A score of 70 would indicate a reasonable level of satisfaction. Anything below 50 should be considered totally unacceptable. |
An alarming 41% of those who say there are many good reasons to vote in the elections also feel that there are many good reasons why they do not feel like voting. |
There is clearly the potential for a lack of belief in the value of the local government election process: if people do not believe in it, turnout will be low. |
These really are very poor figures. |
This more detailed analysis shows that direct personal interventions and a high visibility of the actual candidates themselves in their wards are likely to be more powerful as a driver to persuade people to vote than less personal communications such as those from party communication vehicles. |
We need to acknowledge explicitly that we are dealing with people, even when, of necessity, we must classify people into groups for convenience. |