The Commonwealth Games has not affected how the majority of Scots are likely to vote in the independence referendum.
Only 12 per cent of those surveyed said Glasgow 2014 had made them more inclined to vote Yes, but four-fifths of that number said they were planning to vote for Scottish independence in the first place.
The Survation survey found more than 80 per cent said the Games had made no difference to how they would vote and seven per cent said it would make them more inclined to vote No.
Of those who are undecided about next month's vote, 14 per cent said Scotland's organisation of and performance in the Games made them more likely to vote Yes, four per cent said No and 82 per cent said it would have no effect.
The poll of a thousand adults in Scotland for the Mail on Sunday, conducted between July 30 and Aug 1, also asked voters to consider the question on the ballot paper: Should Scotland be an independent country?
It found 40 per cent would vote Yes and 46 per cent would vote No and 14 per cent were undecided. When undecided voters are removed, the survey put support for staying in the UK at 53 per cent, with 47 per cent backing independence.
The same survey also asked voters their opinion on this week's head-to-head televised debate between First Minister Alex Salmond and leader of the pro-union Better Together campaign Alistair Darling.
Salmond was backed by 37 per cent of voters to come out on top, with one in ten predicting Darling would triumph.
They will face each other in the showdown in front of an audience of 350 members at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow on Tuesday.
Salmond has repeatedly insisted he should debate with David Cameron over Scotland's future in the UK ahead of the referendum, although the Prime Minister has consistently refused to do so.
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