Fieldwork dates: 18 June 2000 - 31 October 2023
Data from: Scotland
Results from:
17 polls
| Fieldwork end date Pollster |
31 October 2023 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) | 18 March 2020 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) | 28 February 2018 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) | 23 December 2016 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) | 31 January 2016 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) | 31 August 2014 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) | 30 November 2012 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) | 1 October 2011 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) | 4 October 2010 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) | 1 September 2009 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) | 1 November 2007 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) | 21 January 2007 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) | 19 December 2005 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) | 17 December 2004 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) | 1 October 2002 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) | 1 November 2001 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) | 4 November 2000 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
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| 1 Left | 20% | 21% | 24% | 23% | 21% | 27% | 22% | 35% | 21% | 15% | 17% | 15% | 14% | 18% | 21% | 14% | 24% |
| 2 | 23% | 24% | 19% | 26% | 25% | 22% | 23% | 22% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 18% | 21% | 22% | 17% | 25% |
| 3 | 20% | 20% | 21% | 11% | 18% | 11% | 18% | 18% | 20% | 19% | 21% | 20% | 22% | 21% | 23% | 25% | 21% |
| 4 | 15% | 15% | 21% | 21% | 21% | 25% | 17% | 13% | 20% | 21% | 19% | 19% | 21% | 19% | 17% | 30% | 15% |
| 5 Right | 22% | 20% | 16% | 18% | 15% | 15% | 19% | 13% | 19% | 24% | 22% | 25% | 25% | 20% | 17% | 14% | 15% |
| Don't know | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Refused | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Summary position on left-right scale - derived from responses to 5 questions that ask respondents how much they agree or disagree that (a) Government should redistribute income from the better-off to those who are less well-off (b) Big business benefits owners at the expense of workers (c) Ordinary working people do not get their fair share of the nation's wealth (d) There is one law for the rich and one for the poor and (e) Management will always try to get the better of employees if it gets the chance. Responses to these questions are combined to give an overall position on a left-right scale. Scores have then been divided into quintiles based on responses.
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