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Which political ideologies do Britons have a positive view of? | YouGov (yougov.co.uk)

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Fascinating polling from YouGov. Some headlines:

Of the polled ideologies, 'Environmentalism' and 'Feminism' are the most popular, with clear majorities having favourable views of both (66% and 56% respectively). Majorities of Labour, Lib Dem, Green and even Conservative voters say they approve of both (Conservatives only very narrowly for feminism), as do all age groups. But the age-group most in favour of environmentlism are 50-64 year-olds.

'Liberalism' and 'Socialism' are both more popular than 'Conservatism'.

Virtually nobody will admit they have a favourable view of 'Fascism', even Reform voters (4%) - but a majority of Reform voters have favourable views of 'Nationalism'

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[–] thehatfox@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It’s an interesting poll but I think a lot hinges on how people interpret those ideologies. They may be hone lost popular but there’s probably a lot of differing and conflicting views on what environmentalism and feminism actually are.

There’s a few curious data points there too. Like libertarianism being more popular among Green and Labour votes, and 1 point less among Reform compared to Conservatives.

[–] frankPodmore 2 points 6 days ago

Historically, 'libertarian' was a leftwing ideology. It's only a fairly recent and, even then, a fairly American development that it was co-opted by Ayn Rand types. Then there are people like Noam Chomsky, who calls himself a 'libertarian socialist'. Presumably some such people would have expressed a favourable view of both libertarianism and socialism given this survey.

[–] FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

I wonder if yougov gave any description for what each one meant or if you just got a single word to go with. If it's the latter then I think the results are a lot less meaningful, I've discovered on Lemmy that people furiously disagree about what the word "liberal" means!