Who still votes Conservative?
Political Fix
Financial Times
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🗓️ 2 February 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The Conservatives are languishing in the polls, while Labour is riding high – but beneath the headline figures, how does the voter appeal of the main parties break down by sex, age and other factors? The FT’s Lucy Fisher is joined by Political Fix regulars Stephen Bush and Miranda Green to hear from chief data reporter John Burn-Murdoch. John also delves into the glaring ideological gap that has opened up between men and women under 30 and the team considers what his findings mean for the general election.
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| 1:04.9 | I'm Lucy Fisher, and this is political fix |
| 1:07.4 | from the Financial Times. |
| 1:11.8 | I'm joined in the studio this week by my FT colleagues Miranda Green, |
| 1:15.3 | Hi Miranda, Halla Lucy and the FT Stephen Bush. Hello Stephen. |
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