Liz Truss’s supporters have pounced on a new survey showing that Britons feel the Foreign Secretary, rather than her competitor Rishi Sunak, would be a better prime minister than Sir Keir Starmer.
The Truss campaign told Tory members tonight that voting for Mr Sunak would mean voting for Labour, since the same survey found Mr Sunak to be less popular than the Opposition leader.
According to the Redfield & Wilton Strategies poll, 38% believe Ms Truss would be a better PM than Sir Keir, while 35% believe the Labour leader would be a better PM.
However, when Sir Keir is pitted against Mr Sunak, the Labour leader triumphs.
When asked to select between Sir Keir and Mr Sunak, two-fifths (40%) believe Sir Keir would be a better PM, while the ex-chancellor receives just 34% support.
‘Yet again, this survey demonstrates Liz’s strong economic strategy and hopeful vision for the UK is striking through with people throughout the nation,’ said a source close to Ms Truss’ campaign.
‘Liz is the only candidate capable of defeating Sir Keir Starmer in the next election – vote Rishi, get Labour.’
According to the survey, whomever wins the Tory leadership competition between Ms Truss and Mr Sunak would have a challenge to win the next general election.
According to the poll, Labour has 40% of voter support, five percentage points more than the Conservatives (35 per cent).
It also revealed that more than a quarter (25%) of people believe Labour will gain a majority in the next general election, with one-tenth (11%) thinking Labour would retain power but as a minority government.
According to the poll, 23% believe the Conservatives will gain a majority in the next election, while 15% believe they will keep power but as a minority government.
On Sunday, Redfield and Wilton Strategies polled 2,000 individuals.
Their polling findings differed with a YouGov poll done by The Times last week.
They discovered that Ms Truss, the favorite to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister, would not deliver a boost to Tory support against Sir Keir.
In a head-to-head vote against the Labour leader, Mr Johnson received 28% of the vote, while Sir Keir received 38%.
However, Ms Truss received 28% of the vote when pitted against the Labour leader, who received 31% of the vote as the best Prime Minister when pitted against the Foreign Secretary.
When asked who would make the best Prime Minister, Mr Sunak performed somewhat lower than Sir Keir, with 27% supporting the ex-chancellor.
When asked to select between the Labour leader and Mr Sunak, 31 percent of voters chose Sir Keir.
The YouGov survey also served as a reminder that whomever wins the election would have an uphill struggle to persuade voters that they are a better candidate than Mr Johnson.
According to the poll, 62% of swing voters who supported the Conservatives in 2019 still favour Mr Johnson over Sir Keir.
In comparison, Ms Truss received 59% and Mr Sunak received 55%.
However, the survey found that Ms Truss is more popular among Tory voters than Mr Sunak.
When asked who of the Tory candidates would make a better PM, 41% of those who voted Conservative in 2019 supported Ms Truss, while 26% supported Mr Sunak.
However, when asked who would make the best Prime Minister, Ms Truss and Mr Sunak are deadlocked with 24% support each, with a considerable percentage uncertain.
Almost half (49%) of all voters were unsure whether of the Foreign Secretary or the ex-chancellor would make the best Prime Minister.
YouGov questioned 1,968 individuals between August 4th and 5th.
In the midst of increasingly heated debates between Ms Truss and Mr Sunak over their approaches to the cost-of-living problem, the same survey indicated that two-thirds (64%) of respondents say inflation should be the future Prime Minister’s top concern.
Only 17% believe that tax reduction should be prioritized.
Ms Truss has promised to lower National Insurance and green taxes on energy bills as soon as she becomes office.
Mr Sunak, on the other hand, has accused his opponent of’starry-eyed boosterism’ and has promised to decrease taxes only until inflation is under control.
The Foreign Office retaliated by branding the ex-chancellor the “founding father of a recession.”