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According to The Economist, Feb 23, reporting on a YouGov survey in December, 49% support Remain, and that number hasn't changed much. However, the 51% who don'
by bloak 8y ago
According to The Economist, Feb 23, reporting on a YouGov survey in December, 49% support Remain, and that number hasn't changed much. However, the 51% who don't support Remain support a variety of different proposals. To me it seems highly unlikely that any particular proposal would beat Remain in a choice between those two options. Remain is the Condorcet winner.
That "61%" is probably about right for what would you'd get for a two-way referendum between Remain and No Deal, or between Remain and May's Deal, but if you were to repeat the Remain-Leave referendum (which would be an insane thing to do - it was madness the first time), I wouldn't be surprised if Leave would win again, by a narrow margin.
"Well, if you knows of a better 'ole go to it"?
- gpderetta 8y agoA proper followup referendum should be something like this. A) Should we leave? B) if we leave, should be we leave even without a deal with the EU? I.e. two (or more) distinct questions. If you vote no at the fort question, you still get to express your opinion on the second.
- avar 8y agoDoing it this way screws over people whose first choice is a no-deal Brexit, but who would rather stay as a full EU member than accept May's "not quite EU" deal. This is why you do ranked choice voting, which covers any combination of such opinions.
- Jarmsy 8y agoIndeed, it was Remain vs multiple incompatible alternatives presented as one (and frequently misrepresented as a totally impossible pick and mix of these incompatible options).