Full question: As you may know, the Scottish Government is currently looking at different options to prove whether or not there is a democratic mandate for Scottish independence, to establish their right to demand a start to negotiations with the UK Government over Scottish independence. Leaving aside your own current view on independence, would you say there would be a proven democratic mandate for Scottish independence if ….A majority of voters vote for pro‐independence parties, like the SNP, at the next UK General Election, but there is no explicit referendum on the subject?

All questions relevant to this website that were asked on the same poll:

• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of Nicola Sturgeon?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of Douglas Ross?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of Anas Sarwar?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of Keir Starmer?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of Boris Johnson?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of Liz Truss?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of Rishi Sunak?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of Scottish Labour?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of the Scottish Conservatives?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of the Scottish Liberal Democrats?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of the Scottish Greens?
• Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of the Scottish National Party?
• When, if at all, do you think there should be another referendum on Scottish independence? (2023/2024-6/after 2026/never)
• How convincing do you find the argument that Scotland should be independent because the UK is leaving the EU even though Scotland voted to Remain?
• How convincing do you find the argument that Scotland should be independent because Westminster governments cannot be trusted to act in Scotland’s interests?
• How convincing do you find the argument that Scotland should be independent because, in the long term, Scotland’s economy will be stronger outside the UK than within it?
• How convincing do you find the following argument for Scottish independence: people in Scotland want to take the country in a very different political direction to England?
• How convincing do you find the argument that Scotland gets the best of both worlds from having its own devolved Parliament and also being part of the UK?
• How convincing do you find the argument that leaving the UK and becoming an independent country would be a major risk for Scotland’s economy and jobs?
• How convincing do you find the argument that leaving the UK would leave Scotland isolated and weaker on the international stage?
• How convincing do you find the following argument for Scotland staying part of the UK: ‘In spite of current challenges, the different countries of the UK still have more in common than divides us’?
• Do you think there would be a democratic mandate for Scottish independence if a majority of voters vote Yes to independence in a referendum that both the Scottish and UK Governments agree to hold?
• Do you think there would be a democratic mandate for Scottish independence if a majority of voters vote Yes to independence in a referendum held by the Scottish Government without the agreement of the UK Government?
• Do you think there would be a democratic mandate for Scottish independence if a majority of voters vote for pro-independence parties at the next General Election, but there is no explicit referendum on the subject?
• To what extent, if at all, do you have a favourable or unfavourable opinion of Liz Truss?