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The pollsters found none of the candidates are very well known among the British public, despite all of them holding ministerial roles at some point.Just 45% of the1,091 adults surveyed said they know a great deal or a fair amount about former home secretaryThe polling, which took place between August 2 and 5, also found 34% of the public said they do not favour any of the current candidates.
There was a narrow preference for Cleverly among those surveyed, with 18% suggesting he would do a good job, followed by Patel and shadow security ministerwould do a good job leading the opposition – which, unfortunately, is the same percentage of respondents who backed a candidate called “Stuart Lewis”, a fake politician added to the poll by Ipsos.While a whopping 44% of respondents said they thought Patel would do a bad job, , just 9% said thought Stride would also perform poorly.
Trinh Tu, UK managing director, public affairs, said: “This new poll suggests high level of public apathy about the Conservative leadership race.” She added that Patel seems to be most divisive figure at the moment, but for the most part, “Britons are unfamiliar with the main candidates and say they do not care very much about who will emerge at the winner”.was seen as the one who could have a positive impact overall – 31% said it would worsen a candidate’s chances with an endorsement, compared to 32% who said it would improve.
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