Public opinion

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Recent polling shows opinion on independence roughly evenly split.1

Polling average

Pollster (client)FieldworkSampleYesNoDon't know
Find Out Now (The National)211–19 Dec 20251,00050%44%6%

A single poll is not an average. We will show an average once we have recent polls from several pollsters.

Our method

  • We only include polls by members of the British Polling Council, which publish their tables.
  • We use each pollster's most recent poll, so no single company dominates the average.
  • We show results both with and without “don't know”, and we give the fieldwork dates, not the publication dates.
  • Polls have margins of error. A difference of a few points is usually not meaningful.

Sources

  1. Institute for Government, Scottish independence (explainer), updated 29 May 2026.
  2. Find Out Now, Scottish polling for The National.