Three separate polls have given the "no" campaign just a marginal lead one day ahead of a Scottish referendum on independence from the United Kingdom. Both sides are embarking on one last charm offensive, reports GHN based on DW.
Three separate opinion polls showed Scottish supporters of staying within the United Kingdom had a slight lead over their compatriots favoring independence. However, all three polls also put the number of undecided voters higher than the four-percent advantage held by the "no" campaign. Pollsters ICM, Opinium and Survation conducted the separate counts.
"It's very tight," John Curtice, a professor of politics at Strathclyde University, told the Scotsman newspaper, which commissioned the ICM poll. "At the moment it looks as if the 'yes' campaign is going to fall agonizingly short from their perspective. But I have always said this is the 'no' campaign's to lose and it certainly looks as if they have got pretty close to that."
Historically, polls on Scottish independence tended to show a clearer margin in favor of staying within the UK - but the gap narrowed considerably in the late stages leading up to the referendum.
On Thursday, almost 4.3 million people - residents of Scotland who are also eligible to vote - will be asked the question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?"