It seems like the opposite. The Brexit vote question was: "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or Leave the European Union". For b

It seems like the opposite. The Brexit vote question was: "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or Leave the European Union". For better or for worse, UK is set to leave the EU, and nothing extra will happen. In other words the question exactly matched the reality -- largely because of rather than in spite of its brevity. Californian referenda are infamous for containing long confusing texts and for including spending promises. It is precisely by pretending to spell out the details that they fail to match the reality.