🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿INDEPENDENCE...A THREAD🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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This article from @JamesDavidGriff, who is working with us on WES 2021, takes a detailed look at which voters currently support Welsh independence...vital reading for anyone promoting the idea or arguing against it!

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A *majority* of current Welsh indy supporters are converts to the cause: people who have changed their minds since 2016.

They are usually Remain voters, and have a slightly more British identity (whilst still feeling strongly Welsh) than 'old school' indy supporters.

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Mae'r erthygl hon gan @JamesDavidGriff, sy'n gweithio gyda ni ar WES, yn edrych yn fanwl ar y pleidleiswyr sy'n cefnogi annibyniaeth...darllen hanfodol i unrhywun sy'n hyrwyddo'r syniad neu'n dadlau yn ei erbyn!

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Mae'n ymddangos bod *mwyafrif* o gefnogwyr annibyniaeth yn newydd i'r achos: pobl sydd wedi newid eu barn ers 2016.

Maent fel arfer yn bleidleiswyr Aros, ac mae ganddynt hunaniaeth ychydig yn fwy Prydeinig (ond dal yn Gymreig) na chefnogwyr annibyniaeth ‘gwreiddiol'.

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We are live at the first webinar from the Welsh and Scottish Election Studies

Sut y pleidleisiodd yr Alban a Chymru / How Scotland and Wales voted #SESWES21

Live tweets of key graphs to follow in the replies here - Scottish data up first then Wales! Hearing from @ailsa_henderson & @Jaclarner

Here are reasons people from the study outlined for voting SNP. 'Who the SNP are not' is part of the story, as are their policies (often referred to as a whole rather than as specific pledges) and of course independence.