% 38% 33% 43% 4 40% Fairly harmful 272 64 83 13 56 21 74 81 35 96 85 42 30 18 27% 26% 28% 2 30% 39% 26% 28% 26% 26% 28% 28% 30% 25% Fairly harmless 144 36 44 13 21 5 37 45 21 53 47 22 10 12 14% 15% 15% 2 1 9% 13% 16% 15% 14% 16% 14% 10% 16% Very harmless 28 10 6-8 1 10 9 2 8 15 1 3 1 3% 4% - 4% 1% 4% 3% 1% 5% 1% 3% Don't know 178 25 51 9 30 3 36 46 13 75 55 21 14 13 18% 10% 17% 15% 16% 6% 1 16% 10% 20% 18% 14% 14% 18%
Table 2 Page 3 Q1 Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) are electronic gambling machines found in betting shops. A range of games are available to play on FOBTs including Roulette, Black Jack, Poker and virtual horseracing. Overall, how harmful or harmless, do you think that fixed odds betting terminals are to Society in general Total Gender Age Social Grade Current MP Marginality Male Female 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ AB C1 C2 DE Conser va Con -4% Con < Lab < Lab -4% Unweighted base 1,002 445 557 46 128 166 202 229 231 342 295 161 204 639 363 363 276 200 163 Weighted base 1,002 492 510 125 172 180 174 147 204 213 304 213 272 626 376 351 276 200 175 Net: Harmful 611 325 286 36 88 101 107 111 169 154 197 112 148 393 218 224 169 117 101 61% 66% 56% 29% 51% 56% 61% 75% 83% 73% 65% 53% 54% 63% 58% 64% 61% 59% 57% Net: Harmless 218 106 112 50 44 46 39 24 15 39 73 55 51 120 98 61 58 46 53 2 21% 2 40% 26% 26% 2 16% 7% 18% 24% 26% 19% 19% 26% 18% 21% 23% 30% Very harmful 337 172 166 19 35 51 57 74 100 82 97 61 96 220 117 119 102 61 56 34% 35% 3 15% 20% 28% 33% 51% 49% 39% 3 29% 35% 35% 31% 34% 37% 31% 3 Fairly harmful 274 153 121 17 53 50 49 37 69 72 99 51 52 173 101 105 67 56 45 27% 31% 24% 13% 31% 28% 28% 25% 34% 34% 33% 24% 19% 28% 27% 30% 24% 28% 26% Fairly harmless 176 84 92 42 36 34 36 20 8 31 58 48 39 100 76 50 50 36 40 18% 17% 18% 34% 21% 19% 21% 14% 4% 14% 19% 23% 14% 16% 20% 14% 18% 18% 23% Very harmless 42 22 20 8 8 12 3 4 7 8 16 7 12 20 22 11 9 10 12 4% 5% 4% 6% 5% 7% 4% 4% 5% 3% 4% 3% 6% 3% 3% 5% 7% Don't know 173 61 111 39 40 33 28 13 20 20 34 46 73 113 59 65 48 37 22 17% 1 2 31% 23% 18% 16% 9% 10% 9% 11% 2 27% 18% 16% 19% 17% 19% 1
Table 2 Cont'd Page 4 Q1 Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) are electronic gambling machines found in betting shops. A range of games are available to play on FOBTs including Roulette, Black Jack, Poker and virtual horseracing. Overall, how harmful or harmless, do you think that fixed odds betting terminals are to Society in general Total Voting Intention Past vote - General Election 2010 Region Conserva UKIP Green Conserva North Midlands South East & East London South West & Wales Unweighted base 1,002 275 286 70 181 48 325 285 159 380 292 150 107 73 Weighted base 1,002 240 296 58 184 55 289 290 136 376 301 150 100 75 Net: Harmful 611 157 188 38 117 41 199 185 93 228 173 96 66 48 61% 65% 63% 64% 64% 73% 69% 64% 68% 61% 57% 64% 66% 64% Net: Harmless 218 61 62 13 34 11 60 64 30 76 76 29 24 12 2 25% 21% 23% 18% 19% 21% 2 2 20% 25% 20% 24% 17% Very harmful 337 95 102 20 63 17 127 97 49 136 86 50 42 24 34% 40% 34% 34% 34% 30% 44% 34% 36% 36% 28% 33% 4 3 Fairly harmful 274 61 86 18 55 24 73 87 45 92 87 46 24 24 27% 26% 29% 31% 30% 43% 25% 30% 33% 25% 29% 31% 24% 3 Fairly harmless 176 44 58 12 25 7 43 54 27 62 59 27 20 8 18% 18% 19% 20% 14% 13% 15% 19% 20% 17% 20% 18% 20% 11% Very harmless 42 17 5 2 9 4 17 10 3 14 17 3 4 4 4% 7% 3% 5% 7% 6% 3% 4% 6% 4% 6% Don't know 173 22 46 7 33 4 29 41 13 71 52 25 10 14 17% 9% 15% 13% 18% 7% 10% 14% 9% 19% 17% 16% 10% 19%
Table 3 Page 5 Q1 Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) are electronic gambling machines found in betting shops. A range of games are available to play on FOBTs including Roulette, Black Jack, Poker and virtual horseracing. Overall, how harmful or harmless, do you think that fixed odds betting terminals are to Your local area Total Gender Age Social Grade Current MP Marginality Male Female 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ AB C1 C2 DE Conser va Con -4% Con < Lab < Lab -4% Unweighted base 1,002 445 557 46 128 166 202 229 231 342 295 161 204 639 363 363 276 200 163 Weighted base 1,002 492 510 125 172 180 174 147 204 213 304 213 272 626 376 351 276 200 175 Net: Harmful 553 291 262 38 79 87 97 96 157 130 177 108 138 350 203 194 156 106 98 55% 59% 51% 30% 46% 48% 56% 65% 77% 61% 58% 51% 51% 56% 54% 55% 56% 53% 56% Net: Harmless 238 122 117 48 45 53 44 30 18 55 78 53 52 142 97 79 63 46 50 24% 25% 23% 39% 26% 29% 25% 21% 9% 26% 26% 25% 19% 23% 26% 23% 23% 23% 29% Very harmful 287 143 144 15 31 44 48 61 87 74 83 50 80 186 101 98 88 52 49 29% 29% 28% 1 18% 24% 28% 4 43% 35% 27% 24% 29% 30% 27% 28% 3 26% 28% Fairly harmful 266 148 118 23 48 43 48 34 70 56 93 58 58 164 102 96 68 53 49 27% 30% 23% 18% 28% 24% 28% 23% 34% 26% 31% 27% 21% 26% 27% 27% 25% 27% 28% Fairly harmless 184 90 95 39 32 38 39 26 11 45 59 43 37 111 74 63 47 36 38 18% 18% 19% 31% 18% 21% 2 18% 6% 21% 19% 20% 14% 18% 20% 18% 17% 18% 2 Very harmless 54 32 22 9 13 15 6 4 6 10 19 10 15 31 23 16 15 11 12 5% 6% 4% 7% 8% 9% 3% 3% 3% 4% 6% 5% 6% 5% 6% 5% 6% 5% 7% Don't know 210 79 132 39 48 40 33 21 29 28 49 52 82 135 76 78 57 48 27 21% 16% 26% 31% 28% 2 19% 14% 14% 13% 16% 24% 30% 2 20% 2 21% 24% 16%
Table 3 Cont'd Page 6 Q1 Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) are electronic gambling machines found in betting shops. A range of games are available to play on FOBTs including Roulette, Black Jack, Poker and virtual horseracing. Overall, how harmful or harmless, do you think that fixed odds betting terminals are to Your local area Total Voting Intention Past vote - General Election 2010 Region Conserva UKIP Green Conserva North Midlands South East & East London South West & Wales Unweighted base 1,002 275 286 70 181 48 325 285 159 380 292 150 107 73 Weighted base 1,002 240 296 58 184 55 289 290 136 376 301 150 100 75 Net: Harmful 553 143 166 32 108 36 179 163 86 211 149 83 66 44 55% 59% 56% 54% 59% 66% 6 56% 63% 56% 49% 55% 66% 59% Net: Harmless 238 64 72 16 38 13 66 75 29 76 85 39 24 15 24% 27% 24% 27% 21% 24% 23% 26% 21% 20% 28% 26% 24% 20% Very harmful 287 82 88 15 53 16 106 84 45 117 67 46 37 20 29% 34% 30% 26% 29% 29% 37% 29% 33% 31% 2 30% 37% 26% Fairly harmful 266 61 79 17 55 20 74 79 41 94 82 37 29 25 27% 25% 27% 28% 30% 37% 25% 27% 30% 25% 27% 25% 29% 33% Fairly harmless 184 47 60 13 25 10 48 61 20 60 60 33 21 10 18% 19% 20% 2 14% 18% 17% 21% 15% 16% 20% 2 21% 14% Very harmless 54 17 12 3 13 4 18 14 8 16 25 6 3 4 5% 7% 4% 5% 7% 7% 6% 5% 6% 4% 8% 4% 3% 6% Don't know 210 33 58 11 38 6 43 52 22 89 67 28 10 16 21% 14% 20% 19% 20% 10% 15% 18% 16% 24% 2 19% 10% 21%
Table 4 Page 7 Q1 Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) are electronic gambling machines found in betting shops. A range of games are available to play on FOBTs including Roulette, Black Jack, Poker and virtual horseracing. Overall, how harmful or harmless, do you think that fixed odds betting terminals are to High streets in general Total Gender Age Social Grade Current MP Marginality Male Female 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ AB C1 C2 DE Conser va Con -4% Con < Lab < Lab -4% Unweighted base 1,002 445 557 46 128 166 202 229 231 342 295 161 204 639 363 363 276 200 163 Weighted base 1,002 492 510 125 172 180 174 147 204 213 304 213 272 626 376 351 276 200 175 Net: Harmful 591 315 276 33 83 89 107 112 166 147 192 109 143 380 211 210 170 114 96 59% 64% 54% 26% 48% 50% 6 76% 8 69% 63% 51% 53% 61% 56% 60% 6 57% 55% Net: Harmless 226 115 112 50 46 53 38 23 16 45 77 49 55 125 101 72 53 48 53 23% 23% 2 40% 27% 30% 2 16% 8% 21% 25% 23% 20% 20% 27% 21% 19% 24% 30% Very harmful 307 155 152 9 35 44 52 68 99 79 89 54 84 200 107 105 95 56 50 31% 31% 30% 7% 20% 24% 30% 46% 48% 37% 29% 26% 31% 3 28% 30% 34% 28% 29% Fairly harmful 284 160 124 25 48 46 55 44 68 68 102 55 59 180 104 105 75 58 46 28% 33% 24% 20% 28% 25% 3 30% 33% 3 34% 26% 2 29% 28% 30% 27% 29% 26% Fairly harmless 180 91 89 39 37 42 35 18 8 35 59 42 44 107 73 65 42 36 36 18% 18% 17% 31% 2 23% 20% 1 4% 16% 20% 20% 16% 17% 19% 18% 15% 18% 21% Very harmless 47 24 23 11 9 11 4 5 7 11 17 7 11 19 28 7 11 12 16 5% 5% 4% 9% 5% 6% 3% 4% 5% 6% 3% 4% 3% 7% 4% 6% 9% Don't know 185 63 122 42 43 37 28 13 22 21 35 55 74 121 64 68 53 38 26 18% 13% 24% 34% 25% 21% 16% 9% 11% 10% 1 26% 27% 19% 17% 19% 19% 19% 15%
Table 4 Cont'd Page 8 Q1 Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) are electronic gambling machines found in betting shops. A range of games are available to play on FOBTs including Roulette, Black Jack, Poker and virtual horseracing. Overall, how harmful or harmless, do you think that fixed odds betting terminals are to High streets in general Total Voting Intention Past vote - General Election 2010 Region Conserva UKIP Green Conserva North Midlands South East & East London South West & Wales Unweighted base 1,002 275 286 70 181 48 325 285 159 380 292 150 107 73 Weighted base 1,002 240 296 58 184 55 289 290 136 376 301 150 100 75 Net: Harmful 591 157 180 36 117 37 192 176 95 223 168 86 66 47 59% 65% 61% 61% 64% 67% 67% 61% 70% 59% 56% 57% 66% 63% Net: Harmless 226 61 61 15 33 15 63 65 26 75 78 41 21 12 23% 25% 21% 26% 18% 27% 2 23% 19% 20% 26% 27% 21% 16% Very harmful 307 88 93 18 57 17 115 88 47 126 79 45 39 19 31% 37% 31% 3 31% 30% 40% 31% 35% 33% 26% 30% 39% 25% Fairly harmful 284 69 88 17 60 20 77 87 48 98 89 41 27 29 28% 29% 30% 30% 3 37% 27% 30% 35% 26% 30% 27% 27% 38% Fairly harmless 180 41 56 15 24 11 42 55 24 59 57 40 16 8 18% 17% 19% 26% 13% 21% 15% 19% 18% 16% 19% 27% 16% 10% Very harmless 47 19 5-9 4 21 10 2 16 20 1 5 4 5% 8% - 5% 7% 7% 3% 4% 7% 1% 5% 6% Don't know 185 22 55 7 34 3 33 48 15 78 55 23 13 16 18% 9% 19% 13% 18% 6% 1 17% 11% 21% 18% 15% 13% 21%
Table 5 Page 9 Local councils should have the powers to restrict the number of fixed odds betting terminals on their high streets Total Gender Age Social Grade Current MP Marginality Male Female 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ AB C1 C2 DE Conser va Con -4% Con < Lab < Lab -4% Unweighted base 1,002 445 557 46 128 166 202 229 231 342 295 161 204 639 363 363 276 200 163 Weighted base 1,002 492 510 125 172 180 174 147 204 213 304 213 272 626 376 351 276 200 175 Agree 696 341 355 38 116 115 122 125 181 164 225 139 168 450 246 241 209 129 117 69% 69% 70% 30% 67% 64% 70% 85% 89% 77% 74% 65% 6 7 65% 69% 76% 64% 67% Disagree 99 69 30 22 14 23 22 9 9 22 24 27 26 52 47 36 16 21 25 10% 14% 6% 18% 8% 13% 1 6% 4% 11% 8% 13% 10% 8% 1 10% 6% 11% 14% Don't know 207 82 125 65 42 42 30 13 14 26 55 47 78 124 83 74 50 50 33 21% 17% 24% 5 24% 24% 17% 9% 7% 1 18% 2 29% 20% 2 21% 18% 25% 19%
Table 5 Cont'd Page 10 Local councils should have the powers to restrict the number of fixed odds betting terminals on their high streets Total Voting Intention Past vote - General Election 2010 Region Conserva UKIP Green Conserva North Midlands South East & East London South West & Wales Unweighted base 1,002 275 286 70 181 48 325 285 159 380 292 150 107 73 Weighted base 1,002 240 296 58 184 55 289 290 136 376 301 150 100 75 Agree 696 188 204 42 131 48 231 203 102 262 197 110 71 56 69% 79% 69% 73% 71% 88% 80% 70% 75% 70% 66% 73% 71% 75% Disagree 99 29 29 4 23 2 29 33 9 36 27 22 10 4 10% 1 10% 6% 1 4% 10% 11% 7% 10% 9% 15% 10% 5% Don't know 207 23 63 12 30 5 29 54 25 78 76 18 19 15 21% 9% 21% 21% 17% 9% 10% 19% 18% 21% 25% 1 19% 20%
Table 6 Page 11 The Government should be trying to reduce the number of fixed odd betting terminals in betting shops on British high streets Total Gender Age Social Grade Current MP Marginality Male Female 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ AB C1 C2 DE Conser va Con -4% Con < Lab < Lab -4% Unweighted base 1,002 445 557 46 128 166 202 229 231 342 295 161 204 639 363 363 276 200 163 Weighted base 1,002 492 510 125 172 180 174 147 204 213 304 213 272 626 376 351 276 200 175 Agree 600 301 298 40 91 96 103 106 162 145 183 120 152 386 214 215 171 118 96 60% 61% 59% 3 53% 54% 59% 7 80% 68% 60% 56% 56% 6 57% 61% 6 59% 55% Disagree 134 86 48 26 31 30 21 15 11 30 46 25 33 82 52 40 42 19 33 13% 17% 9% 21% 18% 17% 1 10% 5% 14% 15% 1 1 13% 14% 11% 15% 10% 19% Don't know 269 105 164 59 50 53 50 26 31 38 75 68 88 159 110 96 63 62 47 27% 21% 3 47% 29% 30% 29% 17% 15% 18% 25% 3 3 25% 29% 27% 23% 31% 27%
Table 6 Cont'd Page 12 The Government should be trying to reduce the number of fixed odd betting terminals in betting shops on British high streets Total Voting Intention Past vote - General Election 2010 Region Conserva UKIP Green Conserva North Midlands South East & East London South West & Wales Unweighted base 1,002 275 286 70 181 48 325 285 159 380 292 150 107 73 Weighted base 1,002 240 296 58 184 55 289 290 136 376 301 150 100 75 Agree 600 167 183 33 111 38 198 178 89 226 168 93 60 52 60% 70% 6 57% 60% 69% 69% 6 65% 60% 56% 6 60% 70% Disagree 134 30 37 13 27 6 35 39 20 47 47 21 13 5 13% 13% 1 2 14% 10% 1 14% 14% 1 16% 14% 13% 7% Don't know 269 43 77 13 46 11 55 72 28 103 85 36 27 17 27% 18% 26% 2 25% 20% 19% 25% 20% 27% 28% 24% 27% 23%
Table 7 Page 13 The maximum stake it is possible to bet at any one time should be the same on fixed odd betting terminals as it is for other gambling machines Total Gender Age Social Grade Current MP Marginality Male Female 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ AB C1 C2 DE Conser va Con -4% Con < Lab < Lab -4% Unweighted base 1,002 445 557 46 128 166 202 229 231 342 295 161 204 639 363 363 276 200 163 Weighted base 1,002 492 510 125 172 180 174 147 204 213 304 213 272 626 376 351 276 200 175 Agree 568 279 290 52 93 102 98 96 129 127 182 107 152 351 217 187 164 118 99 57% 57% 57% 41% 54% 57% 56% 65% 63% 60% 60% 50% 56% 56% 58% 53% 60% 59% 57% Disagree 83 64 19 14 18 19 14 10 9 22 26 19 17 49 34 33 17 10 24 8% 13% 4% 11% 10% 11% 8% 6% 4% 10% 8% 9% 6% 8% 9% 9% 6% 5% 14% Don't know 351 149 202 60 62 59 62 42 66 64 96 87 103 226 125 131 95 73 52 35% 30% 40% 48% 36% 33% 36% 28% 33% 30% 3 41% 38% 36% 33% 37% 34% 36% 30%
Table 7 Cont'd Page 14 The maximum stake it is possible to bet at any one time should be the same on fixed odd betting terminals as it is for other gambling machines Total Voting Intention Past vote - General Election 2010 Region Conserva UKIP Green Conserva North Midlands South East & East London South West & Wales Unweighted base 1,002 275 286 70 181 48 325 285 159 380 292 150 107 73 Weighted base 1,002 240 296 58 184 55 289 290 136 376 301 150 100 75 Agree 568 153 172 32 107 41 179 169 87 219 169 89 50 41 57% 64% 58% 55% 58% 73% 6 58% 64% 58% 56% 59% 50% 54% Disagree 83 20 29 7 15-25 28 13 35 21 15 8 4 8% 8% 10% 11% 8% - 9% 10% 9% 9% 7% 10% 8% 6% Don't know 351 67 96 20 62 15 85 92 36 121 111 47 41 30 35% 28% 3 34% 34% 27% 29% 3 27% 3 37% 31% 41% 40%
Table 8 Page 15 There are too many betting shops on Britain's high streets Total Gender Age Social Grade Current MP Marginality Male Female 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ AB C1 C2 DE Conser va Con -4% Con < Lab < Lab -4% Unweighted base 1,002 445 557 46 128 166 202 229 231 342 295 161 204 639 363 363 276 200 163 Weighted base 1,002 492 510 125 172 180 174 147 204 213 304 213 272 626 376 351 276 200 175 Agree 654 320 334 44 116 103 119 110 162 150 204 126 175 409 246 226 182 136 110 65% 65% 66% 35% 67% 57% 69% 75% 79% 70% 67% 59% 64% 65% 65% 65% 66% 68% 63% Disagree 102 69 34 26 15 22 19 13 8 23 35 22 23 58 44 33 25 16 28 10% 14% 7% 20% 9% 1 11% 9% 4% 11% 11% 10% 8% 9% 1 9% 9% 8% 16% Don't know 245 103 142 55 41 55 36 24 33 40 65 66 75 159 86 91 68 49 37 24% 21% 28% 44% 24% 31% 21% 16% 16% 19% 21% 31% 28% 25% 23% 26% 25% 24% 21%
Table 8 Cont'd Page 16 There are too many betting shops on Britain's high streets Total Voting Intention Past vote - General Election 2010 Region Conserva UKIP Green Conserva North Midlands South East & East London South West & Wales Unweighted base 1,002 275 286 70 181 48 325 285 159 380 292 150 107 73 Weighted base 1,002 240 296 58 184 55 289 290 136 376 301 150 100 75 Agree 654 168 194 36 132 40 211 193 102 246 185 104 70 50 65% 70% 66% 61% 7 7 73% 67% 75% 65% 6 69% 69% 67% Disagree 102 28 31 9 14 5 25 29 9 39 34 19 8 2 10% 1 10% 16% 8% 9% 9% 10% 7% 10% 11% 1 8% 3% Don't know 245 43 71 13 38 10 52 67 26 91 81 28 23 22 24% 18% 24% 23% 20% 19% 18% 23% 19% 24% 27% 19% 23% 30%
Table 9 Page 17 FOBTs encourage problem gambling Total Gender Age Social Grade Current MP Marginality Male Female 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ AB C1 C2 DE Conser va Con -4% Con < Lab < Lab -4% Unweighted base 1,002 445 557 46 128 166 202 229 231 342 295 161 204 639 363 363 276 200 163 Weighted base 1,002 492 510 125 172 180 174 147 204 213 304 213 272 626 376 351 276 200 175 Agree 671 344 327 55 105 109 118 114 170 159 209 133 170 426 245 234 193 129 116 67% 70% 64% 44% 61% 60% 68% 78% 84% 75% 69% 6 6 68% 65% 67% 70% 65% 66% Disagree 85 51 34 5 16 31 19 11 3 16 32 14 23 46 39 23 23 15 24 8% 10% 7% 4% 9% 17% 11% 8% 1% 8% 11% 7% 8% 7% 10% 7% 8% 8% 13% Don't know 246 97 149 66 52 40 36 22 31 37 62 66 80 154 92 94 60 56 36 25% 20% 29% 53% 30% 2 21% 15% 15% 18% 21% 31% 29% 25% 25% 27% 2 28% 21%
Table 9 Cont'd Page 18 FOBTs encourage problem gambling Total Voting Intention Past vote - General Election 2010 Region Conserva UKIP Green Conserva North Midlands South East & East London South West & Wales Unweighted base 1,002 275 286 70 181 48 325 285 159 380 292 150 107 73 Weighted base 1,002 240 296 58 184 55 289 290 136 376 301 150 100 75 Agree 671 170 203 35 134 42 217 202 99 245 200 105 67 53 67% 71% 69% 60% 73% 76% 75% 70% 7 65% 67% 70% 67% 71% Disagree 85 30 19 6 11 1 28 18 15 35 27 10 11 2 8% 1 6% 11% 6% 3% 10% 6% 11% 9% 9% 7% 11% 3% Don't know 246 40 74 17 39 12 44 69 23 96 73 35 23 20 25% 17% 25% 29% 21% 21% 15% 24% 17% 25% 24% 23% 23% 26%
Table 10 Page 19 It is up to the individual to decide how much to gamble and it is not the Government's responsibility to get involved protect people Total Gender Age Social Grade Current MP Marginality Male Female 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ AB C1 C2 DE Conser va Con -4% Con < Lab < Lab -4% Unweighted base 1,002 445 557 46 128 166 202 229 231 342 295 161 204 639 363 363 276 200 163 Weighted base 1,002 492 510 125 172 180 174 147 204 213 304 213 272 626 376 351 276 200 175 Agree 437 220 217 60 71 79 80 54 93 76 147 93 120 281 155 146 136 79 76 44% 45% 43% 48% 41% 44% 46% 37% 46% 36% 48% 44% 44% 45% 41% 4 49% 40% 43% Disagree 348 185 163 22 50 51 63 72 89 98 116 61 72 215 133 136 79 77 56 35% 38% 3 18% 29% 28% 36% 49% 44% 46% 38% 29% 27% 34% 35% 39% 29% 38% 3 Don't know 218 87 130 43 51 50 31 21 21 39 41 58 80 130 88 69 61 44 43 2 18% 26% 35% 30% 28% 18% 14% 10% 18% 13% 27% 29% 21% 23% 20% 2 2 25%
Table 10 Cont'd Page 20 It is up to the individual to decide how much to gamble and it is not the Government's responsibility to get involved protect people Total Voting Intention Past vote - General Election 2010 Region Conserva UKIP Green Conserva North Midlands South East & East London South West & Wales Unweighted base 1,002 275 286 70 181 48 325 285 159 380 292 150 107 73 Weighted base 1,002 240 296 58 184 55 289 290 136 376 301 150 100 75 Agree 437 122 111 26 94 23 143 130 51 146 144 68 41 37 44% 51% 37% 44% 51% 41% 49% 45% 37% 39% 48% 45% 41% 50% Disagree 348 87 122 24 56 24 103 109 62 143 84 57 40 26 35% 36% 41% 41% 31% 43% 36% 38% 45% 38% 28% 38% 40% 34% Don't know 218 31 64 9 34 9 43 50 24 87 73 26 20 12 2 13% 21% 15% 18% 16% 15% 17% 17% 23% 24% 17% 20% 16%
Table 11 Page 21 Q3 To what extent would you support or oppose the maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals being reduced so that it is only possible to bet 2 at a time? Total Gender Age Social Grade Current MP Marginality Male Female 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ AB C1 C2 DE Conser va Con -4% Con < Lab < Lab -4% Unweighted base 1,002 445 557 46 128 166 202 229 231 342 295 161 204 639 363 363 276 200 163 Weighted base 1,002 492 510 125 172 180 174 147 204 213 304 213 272 626 376 351 276 200 175 Net: Support 657 324 332 58 113 110 111 114 151 154 210 130 163 404 253 223 181 135 118 66% 66% 65% 46% 66% 61% 64% 78% 74% 7 69% 61% 60% 65% 67% 64% 66% 67% 67% Net: Oppose 116 77 39 6 21 29 25 15 19 22 31 29 35 71 45 39 32 21 24 1 16% 8% 5% 1 16% 14% 10% 9% 10% 10% 13% 13% 11% 1 11% 11% 10% 14% Strongly support 336 173 163 10 49 57 53 70 97 81 113 65 78 209 127 119 90 67 60 34% 35% 3 8% 28% 3 31% 48% 48% 38% 37% 30% 28% 33% 34% 34% 33% 33% 34% Somewhat support 320 151 169 48 64 53 58 44 54 73 96 66 85 195 126 104 91 68 58 3 31% 33% 38% 37% 29% 33% 30% 26% 34% 3 31% 31% 31% 33% 30% 33% 34% 33% Somewhat oppose 77 57 20 3 16 19 18 8 13 16 18 23 19 41 36 25 16 17 19 8% 1 4% 9% 11% 10% 6% 7% 8% 6% 11% 7% 7% 10% 7% 6% 9% 11% Strongly oppose 39 20 19 3 6 11 7 7 6 5 13 5 16 30 9 15 15 4 6 4% 4% 4% 3% 6% 4% 5% 3% 3% 4% 3% 6% 5% 4% 6% 3% Don t know 229 90 139 61 38 41 38 18 33 37 64 54 74 151 78 88 63 45 33 23% 18% 27% 49% 2 23% 2 1 16% 18% 21% 25% 27% 24% 21% 25% 23% 2 19%
Table 11 Cont'd Page 22 Q3 To what extent would you support or oppose the maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals being reduced so that it is only possible to bet 2 at a time? Total Voting Intention Past vote - General Election 2010 Region Conserva UKIP Green Conserva North Midlands South East & East London South West & Wales Unweighted base 1,002 275 286 70 181 48 325 285 159 380 292 150 107 73 Weighted base 1,002 240 296 58 184 55 289 290 136 376 301 150 100 75 Net: Support 657 178 197 41 117 46 208 197 105 245 192 104 61 55 66% 74% 67% 70% 64% 83% 7 68% 77% 65% 64% 69% 61% 73% Net: Oppose 116 26 40 5 25 1 32 41 12 47 27 19 15 8 1 11% 14% 9% 13% 1% 11% 14% 9% 1 9% 13% 15% 11% Strongly support 336 98 103 19 65 14 119 102 57 133 96 50 32 26 34% 41% 35% 33% 35% 25% 41% 35% 4 35% 3 33% 3 35% Somewhat support 320 80 94 22 52 32 89 95 47 112 96 54 29 29 3 33% 3 37% 29% 58% 31% 33% 35% 30% 3 36% 29% 39% Somewhat oppose 77 16 27 0 19-18 31 5 31 17 13 12 4 8% 7% 9% 1% 10% - 6% 11% 4% 8% 6% 8% 1 5% Strongly oppose 39 9 13 5 6 1 15 11 7 16 10 6 3 4 4% 4% 4% 8% 3% 1% 5% 4% 5% 4% 3% 4% 3% 6% Don t know 229 37 59 12 42 9 48 51 19 84 82 27 24 12 23% 15% 20% 21% 23% 16% 17% 18% 14% 2 27% 18% 24% 16%