A POLL has put support for Welsh independence at a staggering 41%.
The Redfield & Wilton Strategies survey for grassroots organisation YesCymru has revealed some of the highest levels of support for Welsh independence ever recorded, with 41% of decided voters saying they would back independence if a referendum were held tomorrow, excluding don't knows.
It has been described as a "milestone moment" for the movement, with support up five points from the company's poll in 2023.
Support was shown to be particularly strong among younger voters, with 72% of 25 to 34-year-olds backing independence.
Across the wider 18 to 64 age group, almost half now support Wales leaving the UK, the poll suggests.
YesCymru chair Phyl Griffiths said: "This poll is a milestone moment for the Welsh independence movement.
"It shows that support is growing at a fast pace, up five points from the same company’s poll last year, and that nearly half of working-age adults now have confidence in Wales’s ability to govern itself.
"We’re witnessing a real shift in attitudes, and people across Wales are ready to have a serious conversation about independence.”
YesCymru says the result shows a growing appetite for constitutional change and rising confidence in Wales’s ability to succeed as an independent self-governing nation.
The poll questioned 1000 adults aged 18+ in Wales between March 24 and 27.
In other signs of growing support for Welsh independence, Plaid Cymru topped a Senedd poll in December, beating Labour for the first time since 2010.
The poll by Barn Cymru showed that Plaid would win 24% of the vote should an election be called, with Welsh Labour falling behind at 23%.
Kiera Marshall, 26, who will be speaking at the next March for Independence in Barry on April 26, said Welsh independence is no longer a "fringe idea".
"My generation has too often been overlooked and let down by decisions made far away, so it’s no surprise to me that 72% of people in my age group now support independence.
"It’s no longer a fringe idea, it’s now the majority view among my generation in Wales. We want a better, fairer future for our country.”
Mark Hooper, one of the organisers of the March for Independence in Barry, added: “The energy behind this movement is growing, with every march, every conversation, and now, with this poll, the data backs it up.
"The March for Independence in Barry, just three weeks away, will be a chance for people across Wales to come together and show that this support is real, it’s rising, and it’s unstoppable.”
