Thursday 12 April 2012

The 5th London Mayoral Twitter Poll

Poll findings

1) Ken top of the negatives, bottom of the positives today. Ok his negatives are lower than yesterday and his positives are higher but still Boris is probably happier with his results than Ken is with his own. Overall I would say it's still all to play for but I'd delve into the lexicon of the American political tipster and say London is a district that is slightly leaning towards Boris at the moment at least on Twitter. Ken will have been cheered up with Labour's performance in the East Finchley local by election and if the grannies of London who are unrepresented on this new medium take umbridge at the granny tax then Boris could come a cropper but I think Boris has opened up a bridgeable clink of light between the pair of them. 

2) Siobhan Benita top of the positives, bottom of the negatives. Ken would kill for her ratings but her volume is down and has dropped behind the Lib Dems which is never to great accolade for anyone in politics at the moment.


3) Brian Paddick may have the second highest negative ratings after Ken but at least the 2nd time "celebrity" candidate has got more volume than someone who chucked her job in a short while ago.

4) Boris got a mention from virtually Royalty herself @Queen_UK today and on Russell Howard's good news. Quite a few people declared their love for Boris Johnson as he's funny. Humour and love that's a powerful combination.


5) Have decided UKIP and BNP must think Twitter is a foreign invader and must be repelled by not being mentioned on it if at all possible. Given the low bar they have to cross to be featured (20 proper tweets) they or their supporters if they have any clearly aren't putting in the effort.


      Candidate Pos5 Neut5 Neg5 Tot5 Negpercent5 Pospercent5
1       Ken Lab  418  1018  726 2162          34          19
2     Boris Con  707   853  521 2081          25          34
3   Jenny Green   78   213   92  383          24          20
4 Brian Lib Dem  189   284  203  675          30          28
5   Siobhan Ind  202   292   82  576          14          35

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