England 4 - Spain/Portugal 3: Scots back England World Cup bid - just!
On the eve of FIFA's decision about who will host the 2018 World Cup, more Scots have chosen England as their favoured host, in front of the other two main contenders according to a new survey by Ipsos Scotland.
On the eve of FIFA's decision about who will host the 2018 World Cup, more Scots have chosen England as their favoured host, in front of the other two main contenders. More than four in Scots (42%) back the bid from south of the border while three in ten (30%) chose the joint bid from Spain and Portugal and only 7% backed the bid from Russia. Support for the England bid was consistent among all key demographic groups, though there were some differences along lines of party support. Those who reported that they support the SNP were less likely to support the England bid (37%) than those who support Labour (45%), Liberal Democrats (50%) or Conservative (52%).
Technical Note
- Results are based on a survey of 1,001 respondents160conducted by telephone between 18th November and 21st160 November 2010
- Data are weighted by age, sex and working status using census data, and tenure using SHS 2007-2008 data
- An asterisk (*) indicates a percentage of less than 0.5% but greater than 0.
- Where results do not sum to 100, this may be due to multiple responses or computer rounding
- Where the base size is less than 30 the number (N) rather than the percentage of respondents is given160
- Results are based on all respondents (1,001) unless otherwise stated.
