This is an archive page showing opinion on the constitutional question over the course of the 2016-2021 Scottish Parliament term. For ease of reading and to keep a relatively consistent baseline on the website, the main page now shows only polling since the Scottish Parliament election on the 6th of May 2021.
The 5-poll average is an arbitrary measure that is provided to give some sense of how support is shifting over time. In countries with more regular polling, something like a 30-day average might be used, but given Scotland is lucky to see one poll a month outside of election campaign periods, we have to make do.
Headline Figures
This includes all three (or the three main, depending on if a poll counts refusals) options – Yes, No and Don’t Know. It’s generally wise to make sure that on this particular issue, you are aware of how many Don’t Knows there are, and don’t simply rely on the Yes-No figures when those are excluded.
Excluding Don't Knows
These will be the pure Yes-No figures you will often see reported. Whilst that is useful information, on a binary question like this, it has to be taken with some caution. Please make sure to bear the Don’t Knows from the above chart in mind.