Year: 2008
Module: Political Attitudes
Variable: LEFTRGHT

In political matters, people talk of the ‘left’ and the ‘right’. Using this scale where 1 equals ‘left’ and 10 equals ‘right’ how would you place your views on this scale, generally speaking?

 

%

One - Left 4
Two 4
Three 8
Four 9
Five 27
Six 8
Seven 7
Eight 5
Nine 1
Ten - Right 1
Undecided 27

 

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Results for men and women

%

  Male Female
One - left 4 4
Two 4 4
Three 8 8
Four 11 7
Five 27 28
Six 10 6
Seven 9 5
Eight 6 3
Nine 1 <1
Ten - right 2 1
Undecided 19 34

  

 
Results for people of different ages

%

  18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
One - left 7 7 3 2 3 3
Two 5 6 5 3 3 2
Three 11 8 8 8 7 6
Four 8 8 9 12 10 6
Five 22 21 28 30 29 29
Six 5 9 9 8 8 5
Seven 9 4 6 7 8 8
Eight 3 1 6 5 4 6
Nine 0 0 <1 0 1 3
Ten - right 2 0 1 1 3 2
Undecided 29 36 23 23 24 31

 

  

Results for people of different religions

%

  Catholic Protestant No religion
One - left 5 2 10
Two 5 3 5
Three 9 7 11
Four 11 8 6
Five 32 24 25
Six 8 9 5
Seven 3 9 6
Eight 2 7 1
Nine <1 1 0
Ten - right 0 2 2
Undecided 25 27 31

 

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