With less than a year until Scotland votes on independence, a new poll reveals voting intentions have not changed since the referendum date was announced.
Ipsos Mori’s poll for STV news found that among those certain to vote in the referendum, 31% would vote yes if the vote was held today compared with 59% who would vote no and 10% who are undecided.
A closer look at the poll also reveals that, among those who are certain to vote and have definitely decided how they will vote, the no vote continues to lead the yes vote by a margin of two to one (67% v 33%).
Among undecided voters, around a third are inclined to vote yes (35%), while a similar proportion are inclined to vote no (31%).
In line with previous polls, it revealed clear differences by gender and levels of affluence.
Men are more likely to vote yes than women, while those from the most deprived areas are more likely to vote yes than those from the most affluent parts of the country.
Attitudes towards independence broadly follow party lines, although a rising number of SNP supporters now intend to vote no.
The proportion of SNP supporters intending to vote yes has declined from 76% in June 2012 to 68% this month, while the proportion of Labour voters intending to vote yes has increased from 8% in June 2012 to 16% today.
Three-quarters of Labour supporters (75%), four in five Liberal Democrat supporters (80%) and almost all Tory supporters (98%) intend to vote No.
Christopher McLean, senior researcher at Ipsos Mori Scotland, said: “It is clear that the Scots who remain undecided will become increasingly important as we enter the final year.”