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News says around 90% went to vote.
Final result is expected to be published in 9 hours.
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Scottish Independence (?)
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News says around 90% went to vote. Final result is expected to be published in 9 hours. YouTube Video Placeholder Oooh! Also, this:
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I very much doubt they voted yes, I expect to wake up tomorrow to a no vote.
Exit polls last showed something like 46% yes and 54% no.
Cerberus.Tidis said: » I very much doubt they voted yes, I expect to wake up tomorrow to a no vote. Yeah, from the results coming in it looks like it will not be a tight race. But the majority of votes aren't in yet. One area: Quote: ORKNEY RESULT "No" wins by 10,004 to 4,883, or 67% to 33%. There was a turnout of 83.7% It looks like they're not going independent after all. The votes are in, and the source I read said 45% for independence, 55% against.
Looks like the voting wasn't too far from the exit polls.
Quote: The Scottish electorate's rejection of independence was greeted with delight by Prime Minister David Cameron, who said that the victory margin of around 55%-45% had settled the issue "for a generation... perhaps for a lifetime". Speaking outside Downing Street, Mr Cameron said he would ensure that commitments to further devolution to Scotland made during the campaign would be "honoured in full". Earlier, Scottish National Party First Minister Alex Salmond acknowledged that his dream of leading his nation to independence was over, telling supporters in Edinburgh: "Scotland has by a majority decided not at this stage to become an independent country. "I accept that verdict of the people and I call on all of Scotland to follow suit in accepting the democratic verdict of the people of Scotland." Turnout in the referendum on Scottish independence hit a record high for any election held in the UK since the introduction of universal suffrage in 1918. I did say I'd wake up to a no vote.
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The Scottish make a declaration of dependence.
The battle is over but the European push for independence has just begun.
The win for dependence wasn't a strong one, nearly half the country wanted to break free of the UK. This isn't going to go away.
So I say this. Divide the country in two; the half closest to England remains part of the UK, while the furthest half breaks free and renames itself West Korea. Offline
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Fenrir.Atheryn said: » The win for dependence wasn't a strong one, nearly half the country wanted to break free of the UK. This isn't going to go away. So I say this. Divide the country in two; the half closest to England remains part of the UK, while the furthest half breaks free and renames itself West Korea. Fenrir.Atheryn said: » The win for dependence wasn't a strong one, nearly half the country wanted to break free of the UK. This isn't going to go away. So I say this. Divide the country in two; the half closest to England remains part of the UK, while the furthest half breaks free and renames itself West Korea. But this isn't the first time Scotland has voted over independence, and each time the margin seems to decrease. Give it another decade or 2 and they may actually vote in favour of independence. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/ampp3d/scotland-referendum-who-voted-yes-4286743
Interesting stats even if it is the lolmirror. It is interesting to see the massive difference between the most elderly voters and the youngest voters, effectively a 70-30 vote in each direction for the 2 age groups, with the 65+ age group effectively winning the vote. What about the 16-17 year olds? Honestly I'd put it down to lack of exposure to the real world and a lack of real education on the facts of the independence movement. It's an opinion but I very much doubt the majority of 16+17 year old were particularly informed of the plus + minus points of independence and were probably just voting for a sort of patriotic love for their country. I'd suggest if there were another vote in 10 years time the gap will be even smaller, hell they may even vote for independence but take those 16+17 year olds, I'd doubt very much that 71& would vote for independence again, it would probably be much lower in 10 years when they're in the 25-34 age group. Similarly, I doubt the 65+ age group of 10 years in the future will vote so strongly against independence, the one major point here though is that Britain, like many developed countries has an ageing population, there could well be a higher percentage of those aged 65+ so perhaps would lend more support to future "No" votes. |
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