That latest Ipsos-MORI Scottish poll...

Scotland's psephologists have been trimming down their tummies since May, fasting from the want of proper polling samples seeking some understanding of how our population's political feelings are tending. They need fast no longer. Yesterday, Ipsos-Mori published a 1,002 person poll conducted at the end of August, exploring voting intentions in Westminster and Holyrood constituencies and satisfaction with leaders. For a change, let's up-end things and begin with the personal ratings for the PM and the FM, before going on to briefly summarise the findings for the Scottish parliament and the House of Commons. To maintain the approach I've taken to past polls this year, I'll also disaggregate the findings by gender, for villainy's sake. Asked "are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way David Cameron is doing his job as Prime Minister?

Quoth all respondents...

• Satisfied ~ 30%
• Dissatisfied ~ 61%
• Don't know ~ 9%

Just the gentlemen...

• Satisfied ~ 36%
• Dissatisfied ~ 56%
• Don't know ~ 8%

... and the ladies, who apparently take a much dimmer view of Mr Cameron:

• Satisfied ~ 24%
• Dissatisfied ~ 66%
• Don't know ~ 10% 
  

Now, even the most inveterate optimist or bare-faced crook can hardly turn 60-70ish per cent disapproval into a triumphant accolade to Cameron's popularity north of the Tweed, but just to be ornery, it's surely of some interest that just under a third of respondents felt able to voice some sort of vague, positive sentiment about the Prime Minister's command of his brief. Remember that in the 2010 General Election, the Tories only elicited some 16.7% of votes cast, and would give their eye-teeth for anything approaching 30% support in Scotland. As an aside, it is sometimes stated that devolution has contributed (at least a smidgeon) to the detoxification of the Tories in Scotland. Ironically enough, their share of the vote in the 2011 Holyrood election was actually lower than they polled for Westminster in 2010 (13.9% in constituencies and 12.4% in the regions to the 16.7% attracted across Scotland in contests to send representatives to the House of Commons).  But I digress. Onto the pollster's next victim and universal sufferer, the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg. Smashing popular, do you think? Famously well-received? Alas, the respondents proved equally unflattering across the piece...

For Cleggy, in total...

• Satisfied ~ 26%
• Dissatisfied ~ 62%
• Don't know ~ 12%

... with the chaps saying...

• Satisfied ~ 26%
• Dissatisfied ~ 65%
• Don't know ~ 9%

... and the lassies concluding:

• Satisfied ~ 26%
• Dissatisfied ~ 60%
• Don't know ~ 14%

So much for the coalition bods. On the other side of the House of Commons, the gelatinous form of monkfish Miliband is hardly basking in the admiration of the Scottish people either. Asked the same question about how Ed is faring in opposition, they responded...

In total...

• Satisfied ~ 35%
• Dissatisfied ~ 49%
• Don't know ~ 19%

While the menfolk felt...

• Satisfied ~ 33%
• Dissatisfied ~ 54%
• Don't know ~ 13%

And, on the distaff side...

• Satisfied ~ 37%
• Dissatisfied ~ 44%
• Don't know ~ 19%

Leaving the House of Commons, Ipsos-MORI also asked folk about their feelings on how the Maximum Eck has been faring as First Minister in Holyrood.  In rather stark contrast to the negativity apparently attaching to the UK political leaders, the balance on opinion on Alex Salmond is strikingly positive:

In total...

• Satisfied ~ 62%
• Dissatisfied ~ 28%
• Don't know ~ 9%

Men...

• Satisfied ~ 65%
• Dissatisfied ~ 28%
• Don't know ~ 7%

Women...

• Satisfied ~ 60%
• Dissatisfied ~ 29%
• Don't know ~ 12%

In the interests of brevity, I'll draw a discreet veil over what people had to say about Willie Rennie - and crash on with the voting intention findings. Firstly, Westminster, counting the views of all respondents...

In Westminster constituencies (all)...

• SNP 34%
• Labour 27%
• Conservative 10%
• Liberal Democrat 5%

In Westminster constituencies (men)...

• SNP 36%
• Labour 25%
• Conservative 12%
• Liberal Democrat 5%

In Westminster constituencies (women)...

• SNP 32%
• Labour 29%
• Conservative 9%
• Liberal Democrat 4%
  

Meanwhile, amongst those respondents classified as "certain to vote"...

In Westminster constituencies (all certain to vote)...

• SNP 42%
• Labour 33%
• Conservative 15%
• Liberal Democrat 6%

In Westminster constituencies (all men certain to vote)...

• SNP 45%
• Labour 28%
• Conservative 17%
• Liberal Democrat 6%

In Westminster constituencies (all women certain to vote)...

• SNP 39%
• Labour 28%
• Conservative 13%
• Liberal Democrat 6%

And what of Holyrood? Following the same breakdown, respondents answered as follows:

In Holyrood constituencies (all)...

• SNP 39%
• Labour 24%
• Conservative 9%
• Liberal Democrat 6%

In Holyrood constituencies (men)...

• SNP 41%
• Labour 23%
• Conservative 11%
• Liberal Democrat 5% 

In Holyrood constituencies (women)...

• SNP 37%
• Labour 26%
• Conservative 8%
• Liberal Democrat 6%

And those identified as "certain to vote" in Scottish Parliament elections...

In Holyrood constituencies (all certain to vote)...

• SNP 49%
• Labour 28%
• Conservative 13%
• Liberal Democrat 7%

In Holyrood constituencies (men certain to vote)...

• SNP 54%
• Labour 23%
• Conservative 13%
• Liberal Democrat 6% 

In Holyrood constituencies (women certain to vote)...

• SNP 45%
• Labour 32%
• Conservative 12%
• Liberal Democrat 8%

Those Ipsos-MORI full tables.