The Davis Democratic Deficit (II)

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Peter Riddell in The Times reports on the latest polling “Clarke is well ahead in the public’s rating about who would be the best Tory leader, at 41%, against 10% for David Davis, and the rest nowhere, according to the latest Populus poll for The Times, undertaken over the weekend. Even among Tory voters, Mr Clarke is ahead at 55% (up 26 points since mid-July), against 16% for Mr Davis (down 10 points). David Cameron is 2% among all voters, and 3% among Tories.”

It gets worse for Davis at association level: “A survey of 100 Conservative association chairmen by The Times has shown that Mr Clarke is favoured by a majority of almost two to one over his nearest rival, David Davis, the Shadow Home Secretary.”

Ordinary voters would give a Clarke led party more parliamentary seats: “If Mr Clarke were to become Conservative leader, the party would boost its vote share from 33% in May to 37% … If Mr Davis were to become leader, the Tories would not improve on their showing last May and Labour would be ahead by 43 to 33%.”

Basher’s camp argues that these results merely reflect the fact Davis is less well known, once he becomes leader he’ll gain in popularity – presumably by kissing lots of babies. Just like IDS and Hague did…

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September 7 2005 @ 07:17

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