Scot goes Pop!

James Kelly analyses opinion polling from a pro-independence perspective, trying to explain how voting for Holyrood elections, under the d’Hondt system really works .

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The new Redfield & Wilton poll is a big wake - up call for SNP members - they simply cannot afford the luxury of choosing a leader as unpopular as Humza Yousaf
8th Mar 2023 - James Kelly - 47 views
A week or two ago, the SNP establishment were trying to drive Kate Forbes out of public life completely by saying her religious views made her unfit for high office. These people are not ideally placed to now claim Forbes is being uncollegiate in simply pointing out Humza Yousaf was a Transport Minister who couldn't get the trains to run on time
8th Mar 2023 - James Kelly - 26 views
Past precedent suggests the vast majority of Ash Regan's voters will transfer to another candidate on the final count - which is good news for Kate Forbes
6th Mar 2023 - James Kelly - 28 views
Suggested questions for the SNP leadership hustings
4th Mar 2023 - James Kelly - 24 views
Data tables from the poll of SNP members show that Kate Forbes has a big lead among older SNP members - and she would need just *76%* of Ash Regan's second preferences to become the next First Minister
3rd Mar 2023 - James Kelly - 21 views
Dramatic boost for Kate Forbes as first poll of SNP members suggests she will become First Minister if she receives the lion's share of Ash Regan's second preferences
3rd Mar 2023 - James Kelly - 39 views
Update on Scot Goes Pop's plans for the coming period (including a new opinion poll)
2nd Mar 2023 - James Kelly - 30 views
Scot Goes Pop On The Spot: Relive ALL THE DRAMA of the first hustings for the SNP leadership election
2nd Mar 2023 - James Kelly - 43 views
Kate Forbes is now very close to resuming her place as betting favourite
28th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 26 views
We need to stop wrongly referring to Humza Yousaf as "the continuity candidate". By even flirting with the idea of making him First Minister, the SNP are sleepwalking into a revolutionary break from Sturgeon, Salmond and every other previous leader. For the first time, they would cease to be a party seriously attempting to win independence
27th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 42 views
The case for thinking this contest is winnable for Kate Forbes
26th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 46 views
Kate Forbes holds a clear lead in yet another poll - this time from Panelbase
25th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 35 views
If the SNP emerges from this leadership election as a party in which Adam Tomkins and his views would fit comfortably, something will have gone catastrophically wrong somewhere
25th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 43 views
UPDATE: Boost for Kate Forbes as it emerges today's poll showing her in the lead was conducted almost entirely post - witch - hunt
24th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 28 views
New poll reveals Kate Forbes is the big favourite of SNP voters to succeed Nicola Sturgeon
24th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 25 views
Yet more disastrous poll numbers for Humza Yousaf, this time from YouGov. Somehow, some way, the SNP have got to avoid chucking themselves headlong into the Humza Hole
22nd Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 47 views
Some free advice to Kate Forbes and her campaign team (before it's too late)
21st Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 51 views
The self - styled SNP "realists" need to get real about this - you have picked the wrong champion in Humza Yousaf. Even if staying in government is all you care about, he is the candidate who will lose you that
21st Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 51 views
Angus Robertson's decision leaves us with a fascinating contest - because the current SNP elite are now fighting an against - the - odds battle to retain power
20th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 46 views
Ash Regan electrifies the SNP leadership contest with an unashamedly crystal - clear plan for winning independence, of the sort that the Yes movement has been crying out for since 2016
19th Feb 2023 - James Kelly - 62 views