Will the Conservatives win the next general election?

Answer 1

Nope ... John Edwards, Democrat will be our next president.

Answer 2

I would like to think so! This country is at it's strongest and proudest under the Conservatives. They put Britain first, which is exactly what a governing party should do. Every single day of our lives, most of us, without even knowing it, benefit from the colossal changes made by Margaret Thatcher. Those changes were so enormous that yes, they were controversial, but my goodness do we reap the rewards today!

If everyone were to take a long, hard look at what The Conservative Party has achieved, and what they are promising to achieve for the future, then there is no reason at all why they shouldn't assume office at the next election.

Answer 3

The vote is not going to be about Bush or the war in Iraq although the pacifists and socialists in the Democratic party want it to be. Moderate Americans are more concerned about; education, it's costs and lack of success, economy in particular costs related to oil and healthcare. In those three issues assuming you can get truthful coverage in the media, gee that is sort of an oxymoron, the facts will show that in the past six years we have had positive movement in all except the price of gasoline. When you consider inflation of the dollar however gasoline is right about where it should be relative to the past 50 years. Americans have been spoiled on cheap fuel and the Democrats have told them it is their right to have cheap fuel.

Anyway the Dems might pick up a couple of seat in the house net at best and maybe one in the Senate. Both houses will still have a republican majority and a democratic philibuster going constantly. The dems will be infuriated and will do everything in their power to shut down the government for the next two years.

What a wonderful group of socialists they are.

Answer 4

A week is a long time in politics and we have many and several weeks til the likely date of the next general election.

Most likely Blair will intend to cling on to power into next year so that he can beat Margaret Thatcher's record of longevity in office and claim his own statue in Parliament Square. Gordon Brown has I believe already broken the longest period of office as Chancellor so his place in history is safe for the time being.

Last polling figures I saw put the Conservatives at between 34-36% ratings, when it's typically thought that around a 42-3% popularity rating is required to achieve a majority in the house of Commons. During much of the last election campaign, the Conservatives and New Labour were as close as 2% in the polls leading up to the election week, when the margin of error on the poll sample could have been greater than that. So, at this stage in the parliamentary cycle it's impossible to predict.

What will be telling, and significant, will be what happens to house prices, and therefore to consumer confidence in the wider economy, over the next twelve to eighteen months. Much of the economic growth and stability currently enjoyed is on the back of record low levels of interest combining with high levels of house price inflation, leading to high levels of consumer confidence. The continuation of low interest rates and high house price growth is unsustainable in the long run. Something has to give.

The timing and the severity of the near-inevitable interest-rate and house-price adjustment will in my opinion determine the result of the next election. To quote former President Clinton, when asked what was the most important factor in an upcoming presidential election: "It's the economy, stupid".

Answer 5

No! They have blown their right to lead. The Iraq War was a magnitude 8.0 mistake that killed and maimed many Americana's and put the United States in a very difficult position. Now we have to figure out how to get out of Iraq as soon as possible. I think the Iraqi experiment is over. The country needs to divided into four parts, Kurds, Sunni and Shiite's plus a Federal Government that well take like Twenty-five percent of the oil and sell it on the market and the rest will be divided among the three divisions. Federal part of Iraq will be made up of a Special Commission of the UN and The European Union.

Answer 6

Yes they will ~*~ we will have either New labour Conservative Party or the Conservative Conservative Party.
Both want the middle ground ~ both have the same policies ~ both have MP's with only self interest at heart ~ and both are uninterested in the fears and feelings of the voters in this country.

Sadly the Lib Dems policies are the perfect answer to all our ills but only because they know they will never have to implement them.

Sorry getting a bit cynical

Answer 7

No and this is why - People trust Democrats to handle our national security. In the latest CBS News and ABC News polls, more people trust Democrats to make the right decisions on Iraq. And in the latest Newsweek poll, nearly two-thirds of Americans agree that the war in Iraq has not made us safer from terrorism.
Meanwhile, as Iraq descends into civil war and becomes a new training ground for international terrorists, cargo coming into our country still isn't being inspected.
While the Party of Bush scrambles to write its latest talking points calling anyone who opposes them "al Qaeda types", nuclear materials sit unguarded in the former Soviet Union.
While the administration organizes lawyers to try to salvage its illegal domestic spying program, Osama bin Laden continues to remain free roaming around northwest Pakistan making videotapes five years after the tragic events of September 11th.

Answer 8

No, I don't think they will. I think the situation is ironically similar to 1992, when few people liked the conservative, but most had no confidence in Labour's ability to form a credible alternative. Blair is increasingly unpopular, but I can see folk still voting labour unless the conservatives come up with something really vote-winning.

Answer 9

What a question!!

I have not read any of the answers on here( I never do) before answering, so here goes.

Yes. They should win the election, hands down!! Why?

If for no other reason on the planet, surly no one can vote labour, after the appalling mess they have got us in, and the enormous tax burden they have foisted on us, not to mention the deterioration of our values and way of life!!

Answer 10

Half the nuts here are American and seem to think the question is about their god-help-us country. How typically self absorbed.
One must hope that the Tories never get power again in the UK. For those of you too young, the last time they were in charge the waiting time for hospital treatment was two years, there was no minimum wage, unemployment was above 4 million, school classes could not afford enough books for a class and they had to be shared, two major Tories got jailed. There is more...much more

Answer 11

I hate to say it but the conservative party is looking more electable but it will be the one after next before they get back in(in my opinion)