by Ailsa Henderson Before Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation as Scottish National Party leader and First Minister of Scotland, the biggest debate inside the SNP surrounded the… Read More »Constitution or Con-substitution? What Scottish voters want from the next General Election
Nicola Sturgeon’s surprise resignation last Wednesday coincided with the end of data collection on our latest Scottish Opinion Monitor (Scoop) survey. At first this timing… Read More »Scoop Monitor: I’m That Poll
Photo by Rico Meier on Unsplash In our previous blog we explained that Scottish voters had less respect for Boris Johnson but felt he was… Read More »Balmoral Blues? Scottish Attitudes to Conservative Leadership
On 14 June 2022 Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced the Scottish Government’s new series of white papers, titled “Independence in the modern world. Wealthier, happier, fairer: why not… Read More »Is there a mandate for IndyRef2? Evidence from the Scottish Election Study
Guest blog post by James David Griffiths, University of Manchester, Cardiff University and Welsh Election Study Scottish independence is at something of a stalemate. The… Read More »Risk and Reward – Why do People Support or Oppose Scottish Independence?
We have released the data and questionnaires for the first two SCOOP surveys, conducted by YouGov in December 2021 and March 2022. These are cross-sections… Read More »Data Release – Scottish Opinion Monitor (Dec 2021/March 2022)
To mark one year since the 2021 Holyrood election, as part of a week of SES events, we have released our report on the vote.… Read More »Election Report
We wrap up the first batch of our 2021 election posts with a deep-dive on the relative strength of support for Scottish independence versus staying… Read More »No in Pole Position – Holyrood 2021 Explained, Part Four
Fraser McMillan & Jac Larner Rather than confirming devolution within the United Kingdom as the country’s “settled will”, the 2014 independence referendum placed the constitutional… Read More »Long Read: Scotland’s Four Tribes