Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Some 550 party members responded, and we’ll be publishing the full results in the coming days.

Support for Coalition as high as ever

LDV asked: Do you support or oppose the Lib Dems being in the Coalition Government with the Conservatives?

84% – Support

13% – Oppose

4% Don’t know

This is the third time this year we’ve polled our sample of party members to ask about attitudes to the Coalition. In April, 83% supported it, and 12% were opposed; the same figures as we recorded in January. So there has been no real change in spite of the bruising the party took in this year’s English local and Scottish national elections, as well as the lost AV referendum.

And here perhaps is the explanation for this continuing high figure…

4-in-5 say Coalition implementing significant part of Lib Dem manifesto

LDV asked: Do you agree – yes or no – with the following statement: The Coalition is implementing a significant part of the Lib Dem manifesto.

81% – Yes

15% – No

4% – Don’t know

We’ve asked this question twice before. In September 2010, a year ago, just 53% of of party members felt able to agree with the statement. In January 2011, this figure had grown to 66%. It now stands at 81%, an impressive shift in party members’ belief that Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems are really beginning to deliver in government.

However, that confidence in Lib Dem success does not translate into a confidence this will benefit the party…

Majority of Lib Dems think Coalition will be bad for the party’s prospects

LDV asked: Do you think the Coalition Government will be good or bad for the Lib Dems’ electoral prospects at the next general election?

14% – Good

59% – Bad

17% – Neither good nor bad

10% – Don’t know

Notwithstanding May’s dire results there’s been little overall shift in party members’ expectations of what the next general election will bring compared with April’s survey results. A majority believe it will be bad for the party, with just 14% expecting the party will benefit from being a party in government.