7th February 2014 Comment
The Scottish independence referendum
There is a new poll from YouGov in today’s Scottish Sun. Its publication also allows us to play catch up with another reading of referendum voting intention that the company slipped out largely unnoticed last week. Neither poll provides anything like as much evidence of a swing to Yes as did the TNS BMRB poll […]
2nd February 2014 Scotland Question
Elections, parties & leaders The Scottish independence referendum
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1st February 2014 Comment
The Scottish independence referendum
Survation, the regular (internet) pollsters for the London newsdesk of the Mail on Sunday (though not of the desk in Scotland), have entered the referendum polling fray for the first time this weekend. They put the Yes vote at 32%, No at 52%, with 16% saying Don’t Know (after taking into account people’s reported likelihood […]
1st February 2014 Comment
How Scotland should be governed The Scottish independence referendum
At first glance, the poll from TNS BMRB published tonight (conducted on behalf of a new organisation being founded by Sir Tom Hunter, with the aim of improving the quality of the data and the evidence in the referendum debate) presents a very different picture of the state of the referendum race than last week’s […]
31st January 2014 Scotland Question
The Scottish independence referendum
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31st January 2014 Scotland Question
The Scottish independence referendum
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29th January 2014 Scotland Question
The Scottish independence referendum
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26th January 2014 Comment
The Scottish independence referendum
One of the most remarkable features of the referendum campaign polls so far has been their stability from one reading to the next. Almost every company’s poll has reported more or less the same proportion of people saying they will vote Yes (and No) as did the last poll conducted by that same company. Now, […]
23rd January 2014 Comment
The Scottish independence referendum
In the 2013 Scottish Social Attitudes (SSA) survey respondents were asked how they would vote in the referendum as follows: In the referendum, you will be asked, ‘Should Scotland be an independent country?’ If you do vote, will you vote ‘Yes’ or vote ‘No’ – or haven’t you decided yet? Asked in this about how […]
9th January 2014 Scotland Question
The Scottish independence referendum
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