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One-in-two iPhone and Android users don’t get AV
Tweetminster and Qriously, a service for measuring location-based public sentiment in real-time, have announced a partnership that will bring Qriously’s real-time sentiment polling to UK politics.
To kick-off the partnership, Qriously and Tweetminster asked 1,204 random UK-based smartphone users a series of questions around the upcoming AV referendum:
The majority of those asked understands the current voting system;
Almost one-in-two is confused by the alternative vote;
52% of those questioned said they will be voting NO to AV;
London was the only city where the Yes vote received more preferences.
In summary, despite the random sample and the fact that the questions were targeted exclusively to smartphone users, the answers are fundamentally in line with recent polls - a significant number of people don’t fully get AV and for this reason are likely to stick with a voting system that they understand.
The questions were asked on April 13 over 14 hours.
