An ITV News Index Poll carried out by ComRes indicates that David Cameron’s plans to legalise same-sex marriage will lose the Conservative party votes, threatening their chances of re-election in 2015:
The Conservative’s bid to legalise same-sex marriage looks set to lose the party more votes than it will gain over the move, an ITV News Index Poll carried out by ComRes suggests.
Of those surveyed:
- 34% believe it makes the Conservative Party less appealing to them as a voter.
- 15% said the move makes the Tories more appealing.
- 66% felt it was driven by David Cameron’s desire to make the party look modern.
Men and those aged 65 and over are more likely to say it makes the Conservative Party less appealing to them, while women and people aged 18-34 are more likely to say it actually makes the party a more appealing voting prospect, according to the poll’s results.
ComRes interviewed 2,050 British adults online between 1-3 February.
Another Comres poll for the Coalition for Marriage shows that David Cameron’s plans for gay marriage will lose the Tory party votes among ethnic minority voters:
a ComRes poll found that 62 per cent of ethnic minority voters – identified by the Conservatives as a key target group at the next election – believed marriage should only be permitted between a man and a woman.
Nearly 70 per cent of black voters polled said they believed Mr Cameron’s drive to introduce homosexual marriages was “more about making the Conservative Party look trendy and modern” than his personal convictions.
Protect the Pope comment: If, as predicted by the pro-gay marriage media, David Cameron’s legislation passes its second reading in the House of Commons tomorrow, there will be wild rejoicing among the same media and Cameron’s kitchen cabinet. But in two years time the consequences of this vote will be brought home to David Cameron and the Conservative party. The consequences may be visited on David Cameron even sooner due to the division he is about to inflict on his government and the wider party. Tory grass roots support should remember that Cameron is part of a double act, and Osborne should also bear responsibility for this self-inflicted wound.
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-02-04/tory-gay-marriage-plans-more-likely-to-lose-party-votes/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9844514/Conservative-party-ripped-apart-by-gay-marriage-vote.html
They will be finished in 2015 whether it passes or not and good riddance. Tory donors and the elites in the party may want this to pass but the majority of grassroots voters do not and the elites are not the ones that organise voting on the ground like the grassroots do, without them, the party is in a bad shape.
Ukip are the only party as I far as I know that are opposed it
While it is good to see that Cameron and co. will most likely be punished by the electorate for this vicious legislation the greater tragedy is that so many from the other mainstream parties are willing to support it.
The only Party that is remotely likely to capture dissident voices now is UKIP. I have to say that had you asked me about voting for UKIP five years ago I would have laughed at the prospect.
However I now acknowledge that UKIP have something crucial to say!
Yes they are against homosexual/lesbian ‘marriage’, and their demands for a recovery of national sovereignty, controls over immigration and the recovery of grammar schools is apposite and right.
The issue I would be most concerned about is distributive justice, a central plank of pre-1980 UK, unless this issue is resolved there will be endless conflict.
However I agree with Karla and Patricius this is a turning point for future voting patterns and for future Church-State relations.