NEW YouGov research shows Jeremy Corbyn has his highest favourability score to date, while Theresa May’s are approximately where the Labour leader’s were in late 2016.
In April, Theresa May had a net favourability rating of +10. At the end of May, following the election campaign and negative reception of the Conservative manifesto, it fell to -5. Following last week’s shock result it has plummeted to -34. The Prime Minister is currently about as unpopular as Jeremy Corbyn was in November last year, when he scored -35.
Meanwhile, the Labour leader has experienced a remarkable turnaround in public perception. Having experienced increasingly negative ratings since Theresa May took office last summer, Jeremy Corbyn sank to a low of -42 in late April, just after the election was called.
However, the public’s view of the Labour leader has improved over the campaign, reaching -14 in the last YouGov favourability survey before election day. Now, following the result, his net favourability score is +0 – meaning that as many people now have a favourable view of him as have an unfavourable view.
The results clearly chart how the Prime Minister alienated a big section of her voter base. While Theresa May was seen favourably by 85% of 2015 Conservative voters in late April, by mid-June this had fallen to 57%.
By contrast, over the same timeframe, the proportion of 2015 Labour voters with a positive impression of the Labour leader rose from 40% to 75% as Corbyn won them round. He also experienced a huge improvement among 2015 Lib Dem voters, rising from 15% to 69% over the course of the campaign.
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