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- Elections, parties & leaders (18)
- Expectations of constitutional change (18)
- The Scottish independence referendum (4)
- How Scotland should be governed (3)
- Policy issues (3)
- Perceptions of government & the Union (2)
- National identity and cultural issues (1)
Years
- 2012 (33)
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- 2016 (9)
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- 2017 (4)
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- 2010 (4)
- 2008 (3)
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- Panelbase (47)
- Ipsos Mori (7)
- YouGov (6)
- TNS-BMRB (5)
- ICM (5)
- Survation (4)
- Populus (4)
- BMG Research (3)
- Opinium (3)
- Angus Reid (2)
- Progressive Scottish Opinion (2)
- Scottish Opinion (2)
- British Election Study (1)
- Kantar (1)
- Lord Ashcroft Polls (1)
Published By
- The Sunday Times (21)
- The Times (8)
- Self-Funded or Unknown (7)
- STV (5)
- C4 news (5)
- Scottish National Party (5)
- Scotsman (5)
- The Guardian (5)
- Daily Record (4)
- The Mail on Sunday (4)
- The Sunday Post (4)
- The Sun (4)
- Daily Telegraph (4)
- Daily Mail (4)
- Scottish Sun (4)
- Scotland on Sunday (4)
- The Times and The Sun (4)
- Client unknown or self funded (3)
- Herald Scotland (3)
- The Herald (3)
- Wings Over Scotland (3)
- Scottish Telegraph (3)
- Sky (3)
- Scottish Mail on Sunday (3)
- The Observer (3)
- Unison (3)
- Scottish National Party and Scottish Sun (3)
- Scottish Daily Mail (2)
- Better Together (2)
- Sunday Express (2)
- Newsnet (2)
- Scottish Greens (2)
- The Fabian Society (1)
- The Sunday Telegraph (1)
- Devo Plus (1)
- Sir Tom Hunter (1)
- Yes Scotland (1)
- Sunday Mail (1)
- Scottish Centre on Constitutional Change (1)
- London Evening Standard (1)
- Scottish Daily Express (1)
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Questions (47)
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How would you be likely to vote in a UK General Election?
Including results from 99 polls from Jan 2007 to Jun 2017
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Should Scotland be an independent country?
Including results from 99 polls from Feb 2013 to Sep 2014
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How soon do you think Scotland will be independent?
Including results from 13 polls from Jan 2015 to Jun 2017
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How would you use your constituency vote in a Scottish Parliament election?
Including results from 175 polls from Jan 2007 to Mar 2017
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How would you be likely to use your regional vote in a Scottish Parliament election? (including greens)
Including results from 146 polls from Jan 2007 to Mar 2017
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Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country?
Including results from 10 polls from Jan 2012 to Jan 2013
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Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Ruth Davidson as Scottish Conservative leader? (Five response options)
Including results from 5 polls from Feb 2012 to Apr 2016
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Which currency option would be best for Scotland?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Feb 2014
Online Panel interview with 1012 respondents 16 and older -
Do you believe Scottish independence would have a positive or negative effect on the Scottish economy?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Feb 2012
Online Panel interview with 1008 respondents 18 and older -
What impact, if any, would independence have on education in Scotland?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Feb 2012
Online Panel interview with 1008 respondents 18 and older -
Would you feel most proud describing yourself to someone from overseas as Scottish or British?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Nov 2013
Online Panel interview with 1006 respondents 16 and older -
Do you believe Scottish independence would have a positive or negative effect on the Scottish environment?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Feb 2012
Online Panel interview with 1008 respondents 18 and older -
How did you use your constituency vote in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election?
Including results from 4 polls from Aug 2012 to Mar 2013
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Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader? (Five response options)
Including results from 5 polls from Jan 2015 to Apr 2016
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If you felt that the 2015 UK General Election would result in a Labour-led government, how likely or unlikely would you be to vote for independence?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Oct 2012
Online Panel interview with 972 respondents 18 and older -
Do you agree or disagree with significant further devolution to the Scottish Parliament?
Including results from 6 polls from Jan 2012 to Oct 2012
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What impact, if any, would independence have on health in Scotland?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Feb 2012
Online Panel interview with 1008 respondents 18 and older -
Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with David Cameron as Conservative leader?
Including results from 5 polls from Mar 2011 to Jan 2016
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What impact, if any, would independence have on crime in Scotland?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Feb 2012
Online Panel interview with 1008 respondents 18 and older -
How should Scotland be governed?
Including results from 7 polls from Nov 2011 to Oct 2012
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Do you believe an independent Scotland would be financially better or worse off?
Including results from 4 polls from Feb 2012 to Sep 2015
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How satisfied or dissatisfied are you with Alex Salmond, SNP leader?
Including results from 2 polls from Mar 2011 to Feb 2012
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How likely are you to vote in the referendum?
Including results from 5 polls from Aug 2013 to Mar 2014
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Does the reduction in the oil price make the economic case for independence stronger or weaker?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Jan 2015
Online Panel interview with 1007 respondents 18 and older -
Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Johann Lamont as Scottish Labour Party leader? (Five response options)
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Feb 2012
Online Panel interview with 1008 respondents 18 and older -
Do you believe Scottish independence would have a positive or negative effect on Scottish confidence?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Feb 2012
Online Panel interview with 1008 respondents 18 and older -
Are you satisfied or dissatisfied are you with Ed Miliband as Labour leader?
Including results from 4 polls from Mar 2011 to Apr 2015
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Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Willie Rennie as Scottish Liberal Democrat leader? (Five response options)
Including results from 4 polls from Feb 2012 to Apr 2016
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Should people in Scotland should have same assurances as the English that relatives can help terminally ill with less fear of prosecution?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Feb 2012
Online Panel interview with 1008 respondents 18 and older -
If Scotland became independent, would taxes be higher, lower or the same?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Feb 2012
Online Panel interview with 1008 respondents 18 and older -
On a scale of 1 to 10, how likely is it that you would vote in a Scottish Parliament election?
Including results from 27 polls from Jan 2007 to Apr 2016
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Do you believe Scottish independence would have a positive or negative effect on Scottish culture?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Feb 2012
Online Panel interview with 1008 respondents 18 and older -
Will the Scottish economy get better or worse in the year ahead?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Feb 2014
Online Panel interview with 1012 respondents 16 and older -
Should taxes and spending increase, decrease or stay at the current level?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Feb 2014
Online Panel interview with 1012 respondents 16 and older -
Do you think your the value of state pensions would be higher, the same or lower in an independent Scotland?
Including results from 2 polls from Feb 2012 to Nov 2013
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Would Scotland would be financially better or worse off if it adopted the Euro?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Feb 2012
Online Panel interview with 1008 respondents 18 and older -
Who did you vote for with your regional vote (2011)?
Including results from 5 polls from Aug 2012 to May 2013
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Will voting SNP be more likely to help Labour or the Conservatives form a government?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Jan 2015
Online Panel interview with 1007 respondents 18 and older -
Do you think your personal finances will be better, the same or worse in an independent Scotland?
Including results from 3 polls from Feb 2012 to Jul 2014
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Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Nick Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister?
Including results from 4 polls from Mar 2011 to Apr 2015
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Should Scottish law be changed to allow doctors to assist the chronically ill in ending their lives?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Feb 2012
Online Panel interview with 1008 respondents 18 and older -
Do you think the amount spent on welfare and benefits will be higher, the same or lower in an independent Scotland?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Feb 2012
Online Panel interview with 1008 respondents 18 and older -
If you felt that the 2015 UK General Election would result in a Conservative-led government, how likely or unlikely would you be to vote for independence?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Oct 2012
Online Panel interview with 972 respondents 18 and older -
Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Jim Murphy as Scottish Labour leader? (Five response options)
Including results from 2 polls from Jan 2015 to Apr 2015
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If Scotland becomes independent will you have to pay more tax to fund services?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Feb 2014
Online Panel interview with 1012 respondents 16 and older -
Do you believe the funding of public services generally would rise or fall?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Nov 2013
Online Panel interview with 1006 respondents 16 and older -
Which currency option most likely to happen in an independent Scotland?
Sunday Times and Real Radio poll by Panelbase, Feb 2014
Online Panel interview with 1012 respondents 16 and older