IT workers voting Liberal Democrat

Nicola Brittain, Computing, Wednesday 5 May 2010 at 13:14:00

Perhaps because of the party's policies on broadband rollout and the Digital
Economy Bill

Almost 40 per cent of those looking for work within the IT sector are
planning to vote Liberal Democrat in the General Election on Thursday, according
to a poll by recruitment website Total Jobs.

A poll of 1,300 jobseekers showed that although overall support for the main
parties resembles that of more traditional polls, support does vary
significantly according to the sector.

A considerable 38 per cent of IT workers plan to vote Liberal Democrats, this
compares with 28 per cent who will vote Conservative, and 15 per cent who say
will vote Labour - 18 per cent will vote for other parties and 5 per cent are as
yet undecided.

John Salt, website director at totaljobs.com, says of the research:

?Since the final debate it is clear that the vast majority of those looking
for jobs in IT have decided who they are going to vote for and by quite a margin
they have decided that the Liberal Democrats are the party for them.

?It seems that the Liberal Democrats with their support for a stronger, more
comprehensive broadband network, their promise to water down the Digital Economy
Bill as well as their vaunted online strategy, have persuaded the IT sector that
they would be the best party to lead the country. ?

Support for the Liberal Democrats was also high among those seeking
employment in education and catering ? at 38 and 40 per cent respectively. The
Tories scored best results for those jobseekers looking for construction work,
at 27.6 per cent.

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