OVER 34,000 Sunday Herald readers say they would vote for Scottish independence.
In a poll conducted by us on the HeraldScotland website - shared with our sister paper The Herald - 80% of over 40,000 people who completed the poll said that if a second independence referendum was called today they would vote to leave the UK.
After less than 36 hours of the poll going online a total of 34,307 people said they would back Scottish independence a second time around, while 7135 said they would vote no and 1269 said they didn't know.
Sunday Herald editor Neil Mackay said: "Self-evidently this is not a scientific poll, and there is of course an element of self-selection among readers of a pro-independence newspaper in their decision to vote, but we are nonetheless staggered at the number of respondents and their overwhelming support for a second independence referendum."
Meanwhile, the Sunday Herald has been contacted by hundreds of readers, who said that although they voted no to independence in September 2014, they would now vote to leave the UK if given the chance.
Graham McCusker, a 24-year-old insurance claims handler from Glasgow, said that he would now vote yes. "I have felt slightly let down since Better Together won, but Friday's result was the final nail in the coffin for me," he said in an email. "I no longer want to be part of a united nation which doesn't represent me."
David Ward, 44, an English graphic designer who has lived in Scotland since 2000 said he voted no in 2014 because he still had too many questions about what independence would mean. "Politics moves quickly but this morning I stood in my garden with my morning coffee wishing I'd voted Yes and wanting so much to be Scottish," he added.
And Fraser White, a 27-year-old secretary from Calton in Glasgow, added: "The threat of leaving the EU made me vote No along with the belief that nations states are better united than being a solitary force. That belief chose me to vote Remain too. Now, a UK outside the EU and the likely hood of right wing governments for the next ten years makes me queasy. A second independence referendum would be a referendum on a union with one nation or a union with many for me."
Many took to twitter to out themselves as future campaigners for independence.
Mike Dailly, Principle Solicitor at Glasgow's Govan Law Centre, tweeted: "We need a second Scottish independence referendum this year - I'll campaign for Yes; and Scotland needs to start negotiating to join the EU".
And Stuart Young, a student at Stirling University tweeted: "So I voted no in #indyref all my friends know this, now @NicolaSturgeon please give me the chance to show'em I've changed my mind #indyref2"
Author JK Rowling, a fierce supporter of the Better Together campaign until now, also hinted that she may change her mind. Responding to the BBC’s James Cook, she said: "Staunch opponent implies I was pro-Union no matter what, which was never the case. Many No voters will think again now."
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