YouGov today undertook a dial test of Nigel Farage’s address to the YouGov-Cambridge forum, looking at how the UKIP leader’s detractors and supporters changed their views of him as a result of watching the speech

The test – undertaken among a bespoke group of 617 Farage supporters and 507 Farage detractors drawn from the YouGov panel - measured viewers’ attitudes to what they were watching. The sample covered a range of ages and genders and regions and panellists were given prior warning that they would be participating. It provided a full rehearsal of YouGov’s dial testing capabilities ahead of next year’s European Election and the General Election in 2015.

Watch the dial test in action:

Top-line findings of the dial test:

Detractors do not trust the UKIP leader (giving him a mean score of 2.8 out of 10 on the issue following the speech)

However, detractors are more positive when it comes to his powers of persuasion (giving him a mean score of 4.7 out of 10 for the speech)

Supporters are highly favourable to the UKIP leader across all measures, including giving him a score of 99% when asked whether what he said in his speech was right

This compares with 42% of detractors who think what he said in his speech was right (compared to 48% who thought he was wrong)

38% of detractors had a more favourable view of Nigel Farage after watching the speech

Supporters viewed the speech well, giving it a mean score of 9.3 out of 10

Detractors were less positive, giving it a mean score of 4.3 out of 10

The top three words about the speech among Farage supporters were: “ Interested ” (80%), “ Hopeful ” (76%) and “ Confident ” (46%)

” (80%), “ ” (76%) and “ ” (46%) The top three words about the speech among Farage detractors were: “Uneasy” (52%), “Interested” (39%) and “Bored” (25%)

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