Are Leave Voters Less Knowledgeable About The EU Than Remain Voters?
23 November 2018
The UK voted on June 23rd 2016 by 51.9% to 48.1% to leave the European Union.
This section features all polls or surveys that asked people before June 23rd how they would vote in an EU Referendum, either in response to the wording that appeared on the ballot paper or to alternative wordings used before the referendum question was known. It also includes questions on how the EU Referendum was or should have been conducted such as whether the contest was a fair one.
Note that questions that ascertain people’s views on EU membership more broadly can be found in EU membership: good or bad deal?.
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26 March 2019
The UK has decided to leave the EU, thanks to a vote in a referendum held in June 2016 in which 52% backed leaving, while only 48% said that they wanted to remain. During the last two years, the UK and the EU have endeavoured to give effect to that vote. To date, they have […]
22 October 2018
It has long been evident that these days relatively few voters feel strongly attached to a political party. But it has been suggested that, in the wake of the EU referendum, many people regard themselves as either a strong ‘Remainer’ or a strong ‘Leaver’. Using data from the most recent wave of questions about Brexit […]
5 September 2018
The negotiations between the UK and the EU are due to reach a conclusion this autumn. But how have voters reacted to the Brexit process so far and what impact has that reaction had on support for leaving the EU? This paper reports on the latest findings of a two-year multiwave study of public attitudes […]
9 January 2018
The debate about Brexit has a particular resonance north of the border. Unlike England and Wales, where a majority voted to leave the EU, Scotland voted – by 62% to 38% – in favour of remaining in the EU. This report examines whether voters […]
18 December 2017
Despite the apparent ambiguity of the stances on Brexit adopted by the Conservatives and Labour, this report by John Curtice shows that voters’ views about Brexit did influence how people voted in the 2017 election – with implications for the values that were reflected in how people voted.
8 December 2017
This paper, by Alina Carabat, Kirby Swales and John Curtice, analyses the extent to which, at the time of the EU referendum, members of the same household agreed with each other on whether the UK should remain in or leave the EU.
6 December 2017
The UK public, including those who voted Leave in the EU referendum, have become more critical of the way the negotiations are being handled and more pessimistic about what the consequences of Brexit will be.
30 March 2017
What kind of Brexit would voters in Scotland actually like to see? This new report by John Curtice provides the first in-depth examination of attitudes in Scotland towards a number of the issues that will have to be settled during the Brexit negotiations.
7 December 2016
What were the ‘real’ reasons behind the Brexit vote? The purpose of this report is to provide a high-level overview of the main findings from an analysis of the latest and highest quality data. We hope that it will stimulate debate, discussion and further research.
16 November 2016
This paper reports on how a representative sample of voters responded to a wide range of questions on what they would like to be included in agreements negotiated between the UK and the EU.
20 June 2016
This paper considers whether phone or internet polls are more likely to represent accurately the current distribution of voting intentions amongst the general population.
25 May 2016
This paper considers whether phone or internet polls are more likely to represent accurately the current distribution of voting intentions amongst the general population.
23 February 2016
This paper addresses the question of what lies behind our attitudes towards Europe, using newly published data from the latest British Social Attitudes survey.
28 January 2016
What are the issues that matter most to voters in the EU referendum? This paper addresses this question by looking at what, according to recent polls, appear to be the issues that most divide those who wish to Leave and those who would prefer to Remain.
2 December 2015
This paper examines the nature and scale of differences in support for the European Union across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
21 October 2015
Using the evidence of recent opinion polls as well as two major surveys, we examine in this paper which kinds of voters appear more likely to want to leave the EU and which are more likely to want to remain.
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