THE General Election was turned on its head tonight when the Lib Dems pushed Labour into THIRD place following the historic leaders' telly debate.
Nick Clegg - boosted by a convincing victory in Thursday's showdown - saw his party leap eight points to 30 per cent.
The sensational YouGov poll for The Sun had David Cameron's Tories still in the lead on 33 per cent.
But Gordon Brown's ailing Labour Party was in disarray, relegated to a dismal 28 per cent.
Our landmark poll is the very first nationwide survey on how Brits plan to vote taken since the debate.
And it made political history - as the first time the party of government has dropped to third place in a General Election campaign.
YouGov chairman Peter Kellner said: "Suddenly we're in uncharted waters. The Lib Dem surge throws this election wide open. When the volcanic dust from Thursday's debate has settled, who will have suffered most - Labour or the Tories?"
Pollsters YouGov quizzed 1,290 people throughout today. The staggering result left all wannabe MPs reeling and proved the May 6 election is now officially a three-horse race.
In the shock poll, the Lib Dems took four points from the Conservatives, three from Labour and one from smaller parties. But the most dramatic shift in support for the Lib Dems was from the young, with a massive 44 per cent of 18 to 34-year-olds saying they would vote for Mr Clegg. The poll proves the ITV1 debate was an utter disaster for Mr Brown. Every survey yesterday said the PM came a distant last in the Manchester clash.
It is the first time the third-placed party has overtaken Labour or the Tories in polls during a General Election campaign since 1983.
And in no previous campaign for the keys to No10 has support for the centre party reached 30 per cent.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...l-reveals.html
However, ITV 'analysis' of those numbers put Labour with the largest number of seats. We're on for a Lib-Lab government boys, you heard it here first (or not). Call me Dave has blown it.
Nick Clegg - boosted by a convincing victory in Thursday's showdown - saw his party leap eight points to 30 per cent.
The sensational YouGov poll for The Sun had David Cameron's Tories still in the lead on 33 per cent.
But Gordon Brown's ailing Labour Party was in disarray, relegated to a dismal 28 per cent.
Our landmark poll is the very first nationwide survey on how Brits plan to vote taken since the debate.
And it made political history - as the first time the party of government has dropped to third place in a General Election campaign.
YouGov chairman Peter Kellner said: "Suddenly we're in uncharted waters. The Lib Dem surge throws this election wide open. When the volcanic dust from Thursday's debate has settled, who will have suffered most - Labour or the Tories?"
Pollsters YouGov quizzed 1,290 people throughout today. The staggering result left all wannabe MPs reeling and proved the May 6 election is now officially a three-horse race.
In the shock poll, the Lib Dems took four points from the Conservatives, three from Labour and one from smaller parties. But the most dramatic shift in support for the Lib Dems was from the young, with a massive 44 per cent of 18 to 34-year-olds saying they would vote for Mr Clegg. The poll proves the ITV1 debate was an utter disaster for Mr Brown. Every survey yesterday said the PM came a distant last in the Manchester clash.
It is the first time the third-placed party has overtaken Labour or the Tories in polls during a General Election campaign since 1983.
And in no previous campaign for the keys to No10 has support for the centre party reached 30 per cent.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...l-reveals.html
However, ITV 'analysis' of those numbers put Labour with the largest number of seats. We're on for a Lib-Lab government boys, you heard it here first (or not). Call me Dave has blown it.
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