A YouGov poll commissioned by and undertaken yesterday shows 39 per cent of people blame Royal Mail management for the strike, while 37 per cent blame the postal workers' union.
However among conservative voters interviewed by C4, 46 per cent blame the union and 28 per cent blame management.
Half of the 840 adults questioned by BBC2's Newsnight sympathised with the postal workers and the union as opposed to the Royal Mail management (25%). The majority did not want the company privatised.
The surveys come as the Communication Workers Union served notice of further walk-outs starting next Thursday to follow from today's walk-out by up to 78,000 delivery and collection workers.
The CWU said that strikers on picket lines were receiving "strong support" from members of the public as well as other unions.
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