Scottish independence referendum results thread (Sept 18, 2014)

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Okay, so it maybe happens much more often that I expected.  How was my estimate that there probably aren't more than a dozen countries in the world born of a modern peaceful secession, O wise one?

The breakup of the USSR netted 15 countries alone.

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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)

Supposedly the most independence spot in Scotland. If so, it's going to lose by a landslide, maybe close to 3-2, with all the polls suggesting a closer result wrong. If.

Eh, it'll fail, but I would be shocked if didn't break 43% or so.

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Inverclyde was widely expected to vote Yes.

49.92%

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No clears 50% of all votes, including the 2 outstanding councils.

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Firstly, why do you think it has that name? Second, they had a problem with getting some of the boxes to the counting centre: there was a crash on the road they were being brought on, delaying things by a couple of hours.

The Guardian website lists it as "Highland," in fairness.

I think the point is that it's hardly surprising that it's difficult and takes a long time to transport ballots around an area called highlands, due to, you know, the hills.

oooooooh haha whoopsie, embarrassing -_____-

Yeah, the problem is they had to transport them all to one central place to count. We're waiting on the slowest truck of ballots from some hilly precinct in the Scottish Highlands.