Politics

Ipsos’s Scotland Political Monitor, run in partnership with STV News, finds support for the SNP remains at very high levels ahead of the May 2021 Scottish Parliament elections.

Latest research from Ipsos shows that when given the choice, more Britons opt for Government to act quickly even if that means not all the evidence is available over waiting, when it comes to a crisis.

New polling from Ipsos for BBC Scotland shows that ratings of how well Boris Johnson has handled the coronavirus pandemic have fallen since May. While ratings of Nicola Sturgeon have also fallen a little, public ratings of how she has handled the pandemic remain far higher.

Favourability ratings for Johnson, Starmer, the Conservatives and Labour largely unmoved following a new national lockdown in England and Corbyn's suspension.

Political opinion polls come under great scrutiny in the run-up to elections and their reputation can swing between criticism and praise in the wake of results. But, if you want to make some sense of the state of opinion at any moment in time, you absolutely need polls. This paper puts polling under the researcher’s spotlight.

In most of 24 countries surveyed, more would vote for Biden than for Trump in the U.S. presidential election and expect Biden to win it; but many are concerned about the impact of fake news.

Our new poll shows an 11 percentage point increase in the number of Britons claiming to be following the coronavirus rules.

While few believe Trump would have a positive impact on the UK's relationship with the US, more are hopeful about Biden

Ipsos’s Scottish Political Monitor, run in partnership with STV News, finds the highest level of support for independence yet recorded among the Scottish public.