Scoop Monitor: I’m That Poll
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
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
Full November 2022 Scoop tables available here.On the morning of Wednesday the 23rd of November, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom released its judgement… Read More »Scoop Monitor: Support for Scottish independence has risen, but why?
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
It isn’t possible to talk about the rise of Scottish nationalism in the 1980s without encountering the idea that Margaret Thatcher was, ultimately, its handmaiden.… Read More »From the Iron Lady to Big Dog: How Scots Feel About Johnson Compared to Thatcher and Why It Matters
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?
The two-wave SES 2021 survey dataset has now been released on GitHub. This beta release, which combines both waves of the panel, comes accompanied with… Read More »Data Release – SES 2021 Panel Survey
To mark one year since the 2021 Holyrood elections, the Scottish Election Study will be hosting a series of data launches, analyses and events on… Read More »9th-13th May 2022 – Scottish Election Study Bonanza Week
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
Each fresh poll comes with its projections about how the electoral map will be coloured in and the seats divided between the parties. Those projections… Read More »Projecting the 2021 Scottish Parliament Constituency Results in the Regions: Beware the Uniform Swing