Immediately prior to the referendum, a
YouGov poll of 3,200 Scots found that almost half of those who intended to vote No felt "personally threatened" by the Yes campaign. 46% of No supporters felt personally threatened by the Yes campaign during the referendum, while 50% did not. By contrast, only 24% of Yes supporters felt personally threatened by the No campaign and 72% did not. 49% of No voters said they had not always felt able to speak freely about their views on the referendum, while 48% felt they had. Meanwhile, 76% of Yes backers believed they had always felt able to speak freely, and only 21% did not. 85% of No voters believed the campaign had made Scottish society more divided, while only 30% of Yes supporters held that view. After the referendum, a Panelbase poll for the
Wings Over Scotland blog found that, in terms of online abuse specifically, 11% of those who had voted No had experienced online abuse compared to 20% of those who had voted Yes. ==References==