Investing.com - A poll released on Wednesday revealed that a majority of Scots will vote to remain in the European Union (EU), clashing with recent U.K.-wide polls pointing to a preference for leaving, otherwise known as a Brexit.
Even as several polls of British citizens appeared to suggest that the “Leave” campaign for the June 23 referendum on the U.K.’s membership was gaining ground, a survey from Ipsos Mori carried out for STV news suggested that the majority of Scots would back the “Remain” option.
Specifically, the poll found that, among those who are likely to vote next week, 58% would vote for the U.K. to stay in the EU while 33% support Brexit and 8% are undecided.
“Once we have removed undecided voters, 64% back Remain and 36% Brexit,” the surveyor said.
“It has been apparent from polling for a long time that Scots are more likely to back continued U.K. membership of the EU than voters in other parts of the U.K., especially in England,” Mark Diffley, director at Ipsos Mori Scotland, said in the release.
When Scotland voted back in September 2014 on its own membership within the U.K., 3.6 million Scots decided to remain.
The Ipsos Morli poll also questioned respondents on whether a victory for Brexit would make them reconsider their membership in the U.K.
It found that Scots are split on whether a U.K. vote to leave the EU, when Scots vote to stay in, would trigger a second independence referendum.
According to the findings, 47% agreed that there should be a second referendum within two years while 45% disagreed.