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General election 2015: Chart reveals which party leader we like the most

UKIP leader Nigel Farage was most hated, with 40 per cent of Brits surveyed saying they 'disliked him a lot'.

Saturday 02 May 2015 13:22 BST

Our current Prime Minister is the country’s most liked leader at this election, regardless of whether we agree with him, according to a new survey.

44 per cent of people said that they liked the Conservative leader David Cameron either ‘a lot’ or ‘a fair amount’ as a person, regardless of whether they agreed with him.

The poll of 1,729 people by YouGov showed that despite broken tuition fee promises, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg came in second with 39 per cent registering positive sentiment, and Labour leader Ed Miliband followed with 38 per cent.

Nigel Farage was the most hated of leaders standing at the election, with 56 per cent registering dislike for the Ukip leader and 40 per cent saying that they disliked him ‘a lot’.

Leanne Wood produced the most neutral reaction in the public, with 47 per cent saying that did not know how they felt about her as a person.

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Andrew Hawkins (ComRes)

“This is an election of wild promises and political cross-dressing; so no differentiation, no breakthrough, no majority. The most likely outcome is Ed Miliband in No 10 because only he will be in a position to work with enough parties (that is, the SNP) to form a workable government.”

Andrew Hawkins

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Joe Twyman (YouGov)

“As each day passes and the Conservatives fail to increase their vote share, the likelihood of Ed Miliband becoming PM (albeit still with a minority) grows. That’s due to the continued performance of the SNP in Scotland and former Lib Dem voters propping up Labour in England.”

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Ben Page (Ipsos MORI)

“A better week for Ed Miliband than for David Cameron – personal ratings improving, and the betting markets moved in his favour. The poll numbers have him ahead by a whisker which, combined with the electoral maths, makes him more likely to be able to form some kind of government on the raw numbers right now. However, Cameron will be hoping for a 1992 moment when ultimately voters can’t quite bring themselves to try someone else – and 38 per cent of voters still say they may change their mind.”

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Rick Nye (Populus)

“The Populus/Hanover Predictor has Ed Miliband ending up as Prime Minister in more than five out of six simulations we run.”

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Nick Moon (GfK)

“Tories most seats, SNP 45 or more, Ukip fewer than five: minority Labour government.”

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Damian Lyons Lowe (Survation)

“Ukip’s vote share is prone to be squeezed, benefiting the Conservatives, while the SNP’s onslaught on Labour continues. Based on three UK/Scotland polls, I am upgrading the Conservatives and the SNP, and downgrading Labour. Both the Lib Dems on 30 seats and Ukip on 5 to 10 remain unchanged.”

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Michelle Harrison (TNS)

“Still no change, but Nicola Sturgeon goes from strength to strength in Scotland. For me, who the biggest party is will hinge on the crucial marginals. But what ultimately wins – safety first, for the Tories, or Labour’s ‘get out the vote’ ground war?”

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James Endersby (Opinium Research)

“Our poll today shows a one-point Tory lead, statistically a tie. It’s going to be incredibly tight. Labour and the Tories would do well to be negotiating with the smaller parties behind the scenes. In the likely event of a hung parliament, we’ve been testing various combinations of coalition. Labour teaming up with the Lib Dems would be more popular than with the SNP, which in turn would be more popular than a Tory/UKIP scenario.”

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Martin Boon (ICM)

“Not much going on really, and no reason to change my mind. Tories by a couple of points.

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Lord Ashcroft (Lord Ashcroft Polls)

He refuses to make predictions. “My polls are snapshots, not predictions.”

Rex

All the political leaders were more disliked than liked, an unsurprising result in an election where faith in politicians is at a low.

The latest tracking poll data also currently shows that still roughly half of the population feel that Conservatives only appeal to one section of society rather than to the whole country, and that Labour is the party that people most feel has ‘it’s heart in the right place’.

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