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Some Movement? Survation Report their Highest Yes Vote Yet

12th June 2014

As we had cause to remark only yesterday, the polls have been remarkably stable in the last couple of months. Since just before the end of March most have reported little or no change in the balance of Yes and No support. True, ICM suggested in April that Yes support had reached a record high, […]


Poll of Polls: 10 June

12th June 2014

The graph below shows What Scotland Thinks’ latest Poll of Polls and how it has evolved over time. The latest Poll of Polls is based on two polls by Survation, one poll by Ipsos MORI, one poll by ICM, one by Panelbase, and one by TNS BMRB. The polls were conducted between 9 May and […]


Referendum Race Becalmed: No Change from TNS BMRB

11th June 2014

It has appeared to be the case for some time now that the referendum race has become becalmed once more. The Yes side appear to have maintained the gains they made in the winter, but without any consistent evidence of them having made any further subsequent progress. That message is underlined by the latest TNS […]


Questions of Wording and Selection

10th June 2014

We have often drawn attention in this blog to differences in the way on which polls of referendum vote intention are conducted and how far these differences might help account for the discrepancies in their results. Indeed, an extended discussion of the methodology of the polls of referendum vote intention will appear in the next […]


Ipsos MORI Come Into Line

2nd June 2014

It is three months since Ipsos MORI last conducted a poll of voting intentions in the referendum. Although the company is one of the pollsters who have tended to produce relatively low estimates of the Yes vote, that previous poll was disappointing for the Yes side, even by the standards of those pollsters that paint […]


Poll of Polls 1 June

2nd June 2014

The graph below shows What Scotland Thinks’ latest Poll of Polls and how it has evolved over time. The latest Poll of Polls is based on one poll by Ipsos MORI, one poll by ICM, one by Panelbase, one by Survation, one by Progressive Scottish Opinion, and one by TNS BMRB. The polls were conducted […]


So What Can Happen in 16 Weeks?

29th May 2014

As doubtless most readers will be aware, tomorrow marks the official start of the campaign for the independence referendum – that is the period during which the amount of money that the two official campaigns, Yes Scotland and Better Together, along with the political parties and anybody else who wants to spend more than £10,000 […]


How Will Scotland Vote in the Euro-elections?

19th May 2014

For the next few days at least, the eyes of the Scottish political world will be diverted from the referendum campaign towards the prospects and performances of the parties in the elections to the European Parliament.  Mind you, the referendum will not be off the boil for long; interpretations of what the results mean for […]


Not the Best of Mornings for Yes?: New ICM and Panelbase Polls

18th May 2014

Between them the two polls published today, one by ICM Research for Scotland on Sunday, and one from Panelbase for The Sunday Times, probably represent the most disappointing poll reading for the Yes side for several months. The more dramatic finding comes from ICM. They put Yes on 34%, down five points on last month, […]


Poll of Polls 15 May

18th May 2014

The graph below shows What Scotland Thinks’ latest Poll of Polls and how it has evolved over time. The latest Poll of Polls is based on one poll by ICM, one by Panelbase, one by Survation, one by Progressive Scottish Opinion, one by TNS BMRB and one by YouGov. The polls were conducted between 23 […]


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