Follow-up on Starmer& #39;s popularity - it& #39;s not just that he& #39;s more popular than Corbyn - but that& #39;s he& #39;s more popular(/less unpopular) with older voters - key demographic for Labour in "Red Wall" and ... well, everywhere.

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Caution: He was the *least unknown* of the Labour leadership candidates caught in the 2019 postGE @BESResearch questions ... but still way behind Corbyn/Johnson so we& #39;re not seeing a baked in profile.

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Here& #39;s the same breakdown with Starmer, Phillips, LongBailey, Rayner

* Starmer best liked other than Phillips (margins narrow)
* Starmer best known (particularly among older respondents by significant margin)

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Last set - I promise! - comparing party leader Like Profile x Age against *that for their own party*.

Corbyn significantly less liked than his party, Starmer significantly more liked than his party.

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More puzzling is how the likeJohnson (sorry too lazy to edit variable name!) profile matches the likeCon profile.

I& #39;m guessing this is not evidence that he& #39;s neither an electoral asset/cost but that those costs/benefits have been factored in to how ppl feel about the party.

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Final chart to caveat the last set - all figures/comments on Starmer are provisional until we see how the half of the population that don& #39;t have an opinion jump.

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