Sentences with phrase «independence referendum voters»

In the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum voters chose to remain in the UK by 55 % to 45 %, but only after the PM David Cameron had promised new powers for Scotland's government.

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Last October, Catalonia's leaders defied the Spanish government by holding an independence referendum; 90 % of Catalans voted sí (although only 42 % of registered voters went to the polls).

Scotland votes «no» on independence: On Sept. 18, 2014, Scottish voters will answer a referendum question more than 300 years in the making: «Should Scotland become an independent country?»

Though turnout in the referendum was only around 40 %, voters overwhelmingly favored independence, and it was unclear to what extent the tough response from the Spanish authorities may have galvanized additional support for a breakaway.

Since the 2014 referendum Scottish voters have been increasingly polarised along constitutional lines, with supporters of independence generally backing the SNP and opponents increasingly coalescing behind the Conservatives.

But, aware that the prospect of a second referendum plays badly with even moderate «Yes» voters, the SNP will spend the next six weeks playing down the independence dimension while the Tories place it at the centre of their campaign, an attempt to turn the general election into a referendum on a referendum.

Unsurprisingly, one of the best predictors of vote intention in the independence referendum is a voter's national identity.

The Scottish independence referendum, in which voters north of the border will be asked «should Scotland be an independent country?»

In the Scottish independence referendum, 2014, 55.30 % of the voters rejected Scottish independence.

As the Scottish independence referendum campaign enters its final stages, both sides will still be hoping that they can persuade as many voters as possible that their side is right.

Arguably, issues of democracy and self - government gain currency when they are tied to a compelling ideological vision, as happened with the recent independence referendum in Scotland that mobilised thousands of people, including a large a swathe of new voters, in support of political autonomy not as an end in itself, but to create a more just and equal society.

Meanwhile, Scottish voters are tactically voting to oust SNP MPs - and in some cases SNP voters have crossed over directly to vote against a second independence referendum.

As Figure 3 shows, SNP voters are highly likely to believe that there will be another independence referendum in the next 10 years.

On the other hand, if the Scottish government fails to achieve this or gain enough support for a second independence referendum, Labour could claim to have a credible alternative that voters can support in a Scottish election.

Divisive, but positive: Watch voters in Edinburgh give their take on the Scottish independence referendum

Ed Miliband will appeal to Scottish voters» desire for «social justice» in his biggest intervention yet in the independence referendum campaign.

Watch voters from outside of Scotland's big cities, give their take on the independence referendum.

But the referendum battle over the future of the UK concerns Scotland - based voters alone, and the outcome of the independence referendum is likely to be determined by the current 10 or 15 per cent of the «don't know» Scottish electors, mostly in Scotland's central belt.

Other factors will determine the outcome of the Scottish independence referendum in eight months» time, though polls do seem to suggest that «pocket book» issues are important for swing voters in the referendum.

In Scotland, a year on from the independence referendum, many radical Yes voters are considering whether they can be part of a Corbyn - led movement.

In the independence referendum the SNP appeal to Labour voters was based on a highly positive, if rather romantic, view of Scotland's future and the entire population was highly engaged in the debate.

This summary covers BES activities over the past year as well as activities which fall under a linked study funded under the ESRC Future of UK and Scotland Program «The Scottish Independence Referendum and the British voter: an enhancement to the British Election Study Internet Panel».

Meanwhile, 25 % of Welsh voters support holding an independence referendum, while 52 % oppose it.

The SNP surge which so dramatically changed the face of Westminster politics in 2015 appears to be over, as voters appeared to respond negatively to Nicola Sturgeon pressing for a second Independence referendum.

The island will hold a nonbinding referendum on its political status Sunday, giving voters a choice between statehood, independence or status quo.

Secondly, a poll conducted by the Mail on Sunday last weekend showed that only 26 % of voters who will be 16 and 17 at the time of the referendum support independence.

Those voters switching from Labour at Westminster to SNP at Holyrood appear less opposed to Scottish independence than other Labour voters but it is difficult to see how Alex Salmond could possibly win a referendum anyway with opponents of independence outnumbering supporters by about 2 - to - 1.

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The SNP candidate has not yet completed her undergraduate degree in at the University of Glasgow and has courted controversy during her campaign, declaring that she had fantasised about «putting the nut» on Labour councillors and referring to No voters in the independence referendum as «gullible» and «selfish».

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has said «No» voters in last week's independence referendum were «tricked» by a late vow of more devolved powers.

Yet the same voters who would reward the SNP with a landslide would not necessarily deliver a «yes» vote in a fresh independence referendum.

Puerto Rico will hold a non-binding referendum on June 11th, with voters having the option of supporting statehood, independence or continuing the current commonwealth status.

A major study of how voters» attitudes evolve in the run up to the 2014 independence referendum and beyond is being undertaken as part of the 2014 - 17 British Election Study.

Consultation on the British Election Study of What Voters Think and How They Behave in the 2014 Independence Referendum — and Afterwards The British Election Study Team — together with the Future of UK and Scotland Initiative — hosted a seminar on the afternoon of...

Consultation on the British Election Study of What Voters Think and How They Behave in the 2014 Independence Referendum — and Afterwards

Alex Salmond today said he would be standing down as Scotland's First Minister and Scottish National Party leader after voters in Scotland rejected independence in an historic referendum.

Scottish voters don't regard the EU referendum with the same importance as the independence vote of 2014.

Following the September 2014 Scottish independence referendum, the Barnett formula came to widespread attention amid concerns that in a last - minute government bid to sway voters against independence, Scotland had been promised continued high public spending.

Cameron, who is expected to set out plans next month for a referendum on British membership of the EU, has received a blow as polling shows that such a move is unlikely to impress former Tory voters who are expressing support for the UK Independence party (Ukip).

The poll implies that Scottish voters have been deeply disillusioned with Labour, only a month after the party successfully spearheaded the no campaign's victory in the Scottish independence referendum.

In referendum after referendum, Puerto Rico's voters have overwhelmingly rejected independence.

The former British Chancellor Alistair Darling is currently heading the Better Together campaign to persuade voters in Scotland not to support independence in the 2014 referendum.

Sturgeon announced that she was instructing Scottish government officials to draft fresh referendum legislation for Holyrood, only two years after her party lost the first independence vote in 2014, to ensure it could be held quickly if enough Scottish voters backed it.

Young voters in the referendum on Scottish independence share their thoughts with one year to go to 18 September 2014.

And the yes voters, 73 % of whom are apparently in the market for a second referendum within five years, might well reflect that all the commissions thus far — from the constitutional convention which delivered devolution through Labour's Calman commission updating the Scotland Act, to the latest Smith proposals, share one arresting component: all appear to have a built - in obsolescence — as the independence debate stubbornly refuses to shut down.

Urging Labour voters who had backed independence to support his vision for the party, he claimed Labour had «so much more in common with [those who] voted «Yes» in the referendum than we do with many of the political leaders who campaigned for «No» on the 18th of September».