The new leader of the Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, is more unpopular than her immediate predecessors. The new leader of the British opposition Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, is currently more unpopular than her two predecessors, according to the latest poll published on Sunday, November 17.
Badenoch became leader of the Conservative Party, and therefore the party’s prime ministerial candidate, in early November, after months of campaigning within the party.
The party, which suffered the heaviest defeat in its history at the hands of Labor in the UK parliamentary elections on July 4, was led by the last Conservative prime minister after 14 years of the party’s reign before they were announced the results of the leadership elections on November 2. Rishi Sunak.
At the same time, an Opinium poll commissioned by the left-wing British newspaper Observer among 2,116 adult British voters found that black Badenoch is currently more unpopular than India’s Rishi Sunak was in the early stages of his leadership among the Conservatives.
The new Conservative Party leader’s net popularity rating, the difference in percentage points between those who are happy and those who are dissatisfied, is -5.
Kemi Badenoch is the fourth female leader of the Conservative Party since Margaret Thatcher, Teresa May AND Liz Truss – 20% of potential voters sympathize with her, while 25% express an unfavorable opinion of her.
Opinium emphasizes that Rishi Sunak’s net support balance was plus 8 during the early stages of his leadership of the party.
After his election as party leader Boris Johnson In turn, he was now also more popular than Kemi Badenoch. According to an Opinium poll carried out at the time, Johnson’s net support balance at the beginning of his term was -3.
Of the conservative leaders of the last five years, only Liz Truss after taking office he proved more unpopular than Badenoch. Thrus’ first support indicator was minus 9.
When asked who they would like to see in cabinet as Prime Minister: a Labor member. Keira Starmer or the conservative Kemi Badenoch, 28% named Starmer and 16% Badenoch.
However, Opinium data published on Sunday also shows that 39% of respondents do not want either of them to be prime minister, meaning they do not like either Starmer or Badenoch as prime minister.