Dear Gordon who voted BNP - and why? Is it just a case of bad values obscuring important issues?

There is a very interesting article by Channel 4 on who voted BNP - and why.  More interesting is the fact that concerns that caused people to vote BNP are held by large or very large sections of the general public.  Dear Gordon amongst all of our wishes please don't ignore these!

Channel 4 News has been given exclusive access to a unique YouGov poll on BNP voters and their attitudes. Here YouGov President Peter Kellner gives his views on the poll's findings.

 

The BNP won its first seats in the European parliament not because its supporters are all racist, but because many voters feel insecure and let down by the main parties.

View the full YouGov resultshere (.pdf).

This finding emerges from the largest election survey ever conducted in Britain. Last week YouGov questioned more than 32,000 electors in order to understand not only the people who voted Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat, but those who backed the Greens, Ukip and the BNP.

Our sample included almost 1,000 BNP voters, and much larger numbers of those who backed the other five parties. As our final prediction poll was the most accurate of all the pre-election surveys, with an average error of just one point, we are confident of the results from this very large sample.

First, who voted BNP? ...............................................

Go HERE to read the analysis

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