Despite riding high in the aftermath of the 2017 general election, the Labour leader's favorability rating has returned to its pre-election doldrums and Brexit is a big part of the reason why.
Possibly the most dramatic trend found in any poll over the past year has been the slump in support for Jeremy Corbyn.
In YouGov's most recent survey the Labour leader’s favourability fell to 22%, around three times smaller than the group of 67% who had an unfavourable opinion. This gives him a new all-time low net score of -45.
The steady drop off in support since “peak Corbyn” just after the General election campaign has come from all corners of the electorate, including Remain voters (down from +40 to -28) and Leave (down from -40 to -72).
Even those who backed Labour at the last election are now divided, with just 47% having a favourable opinion of Corbyn compared to 44% who have an unfavourable view – only just giving a positive net score.
In order to explore what might be driving this shift in public opinion we asked those who had previously been supportive of Corbyn, but have now switched position, what changed their mind.
The list was dominated by responses about Brexit, with nearly half (43%) mentioning it in one way of another.
In most cases it wasn’t due to his position being too far towards Remain (just 3% thought this) or too far towards Leave (just 6% said this), but rather the fact that he doesn’t seem to have any position at all.
In total 13% of respondents mentioned that he had been too weak on Brexit, and not taken a decisive stance. A further 7% specifically referenced that he won’t meet to talk with Theresa May or other politicians about Brexit . [...]
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