Wednesday, March 24, 2010

SNP take rare lead in YouGov subsample

I hesitated about posting this, because it's only a few hours until the details of a newer poll are published, which in all probability will show a completely different picture. However, on reflection I think it is well worthy of note that, for the first time in ages, a GB-wide YouGov poll (published in Tuesday's Sun) has shown an SNP lead in its Scottish subsample. Here are the full figures -

SNP 27% (+10)
Labour 24% (-10)
Conservatives 23% (-4)
Liberal Democrats 18% (+5)
Others 7% (-2)


Labour's low percentage once again gives the lie to the CyberTory delusion that the tightening GB-wide lead (just four points in this case) can be easily explained away by Labour racking up votes 'where it doesn't need them' in its Scottish heartlands.

2 comments:

  1. "I hesitated about posting this"

    Jinx. Jinx. JINX!

    YouGov The Sun 24/03/10, Scottish subsample:

    Lab 43, Con 27, SNP 16, LD 8, BNP 2, Grn 1, Oth 2


    Oh, for the halcyon days when the SNP used to aggregate various polls showing the Nats in a heroic lead. Nowadays, I'm probably not the only one to be delighted to see the SNP a couple of points ahead of the Tories.

    God. I really need to do something more productive.

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  2. Ah well, that's very similar to the figures on Sunday. Tomorrow is a new day!

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