Sunday Herald Topline Findings
As you may know, you will have two votes in the election for the Scottish Parliament on 6 May. The first is for a named candidate standing in your area, just like in a general election. The other vote is for a party, and people will be elected from lists that the parties put forward, according to the proportion of the total number of votes that each party wins.
As you may know, you will have two votes in the election for the Scottish Parliament on 6 May. The first is for a named candidate standing in your area, just like in a general election. The other vote is for a party, and people will be elected from lists that the parties put forward, according to the proportion of the total number of votes that each party wins.
MORI interviewed a representative sample of 1,000 people aged 18+. Interviews were conducted by MORI's telephone research centre On-Line Scotland between 27th-30th April 1999. Data are weighted to represent the profile of the population.
Q1a Thinking about the first vote, which party's candidate would you vote for, if the election for the Scottish Parliament were tomorrow?If undecided or refused
Q1b Which party's candidate are you most inclined to support?
Q2a And now, thinking about the second vote that you will have, to elect people from lists that the parties will put forward, which party list would you vote for if the election for the Scottish Parliament were tomorrow?If undecided or refused
Q2b Which party are you most inclined to support?
Q3 It seems likely that Labour will win the most seats in the Scottish Parliament, but not an overall majority. If Labour does not have a majority, would you like them to go ahead and try to govern in Scotland alone, or to form a coalition with some other party to form a coalition government in Scotland? - Base: All those who mentioned Labour at Q1/2
| % | |
| Govern alone | 38 |
| Form a coalition government | 49 |
| Don't know | 12 |
Q4 Which party would you like Labour to form a coalition with? - Base: All those who prefer a coalition, 222
| % | |
| Conservative | 3 |
| Liberal Democrat | 45 |
| Scottish National Party (SNP) | 37 |
| Green | 1 |
| Other | 3 |
| Don't know/no preference | 11 |
| All of them together | 1 |
Q5 From what you have heard in the campaign for the Scottish election so far, which party do you most agree with on their policies towards ... - Base: All
| 6-9 April | 27-30 April | Change | |
| % | % | 177 % | |
| Taxation | |||
| Conservative | 6 | 7 | +1 |
| Labour | 34 | 36 | +2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 5 | -1 |
| SNP | 22 | 21 | -1 |
| Other | * | 1 | +1 |
| None | 6 | 7 | +1 |
| Don't know | 26 | 24 | -2 |
| The war in Kosovo | |||
| Conservative | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Labour | 45 | 42 | -3 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 3 | +2 |
| SNP | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Other | - | 1 | +1 |
| None | 10 | 11 | +1 |
| Don't know | 30 | 29 | -1 |
| The governing of Scotland | |||
| Conservative | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Labour | 36 | 37 | +1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | 6 | +1 |
| SNP | 26 | 24 | -2 |
| Other | * | 1 | * |
| None | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Don't know | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| Education | |||
| Conservative | 4 | 5 | +1 |
| Labour | 32 | 35 | +3 |
| Liberal Democrats | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| SNP | 19 | 18 | -1 |
| Other | * | 1 | * |
| None | 5 | 7 | +2 |
| Don't know | 29 | 24 | -5 |
Q6 Do you think that the newspaper coverage of the election campaign has been biased in favour of any party, or do you think that it has been fair to all parties in its coverage?
| Party Support | |||||
| Total | Con | Lab | Lib Dem | SNP | |
| Base | 1,000 | 79 | 363 | 83 | 252 |
| % | % | % | % | % | |
| Biased to a party | 25 | 21 | 17 | 28 | 43 |
| Fair to all parties | 60 | 63 | 72 | 62 | 46 |
| Don't know | 15 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
Q7 Which party do you think the newspapers have been biased in favour of? - Base: 262
| Party Support | |||||
| Total | Con | Lab | Lib Dem | SNP | |
| % | % | % | % | % | |
| Labour | 71 | 68 | 60 | 73 | 85 |
| SNP | 18 | 40 | 27 | 20 | 8 |
| Liberal Democrat | 2 | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| Conservative | 5 | - | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| None | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | - |
| Different papers biased to different parties | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | - |
| Don't know | 5 | - | 7 | - | 2 |
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