From: billp@pcsbst.pcs.com (Bill Potter)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.celtic
Subject: Election News
Date: 7 Apr 92 14:35:30 GMT
Reply-To: billp@pcsbst.pcs.com (Bill Potter)
Organization: PCS Computer Systeme GmbH

On the way back from a week's pounding in the Minch and casting 
my vote in the election (I got to do it ahead of time) I picked 
up a "Scotland on Sunday" for the flight back.


SoS opinion poll of 1133 interviews in 66 of the 72 constituencies
on April 2-3. Margin of error +-3% Differences to poll on 28-30 March.

ELECTION
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Labour  43% (+5)
SNP     27% (-4)
Tory    18% (-3)
LibDem  11% (+1)
Green    1% (-0)

CONSTITUTION
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Independence outwith EC     8% (+1)
Independence in EC         26% (-0)
Devolution                 40% (-2)
Status quo                 20% (-6)

In detail:

For running Scotland as a 
whole would you like to see:  All   Lab   SNP   Con   Lib
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An independent Scotland         8     6    20     1     7 
separate from England and
Wales and the European 
Community
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An independent Scotland        26    23    54     6    19
separate from both England 
and Wales but part of the 
European Community
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Scotland remaining part of     40    51    22    32    61 
the UK but with its own
devolved assembly with some
taxation and spending powers
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No change from the present     20    16     2    61    11 
system
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No opinion                      5     4     2     -     2
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Do you agree or diagree with the following statement:

There should be a referendum on how Scotland should be governed in the
future irrespective of who wins the election.

              All    Lab    SNP    Con    Lib
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Agree          77     78     90     59     85
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Disagree       15     14      5     32     12
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Don't know      8      9      5      9      3
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Which two or three issues will be most important to you in
deciding which party to vote for in the next general election?

NHS                       53%
Unemployment/
lack of industry          48%
Education                 34%
Poll Tax/paying for
local government          32%
Economic situation/
standard of living        17%
Housing                   16%
Law and order             15%
Financial help for 
the needy                 15%
Scottish Parliament/
Independence/Devlolution  14%
Environment/pollution      8%
Taxes                      8%
Nuclear wastes             6%
Defence                    5%
Strikes/Industrial action  1%



Sunday Times opinion poll reported in SoS

ELECTION
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Labour  44% (+2)
SNP     23% (-4)
Tory    21% (+1)
LibDem  12% (+2)

CONSTITUTION
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Independence    28% (-6)
Devolution      45% (+1)
Status quo    	23% (+1)

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