Scottish independence referendum results thread (Sept 18, 2014)

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Turnout figure after turnout figure after turnout figure... sheesh... Are they actually going to read any of the ballots or are they just going to count them?

Clearly they are making time for MI5 to stuff the ballots

I love that emoticon.

[eric82oslo]

Clackmannanshire (in the very middle/center of Scotland):

No: 19,036 (54%)
Yes: 16,350 (46%)

Turnout: 88.6%

0.9% of Scotland's population (3rd smallest of the 32 regions, only Orkney & Shetland is less populated)

[jaichind]

Clackmannanshire:

No: 19,036 (54%)
Yes: 16,350 (46%)

This is a very bad sign for Yes. 

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Clackmannanshire (in the very middle/center of Scotland):

No: 19,036 (54%)
Yes: 16,350 (46%)

OVER

[Keystone Phil]

They couldn't even make this night interesting. What a joke.

[andrew_c]

54-46 for no in Clackmannanshire.
No seems to be on track for a big win.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Ah.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

The only good news for YES so far is, that Glasgow - supposed to be narrow -might go to them clearly with 54.

I sure hope that is true.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

[Lurker]

Fantastic results. Look like the good guys are winning.

The cybernats - Wingsoverscotland, etc - are already whining about voting fraud, predictably.

[njwes]

Some tension in Glasgow, probably nothing out of the ordinary given the emotion surrounding this vote.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/scotland/referendum/article4211236.ece

[SWE]

I can't help but think that this is like Quebec.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

BTRD, save the trolling for tomorrow when it will actually be funny.

[eric82oslo]

BBC Scotland says Orkney should announce their results within 7 minutes.

Midlothian turnout 87%.

[Vega]

I can't help but think that this is like Quebec.

It really kinda is. Might be a bit wider margin of victory for either side, but still.

[DL]

Looks like NO will do much better than polls projected - as I predicted. Good i want Scotland there voting against the Tories next May!!!

[Kushahontas]

That's terrible news for Alex Salmond

[angus]

Clackmannanshire:

No: 19,036
Yes: 16,350

yep, did y'all hear 'em scream when they announced it?  Very enthusiastic.  "AAAAAAAAAAAAh" Mel Gibson-style, just like on that movie.  I guess that's scots-gaelic for "Yee haw!"  Pretty exciting stuff.  

'Tis going to be fun, lads.  

They're showing 1/32 accounted for.  Maybe they'll sort this thing out by morning.

Shall we go with the Malbec for the yes and Monkey for the no?  I like long, drawn-out recounts, but I'm not sure my liver could handle it, so this is probably for the best.

Cheers!

[eric82oslo]

Angus turnout at 85.7%

[YL]

54-46 for no in Clackmannanshire.
No seems to be on track for a big win.

Not a big one. Clackmannanshire was a likely toss-up, so if that result is anything to go by it could be 54-46.

Really? The first page had this has the highest Yes rating on the time release chart. That could be inaccurate, but if you are knowledgeable I'll trust you. It seemed lean Yes at minimum to me.

That chart being wrong wouldn't surprise me.  It's not as if there was any particularly useful data to base it on.

(But I do expect No to win now.)

[Iosif]

No will win comfortably.

I'm going to bed.

[eric82oslo]

54-46 for no in Clackmannanshire.
No seems to be on track for a big win.

Not a big one. Clackmannanshire was a likely toss-up, so if that result is anything to go by it could be 54-46.

Really? The first page had this has the highest Yes rating on the time release chart. That could be inaccurate, but if you are knowledgeable I'll trust you. It seemed lean Yes at minimum to me.

Clackmannanshire voted 3% more for the Scottish Nationalist Party in 2011 than the average Scottish district. So if it's any kind of indicator, the no side might win with something like 10-12% perhaps.

Here's a 538 table on all 32 districts: http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/a-rough-guide-to-watching-the-scottish-independence-vote/

[politicus]

No will win comfortably.

I'm going to bed.

Sweet dreams, laddy.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

It sure would be funny if all of you guys declaring this to be over would wake up with a Yes victory .

Doesn't matter though, because you're right.

[muon2]

54-46 for no in Clackmannanshire.
No seems to be on track for a big win.

Not a big one. Clackmannanshire was a likely toss-up, so if that result is anything to go by it could be 54-46.

Really? The first page had this has the highest Yes rating on the time release chart. That could be inaccurate, but if you are knowledgeable I'll trust you. It seemed lean Yes at minimum to me.

538 gave Clackmannanshire a lean of SNP+3. That's not big, but added to the result it would forecast a NO at 57% if this vote tracked the 2011 results.

Edit - I see Eric beat me to it while I was typing.