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Personally I think on the lead part of the tables there should be text indicating how much one party is leading over the next closest party. This is due to Scotland becoming a 3 party system and the lead column should reflect that. Many people will suggest that doing this is unconventional however it has already been used in Opinion polling for the United Kingdom general election, 2010 for the CON / LAB / LIB race and European Parliament election, 2014 (United Kingdom) opinion polls with the CON / LAB / UKIP. JDuggan101 ( talk) 20:30, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
So a new poll from The Daily Record and Survation comes with a seat projection ( DR link / Survation). I don't know whether this is has been happening before but should we create a seat projection section? Jonjonjohny ( talk) 08:56, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
I know that the new Scot Goes Pop poll also included seat projections so I think this could be a good idea. Etonamore ( talk) 23:03, 24 January 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Etonamore ( talk • contribs) 17:55, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
Shouldn't we add columns for Other parties like the SSP if they're polled separately? That YouGov Times poll has the SSP on 2%, which is actually more than ChangeUK or UKIP are polling on the regional list. Akerbeltz ( talk) 12:43, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
For the latest Ipsos MORI poll are we using the "All (giving an opinion)" or "All 9/10 likely to vote" figures? Either way, we have them wrong. I'll adjust to "9/10 likely to vote" for now, as that is what they use in the headlines and there seems a good case to use the 9/10 likely to vote as that probably reflects what would happen on an election day. Looking at the PDF version of the tables the numbers are SNP/Lab/Con/LD/Green/Other=Ind+Other are: 58/14/18/8/1/2 (table 1 - Base : All), 58/13/19/8/1/1 (table 4 - Base : All 9/10 likely to vote). Rwendland ( talk) 20:08, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Although the Independence section of the Find Out Now/Electoral Calculus (for the Express) Poll has been published on the independence page, the Election polling has not been added here. Can it be added? (I do not actually know the breakdown).
Thank you for doing it!
Something has messed up the Table - the "Sample size" and "Date" boxes have moved sideways and all the data is now skewed - 30/3/2021 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.2.100.98 ( talk) 14:43, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
Does anyone have strong opinions on which way round the two tables should go? I had moved them so that the list vote came first (prompted in part by discussion at Talk:2021 Scottish Parliament election), as it determines the spread of seats overall and could be considered to reflect voter's intentions more clearly than the constituency vote (as some parties such as the Greens don't stand in many constituencies). However an IP reverted this earlier today, saying that the constituency vote is more important as there are more constituencies (73) than list seats (56). Thanks, PinkPanda272 ( talk/ contribs) 15:51, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
The party hasn't been included in any opinion polls (either constituency or regional) since 3 November 2020 (where it polled at 1%) and it doesn't appear it’s going to be included again any time soon. I would advocate removing it as we did in a similar matter here. Helper201 ( talk) 14:05, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
AFU have appeared in only one poll. It seems silly to include them in a table and the graph on that basis. I suggest removing the AFU column/line. A footnote on the Other result an indicate their result in that one poll. Bondegezou ( talk) 07:22, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
The polling for Alba is in the 2-3% range. AFU have shown up at 4%. Including one and excluding the other smacks of bias. AFU are essentially hoping to pull off the same trick as Alba in terms of gaming the t'hondt counting system. I think that if polling data is available it ought to be shown. RERTwiki ( talk) 20:15, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi. Over at polling for Scottish Independence, there was a suggestion to chart the recent polls as well as just the long term. The recent trends are entirely obscure in the long term graph, and are really what people are interested in at this time. In Excel it is just a case of restricting the range of the time axis, but I don't know how the chart is being built.
Could whoever does the charts consider this suggestion? RERTwiki ( talk) 20:22, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
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Personally I think on the lead part of the tables there should be text indicating how much one party is leading over the next closest party. This is due to Scotland becoming a 3 party system and the lead column should reflect that. Many people will suggest that doing this is unconventional however it has already been used in Opinion polling for the United Kingdom general election, 2010 for the CON / LAB / LIB race and European Parliament election, 2014 (United Kingdom) opinion polls with the CON / LAB / UKIP. JDuggan101 ( talk) 20:30, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
So a new poll from The Daily Record and Survation comes with a seat projection ( DR link / Survation). I don't know whether this is has been happening before but should we create a seat projection section? Jonjonjohny ( talk) 08:56, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
I know that the new Scot Goes Pop poll also included seat projections so I think this could be a good idea. Etonamore ( talk) 23:03, 24 January 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Etonamore ( talk • contribs) 17:55, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
Shouldn't we add columns for Other parties like the SSP if they're polled separately? That YouGov Times poll has the SSP on 2%, which is actually more than ChangeUK or UKIP are polling on the regional list. Akerbeltz ( talk) 12:43, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
For the latest Ipsos MORI poll are we using the "All (giving an opinion)" or "All 9/10 likely to vote" figures? Either way, we have them wrong. I'll adjust to "9/10 likely to vote" for now, as that is what they use in the headlines and there seems a good case to use the 9/10 likely to vote as that probably reflects what would happen on an election day. Looking at the PDF version of the tables the numbers are SNP/Lab/Con/LD/Green/Other=Ind+Other are: 58/14/18/8/1/2 (table 1 - Base : All), 58/13/19/8/1/1 (table 4 - Base : All 9/10 likely to vote). Rwendland ( talk) 20:08, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Although the Independence section of the Find Out Now/Electoral Calculus (for the Express) Poll has been published on the independence page, the Election polling has not been added here. Can it be added? (I do not actually know the breakdown).
Thank you for doing it!
Something has messed up the Table - the "Sample size" and "Date" boxes have moved sideways and all the data is now skewed - 30/3/2021 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.2.100.98 ( talk) 14:43, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
Does anyone have strong opinions on which way round the two tables should go? I had moved them so that the list vote came first (prompted in part by discussion at Talk:2021 Scottish Parliament election), as it determines the spread of seats overall and could be considered to reflect voter's intentions more clearly than the constituency vote (as some parties such as the Greens don't stand in many constituencies). However an IP reverted this earlier today, saying that the constituency vote is more important as there are more constituencies (73) than list seats (56). Thanks, PinkPanda272 ( talk/ contribs) 15:51, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
The party hasn't been included in any opinion polls (either constituency or regional) since 3 November 2020 (where it polled at 1%) and it doesn't appear it’s going to be included again any time soon. I would advocate removing it as we did in a similar matter here. Helper201 ( talk) 14:05, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
AFU have appeared in only one poll. It seems silly to include them in a table and the graph on that basis. I suggest removing the AFU column/line. A footnote on the Other result an indicate their result in that one poll. Bondegezou ( talk) 07:22, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
The polling for Alba is in the 2-3% range. AFU have shown up at 4%. Including one and excluding the other smacks of bias. AFU are essentially hoping to pull off the same trick as Alba in terms of gaming the t'hondt counting system. I think that if polling data is available it ought to be shown. RERTwiki ( talk) 20:15, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi. Over at polling for Scottish Independence, there was a suggestion to chart the recent polls as well as just the long term. The recent trends are entirely obscure in the long term graph, and are really what people are interested in at this time. In Excel it is just a case of restricting the range of the time axis, but I don't know how the chart is being built.
Could whoever does the charts consider this suggestion? RERTwiki ( talk) 20:22, 11 April 2021 (UTC)