mumsnet survey on voting intentions - questions dont allow accurate responses

[IwantToRetire]

For some reason found a link to this on telly addicts (may have been here and I just didn't see it). Quote:

We’re running a short survey to understand how people in the UK are feeling about politics right now, including voting intention, political leadership and the issues that matter most to them.

All who complete the survey will receive an entry into our monthly prize draw where one Mumsnet user will win a £250 voucher for the store of their choice (from a list).

Thanks and good luck!
MNHQ

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/G6QWNSC

I couldn't complete because the second page of questions didn't have the option of neither in relation to questions pairing off party leaders against each other.

eg I wouldn't prefer Polanski over Farage.

Shouldn't there be a neither option?

I think they are trying to reflect that your real-life ballot paper doesn't have "reopen nominations" on it.

Your probably right, but on the other hand as I answered on the first page of the survey, and was an option quite a few on FWR in the run up to the last GE agreed non of the above. And spoilt out ballot papers.

And judging by surveys by other organisations, newspapers, many, many people are saying that.

(Although of course we dont elect Party leaders, the Parties do!)

It had a 'Not sure' option when I completed it and recommended that choice if you thought neither would make a better prime minister.

How really strange. I didn't take a screen shot, but there wasn't this option. I wonder it they did change. I couldn't previously go back to the first page but this time it did.

Although I think the option "Not sure" isn't the same as "Neither".

Also in the question about issues it implies you could select more than one, ie it doesn't say which one issue. Also doesn't have an Other box where you can write in. So will skew responses.

But thanks for letting me know.

I just did it. There was a not sure option on mine. I used it quite a lot lol

Well looking forward to the results and a big write up about mumsnetterrs may know about biscuits but aren't sure about politicians!

I don't see the issue here. However bad those two are, surely one is worse than the other?

Or if you really don't have a preference between them, or don't know which would be worse, then either "not sure" or "neither".seem appropriate

Totally disagree.
Because this is the type of contrived questioning that makes most survey's pointless.

It just means they can real off dud "stats" about how X is more popular than Y when in the real world this is irrelevant.

I suppose it is just possible that 0.01% of the population would vote for any party that had some one individual as its leader.

For such a short survey it seemed the waste of an opportunity to ask something more relevant.

eg have you recently left a party, and / or have you recently joined a party