Only one in five British voters would back the Conservatives in the General Election, the party’s lowest-ever vote share since WeThink began polling in October 2022. 

At the same time, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recorded his lowest-ever net approval score as it sunk to –32 for the first time. 

In the wake of the first TV debate of the General Election campaign between Mr Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader also saw his net approval surge to a record high of +14. 

MUST-WATCH OR NOT BOTHERED? 

WeThink asked voters if they watched the debate... fewer than half said they did.

Our data also revealed that Conservative voters were most likely to have watched the debate and would be most likely to watch again. Here’s the breakdown:

Conversely, Plaid Cymru, SNP and Green Party voters topped the table of voters who said they didn’t watch the TV debate and have no intention of watching them in future.

THE THREAT OF ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA 

WeThink also found more than two thirds of Brits are concerned about social media misinformation during the election campaign.

SNP voters were most concerned about social media misinformation, according to WeThink data.  

94% SNP  
69% Labour  
68% LibDem  
67% Conservative  
67% Reform  
63% Green

But when asked if people think they’ve seen any political misinformation on social media related to the General Election so far, only one in four said they had.  

• 34% no
• 25% yes
• 31% don’t know
• 11% don’t use social media

ON VOTER INTENTION 

Labour maintained its 25-point lead over the Tories and the Brexit pendulum swung slightly back towards “rejoin” according to WeThink’s latest trackers.

ON BREXIT

BREXIT (All Respondents)

This week’s poll was conducted on 6th - 7th June May 2024, questioned 1,198 people and is weighted to a national representative population.

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