As the credits rolled on the Channel 4 Chancellor’s debate last night, a text message was fired off to the Gauge Opinion members’ mobiles. Within minutes the verdict was in and it was a clear victory for Vince Cable. 48% felt that the Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson won the debate with 18% giving the nod to George Osbourne and only 10% identifying the current Chancellor as the winner. However, 25% couldn’t decide between the three.
We are also beginning to make donations to our partner charities now for everyone that takes part. I am currently in Bangladesh, doing some work for the Westminster Foundation and hope to be able to fit in a visit the Sreepur Village who are one of our charities that benefit every time someone signs up to take part in our text polls.
Our sample size is still not quite big enough to make a confident assertion about how well this result reflects the opinion of the British public as a whole. However, more and more people are signing up at gaugeopinion.co.uk
As Gordon Brown gets ready to go to the country in the General Election, Gauge Opinion text poll panel members will be poised to track the twists and turns of the campaign with their texting fingers.