As the Salmond v Darling debate begins – Ipsos-Mori publishes a poll that gives Salmond and yes a boost
Yes are up 4% and No remains unchanged but since the start of the year No’s lead has fallen from 25 to 14.
Excluding don’t knows
UPDATE – POST DEBATE POLLING
Victory for Darling
A Guardian/ICM poll of viewers has concluded that Darling won the debate by 56pc to 44pc.
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Taking all 512 into account, the result was:
Alistair Darling 47% Alex Salmond 37%
Don’t Know 15%
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More from the Guardian/ICM:
Men: Darling 62% Salmond 38%
Women: Darling 52% Salmond 48%
— Dan Sabbagh (@dansabbagh) August 5, 2014
Salmond wins amongst middle aged says Gdn/ICM:
17-34: Darling 60% Salmond 40%
35-54 Darling 48% Salmond 52%
55+ Darling 61%; Salmond 39%
— Dan Sabbagh (@dansabbagh) August 5, 2014
Tonight's #ScotDecides #indyref @icmresearch debate poll versus Survation's pre-debate expectations attached: pic.twitter.com/aIvZ32x3KP
— Survation (@Survation) August 5, 2014
Guardian/ICM poll on the debate pic.twitter.com/v5TXR56tqI
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