--- description: Readers of TIME.com voted for Scotland to become an independent nation in an online poll, with 57.5% in favor and 42.5% against. title: TIME Readers Favor Scottish Independence image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62d8eba74eb30ae0/6986a3f6cd6848309d09683d/rtr46m6q.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Scotland](/tag/scotland/) ## Scotland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # TIME Readers Vote 'Yes' For Scottish Independence in Online Poll  by [Charlie Campbell](/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large Sep 18, 2014 6:00 AM CUT  Graffiti supporting the "Yes" campaign is painted on a road in North Uist in the Outer Hebrides Sept. 17, 2014. Graffiti supporting the "Yes" campaign is painted on a road in North Uist in the Outer Hebrides Sept. 17, 2014.Cathal McNaughton—Reuters  by [Charlie Campbell](/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large Sep 18, 2014 6:00 AM CUT Respondents to an online TIME poll have voted for Scotland to become an independent nation. A total of 16,418 reader votes were tallied, of which 9,436 (57.5%) were for Scotland’s secession from the U.K. and 6,982 (42.5%) were for the maintenance of the 307-year-old union. Some 4.2 million Scottish residents are eligible to vote in the real referendum on Thursday, polls for which open at 7 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. local time. Results from the 32 local authority areas are expected to trickle in during the wee hours of Friday. A nation, or possibly two, is on tenterhooks. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3394671/scottish-independence-poll-time-com-yes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3394671/scottish-independence-poll-time-com-yes/"},"headline":"TIME Readers Vote 'Yes' For Scottish Independence in Online Poll","datePublished":"2014-09-18T06:00:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:15:18.270Z","description":"Over 16,000 people voted","url":"https://time.com/3394671/scottish-independence-poll-time-com-yes/","keywords":["Scotland","referendum","independence","Scotland topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62d8eba74eb30ae0/6986a3f6cd6848309d09683d/rtr46m6q.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlie Campbell","jobTitle":"Editor at Large","url":"https://time.com/author/charlie-campbell/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62d8eba74eb30ae0/6986a3f6cd6848309d09683d/rtr46m6q.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Graffiti supporting the \"Yes\" campaign is painted on a road in North Uist in the Outer Hebrides","caption":"Graffiti supporting the \"Yes\" campaign is painted on a road in North Uist in the Outer Hebrides","creditText":"Cathal McNaughton—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/scotland/","name":"Scotland"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3394671/scottish-independence-poll-time-com-yes/","name":"TIME Readers Vote 'Yes' For Scottish Independence in Online Poll"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Besides Scotland, Where Else is Secession Possible?","description":"Scotland holds a referendum on September 18th to decide if they want to break away from the UK and be an independent country, but who else have they inspired?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/hWa6FEa5/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-09-16T17:34:51.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/hWa6FEa5.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3394671/scottish-independence-poll-time-com-yes/","duration":"PT2M35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3394671/scottish-independence-poll-time-com-yes/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```