Kate Forbes leadership would not guarantee boost to SNP fortunes, poll suggests

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KATE Forbes would not be guaranteed to boost the electoral fortunes of the SNP if she became party leader, a new poll has suggested.

A survey commissioned by Blair McDougall, a former No campaign leader and prospective

The MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch came second to Yousaf in the leadership contest earlier this year. The poll found that 17.4% among all voters said they would be more likely to move over to the SNP under Forbes’s leadership, while 9.3% said they would be much more likely to do so. Meanwhile, Tory voters were most likely to say they would be more willing to vote for the SNP with Forbes as leader.

 

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