article_snippet: a new study also found that last year's record turnout for the referendum looks set to boost the number of Scots voting in the election.
article_snippet: The book, which will be published on Thursday, comes as the SNP gears up to win a record number of seats in May's election.
article_snippet: Polls indicate the nationalists could send over 50 MPs to Westminster, with Labour facing near wipeout.
article_snippet: Seeing a lasting, positive effect on political engagement in Scotland beyond the referendum is encouraging and shows that people can be activated politically.
article_snippet: Scotland's Deputy First Minister John Swinney welcomed the findings on the level of political engagement north of the border.
article_snippet: The referendum on independence was a wonderful experience of democratic engagement, bringing people into politics who in some cases had not been involved in decades, if at all.'