Out of touch - Cameron's plummeting ratings

David Cameron was never particularly seen as “in touch” with ordinary people. But the percentage of voters who think he understands ordinary people is still plummeting – as this graph (from Mike Smithson) shows:

It can’t get much worse for the PM though – he’s getting close to zero…

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