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Will Scotland vote Yes or No to upcoming referendum which will ask "should Scotland be an independent country?"?

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<h2 id="h_recent-developments">Recent Developments</h2>
<p>The Economist reports pro-union forces ahead and discusses the potential impact of undecided voters towards a Yes-vote. [1] </p>
<p>Two polls just two weeks before the referendum point to narrowing gap: [3]</p>
<ul><li>The Sunday Times even sees Yes ahead with 51 vs 49 % with a 2 % margin of error. However, the same research institue, Yougov, saw a gap of 22 % just one month before which raises some questions about reliability of their forecasts.
</li><li>At the same time, a poll by ‘Yes Scotland’ itself still sees "No" leading with 52% to 48% but also points to a close result.
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<h2 id="h_the-outcome">The outcome</h2>
<p>CNN reports 55.35% for No and 44.65% for Yes with a very high participation of 84.6 %. [4]</p>
<h2 id="h_third-party-sources">Third party sources</h2>
<h4 id="h_wikipedia">Wikipedia</h4>
<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_independence_referendum,_2014">Scottish independence referendum, 2014</a>
</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_Scottish_independence_referendum,_2014">Opinion polling for the Scottish independence referendum, 2014</a>
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<h4 id="h_media">Media</h4>
<ol><li><a href="http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21595429-battle-scotland-will-be-decided-group-people-who-rarely-get-change">Ayes to the left</a> - The Economist, 1 February 2014
</li><li>The Guardian: <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/scottish-independence-essential-guide">Scottish independence: the essential guide</a>
</li><li><a href="http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0906/641956-scottish-independence/">YouGov poll suggests majority in favour of Scottish independence</a> - RTE News, 07 September 2014
</li><li><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/19/world/europe/scotland-independence-vote/">Scotland votes 'no' to independence in historic referendum</a> - CNN, 19 September 2014</li></ol>

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