UK general election 2015 – poll tracker

AS BRITAIN’S general election nears, one thing is clear: the national picture masks a complicated tangle of dynamics among different groups of voters. Britain’s political system is fragmenting, and economic and social conditions look very different depending on just where in the country one stands. Any notion of a “uniform swing” is largely academic.
The Economist‘s poll tracker therefore does two things. It merges results from the four main polling companies to generate a daily, national poll-of-polls. And it provides a breakdown of that headline figure by three different variables: according to sex, social class and age. With election campaigning officially starting today Labour’s recent bump in support following the first televised debate has already evaporated. Whether either of the main parties can establish a decisive lead will only become clear as the race continues.