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5/ Unionist leadership on Drumcree Asked whether leading unionist figures did more to calm things down or make them worse, unionist voters differ across party lines. Emma Little-Pengelly is the only figure that DUP, UUP and TUV voters all credit with calming things down; Gavin Robinson is credited by DUP and UUP voters, while TUV voters are evenly split on him. Jon Burrows is credited with calming things down by DUP and UUP voters, with TUV voters evenly split on him – though fewer people have heard of him than of the other figures. Carla Lockhart gets the strongest credit from DUP voters and Jim Allister from TUV voters, but UUP voters think both made things worse. Jamie Bryson is not credited by any unionist group for calming things down on Drumcree – DUP voters are evenly split, TUV voters lean slightly against him, and UUP voters are strongly negative. Among Protestants as a whole he is the figure most likely to be seen as having made things worse (−20 net), although Allister (−6) and Lockhart (−5) are also viewed narrowly negatively on the same measure. On favourability more generally, the picture is different. Gavin Robinson MP, Carla Lockhart MP and Jim Allister MP are all net positive with DUP, UUP and TUV voters alike, but each has a different profile. Robinson is the most popular of the three with UUP voters (+36) and strong with DUP voters (+49), but weakest with TUV voters (+13). Lockhart is more popular than Robinson with DUP (+57) and TUV (+49) voters but less so with UUP voters (+12). Allister is far ahead with TUV voters (+71) and behind Robinson with DUP (+39) and UUP (+26) voters. Jamie Bryson divides unionist voters more: net positive with TUV (+24) and DUP (+21) voters, but half of UUP voters view him negatively (−41).

2/ Where the public stands on Drumcree 53% say the Secretary of State was right to block the parade. Nationalist and Alliance voters overwhelmingly support the Secretary of State’s decision (91% of SF voters, 84% of SDLP voters and 81% of Alliance voters say it was the right decision); most unionist voters disagree. 85% of TUV voters, 76% of DUP voters and 55% of UUP voters say the Secretary of State’s decision to block the parade on the Garvaghy Road was wrong. Protestants as a whole are more divided (54% wrong, 28% right). 53% say the Parades Commission was wrong to allow the parade down the Garvaghy Road in the first place. 87% of Sinn Féin voters, 75% of SDLP voters and 74% of Alliance voters say the Parades Commission determination was wrong. DUP and TUV voters take the opposite view with 73% and 74% respectively saying the Parades Commission determination was the right one. UUP voters are split with 46% saying it was the right decision and 39% saying it was the wrong decision by the Parades Commission. • • 38% sympathise more with the Garvaghy Road residents, 21% with the Portadown Orangemen, and 41% do not pick a side (choosing both equally, neither or don’t know). Among Protestants, more do not take a side (44%) than back the Orangemen (42%).