British Gallup Polls?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Is there such a thing? If so, can I access them online, for '39-'45.

[klr]

wiki says Gallup wasn't founded until 1958.

What people did for opinion polls before then, I know not.

EDIT: Gallup did do polling before 1958, which was only some class of an organisational milestone.

[HomerJay]

There was a war on, you know.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

wiki says Gallup wasn't founded until 1958.

What people did for opinion polls before then, I know not.

EDIT: Gallup did do polling before 1958, which was only some class of an organisational milestone.

http://ibiblio.org/pha/Gallup/

ETA: You mean British Gallup? Anybody do polling before that?

[klr]

wiki says Gallup wasn't founded until 1958.

What people did for opinion polls before then, I know not.

EDIT: Gallup did do polling before 1958, which was only some class of an organisational milestone.

http://ibiblio.org/pha/Gallup/

ETA: You mean British Gallup? Anybody do polling before that?

They were lucky to have votes. No point in asking after opinions unless there are votes to follow.

Hold on ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_poll#History

Gallup launched a subsidiary in the United Kingdom, where it correctly predicted Labour's victory in the 1945 general election, in contrast with virtually all other commentators, who expected a victory for the Conservative Party, led by Winston Churchill.

No direct reference given though.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Okay then, I'll have to check The Public Opinion Quarterly.

Danks.

[MrJonno]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/ ... n_01.shtml

There are some poll information in that link, but bare in mind until the UK was longer under threat all the main political parties had agreed on government of national unity, by-elections were not contested and as all media was heavily censored for obvious reasons during WW2 elections would have been pointless.

Fascists were locked up (strange that)


Also paper was rationed as well so mass leafleting either.

[Ian]

Is there such a thing? If so, can I access them online, for '39-'45.

I'm betting Chamberlain's job approval rating was very low for the first two years. Churchill's probably started out high, dipped a bit but not too low, then spiked around May '45.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/ ... n_01.shtml

There are some poll information in that link, but bare in mind until the UK was longer under threat all the main political parties had agreed on government of national unity, by-elections were not contested and as all media was heavily censored for obvious reasons during WW2 elections would have been pointless.

Fascists were locked up (strange that)


Also paper was rationed as well so mass leafleting either.

You might find this interesting: http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/TWI/