So what do the « swivel-eyed loons » really think ? The Tory grassroots and their views on the coalition

Abstract

Introduction Political Scientists know relatively little about party members – and even less about their views on the coalitions that their leaders take them into. We therefore decided to do something to begin to shine a light on this question. Between 31 May and 11 June 2013 with the help of web-based pollsters You Gov and the McDougall Trust, we surveyed 852 Conservative Party members – a figure is sufficient for a 95 per cent confidence level and a 4 per cent confidence interval. Our ke...