16th July 2014 Comment
The Scottish independence referendum
…bias in Survation’s samples. He went on to suggest that a likely reason for this bias is that Survation’s samples (and by implication those of the other companies that secure…
27th July 2014 Comment
The Scottish independence referendum
…for the pro-independence side are dashed in the company’s poll for today’s Sunday Times. It puts Yes on 41% and No on 48%. Once the Don’t Knows are excluded Yes…
17th August 2014 Comment
The Scottish independence referendum
…the memory of Mr Salmond’s less than commanding performance began to fade. Today’s poll also contains a few additional questions that are clearly designed to generate favourable publicity for the…
24th October 2019 Page
…vote in it. Also see our section on How Scotland should be governed for questions on constitutional preference, including more general questions on whether or not people support Scottish independence….
22nd May 2017 Comment
Elections, parties & leaders The Scottish independence referendum
…of this latest YouGov poll with polling the company conducted before the 2015 election. Many of the questions asked on the latest poll were also asked in a poll YouGov…
28th November 2019 Page
…range of questions on different topics in any one year. Questions are funded by a range of governmental and third-sector bodies, including the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the…
7th January 2020 Comment
Site News
…in June 2013 in advance of the Scottish independence referendum. Ever since then it has endeavoured to provide a comprehensive database of polling data on public attitudes of relevance to…
11th April 2021 Comment
Elections, parties & leaders
…politicians of all parties will come together at Holyrood (and at Westminster) to express their condolences. But where will the parties and leaders find themselves once they return to the…
7th October 2021 Comment
Elections, parties & leaders Expectations of constitutional change How Scotland should be governed The Scottish independence referendum
…the substantive issue at stake. Opinium, Panelbase, Savanta ComRes, and Stack Data all posed questions that asked respondents to name a time by which any referendum should be held –…
29th January 2015 Comment
Elections, parties & leaders
…can be overcome by combining several polls together, but it still has to be borne in mind that the samples have not necessarily been weighted to ensure they are representative…