Political Attitudes in Scotland for March 1998

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Research study conducted for the Mail on Sunday Newspaper MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 862 adults aged 18+ across Scotland between 26-27 March 1998.

 

Research study conducted for the Mail on Sunday Newspaper MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 862 adults aged 18+ across Scotland between 26-27 March 1998.

Q1 How would you vote if there were a General Election tomorrow? (If undecided or refused at Q1) Q2 Which party are you most inclined to support?
  %
Conservative 14
Labour 54
Liberal Democrats 9
SNP 22
Other 1
Would not vote 5
Undecided 5
Refused 3
Q3 In the long term, would you prefer ...
  7 Sept 97 1998
  % %
a devolved Scotland within the United Kingdom 37 40
a fully independent Scotland 37 47
Neither 22 9
Don't know 4 4

 

Q4 Do you think Scotland will or will not be a fully independent country in ...
  Will Will Not Don't Know
  % % %
Five years time 25 68 7
Fifteen years time 62 30 8
Fifty years time 75 17 8

 

And thinking now about the plans for a devolved Scottish Parliament Q5 Which party would you vote for if there were an election for a Scottish Parliament tomorrow? (If undecided or refused at Q5) Q6 Which party would you be most inclined to support?
  %
Conservative 39
Labour 42
Liberal Democrats 39
SNP 36
Other 14
Would not vote 5
Undecided 14
Refused 1

 

Q7 Which of the following would you most like to see as head, or First Minister, of a new Scottish Parliament?
  %
Donald Dewar 28
Robin Cook 39
Sean Connery 12
Alex Salmond 25
Jim Wallace 38
None of these 11
Don't know 7

 

Q8 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Donald Dewar is doing his job as Secretary of State for Scotland?
  %
Satisfied 61
Dissatisfied 28
Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied 11

 

Q9 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Alex Salmond is doing his job as leader of the SNP?
  %
Satisfied 62
Dissatisfied 26
Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied 12

 

Q10 Do you think the Labour Party has done a good job or a bad job for Scotland in its first year in Government?
  %
Good Job 58
Bad Job 34
Neither / Don't know 18

 

Q11 Do you think the Labour Party has done a good job or a bad job for Scotland in its first year in Government?
  %
Performance in general 13
NHS / waiting lists 11
Disabled benefit cuts 10
Tax increases / budget 39
Education cuts 38
Single parents allowance cuts 7
Student loans / tuition fees 7
Decision on site for Scottish Parliament 14
Do more for pensioners 14
Cuts in Council funding 3
Too similar to Tories 2
Glasgow Council / Pat Lally 1
Labour on local councils generally 1
Agriculture /environment 1
Sleaze / arrogance 1
Sean Connery knighthood issue *
Lord Chancellor / Lord Irvine / refurbishment costs *
Other 10
Nothing 27
Don't know 39

 

Q12 Generally speaking, do you think Tony Blair is in touch with the needs of the Scottish people or not?
  %
In touch with the needs of the people 46
Not in touch with the needs of the people 54

 

Q12 And do you think the Government should or should not have awarded the actor Sean Connery a knighthood?
  %
Should have awarded knighthood 59
Should not have awarded knighthood 36
Don't know 5

Technical details

MORI Scotland interviewed a representative quota sample of 862 adults aged 18+ across Scotland. Fieldwork was conducted face-to-face on 26-27 March 1998. Base: All respondents, unless stated. The voting intention figures exclude those who say they would not vote (5%), are undecided (5%) or refuse to name a party (3%). All figures are in percentages. Where percentages do not sum to 100, this may be due to multiple responses, the exclusion of don't knows or computer rounding. Data were weighted to match the profile of the population. An asterisk (*) denotes a figure between zero and 0.5%.

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