The results of a poll conducted by accountant firm KPMG and pollsters Ipsos Mori show a majority of people support the spending cuts announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review.

Some 41% of people think the coalition made the right decisions on where to make cuts, while 38% do not. One in five (21%) people say they do not know.

The findings are not a bad result for the government. The poll also revealed public support for specific measures announced in the CSR.
61% supported reducing welfare spending and 60% backed increasing the state pension age.

However, 62% of the public opposed reducing spending on policing. Opinion was split on cutting the public sector workforce, with 45% of people in support and 47% against.

As we live in a democracy it is customary to accept the majority. Is anyone aware of any contradictory poll carried out on the general public ?