POLITICO: Support for staying in EU at highest level since referendum

17 January 2019

Support among Brits for remaining in the EU has reached its highest level since the 2016 referendum, according to a new poll. 56% of Brits say they would choose to remain in EU.

The YouGov survey found that when excluding those who said they do not know or would not vote, 56 percent said they would choose to remain in the bloc if there was a new referendum, while 44 percent would choose to leave — a margin of 12 percentage points.

When including the responses of those who said they don't know or wouldn't vote, these figures dropped to 48 percent for Remain and 38 percent for Leave.

The poll was conducted a day after Theresa May's Brexit deal was rejected by MPs on Tuesday, and was commissioned by the People’s Vote campaign, which advocates for a second referendum. [...]

YouGov also found that 47 percent of respondents support holding a new vote, while 36 percent are against this and 16 percent said they do not know. Backing for a second referendum is especially high among Labour supporters at 69 percent as well as among Liberal Democrats at 83 percent.

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YouGov survey on People's Vote website

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