Poll says Scotland wants ‘freedom’
28 Jan 2014 11:27 PM GMT
Some 37 percent of those surveyed said they supported independence, with 44 percent opposed and 19 percent undecided. This is a five point gain for the ‘Yes’ campaign since the last ICM survey was conducted last September.
‘Once the ‘Don’t Knows’ are excluded from the calculation, those figures translate into 46 percent Yes, 54 percent No, the highest Yes proportion yet in any poll, other than in a much-criticised poll conducted by Panelbase for the SNP (Scottish National Party) in August last year,’ explained poll expert John Curtice.
While independent polls have consistently shown for twenty years that only a third of Scottish voters favour independence, a poll conducted by the nationalists in August found 44 percent in favour and 43 percent against.
‘Once the ‘Don’t Knows’ are excluded from the calculation, those figures translate into 46 percent Yes, 54 percent No, the highest Yes proportion yet in any poll, other than in a much-criticised poll conducted by Panelbase for the SNP (Scottish National Party) in August last year,’ explained poll expert John Curtice.
While independent polls have consistently shown for twenty years that only a third of Scottish voters favour independence, a poll conducted by the nationalists in August found 44 percent in favour and 43 percent against.
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