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Old 25-04-2016, 12:09   #29
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Re: How will you vote in the EU referendum?

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Originally Posted by techguyone View Post
I'm seeing similar figures in other places across the net too, I don't know of the outcome though, except that the older generation tends to vote and be rather more cynical than the younger idealistic people - who don't tend to bother. Then again this has a certain novelty value unlike a GE so who knows.
It's comfortable lead for remain at the moment according to Mori (49% remain to 39% leave -and this was before Obama). http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/9673 . Internet polls/forums aren't representative of the population (thankfully !) . The big unknown will be turnout, and how that will affect the result.

As an aside why on earth do we vote on a Thursday and not weekends like other countries ? And why can't we vote online on this day and age ? (there'll be some who argue security, but postal voting is hardly secure. In fact voting in a booth isn't secure, you just need to turn up and say a name, no id required). The Govt. don't exactly encourage the young to vote either, probably because they don't vote for them. 800k have disappeared off the electoral register http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...nges-to-system, However as they are more likely to vote remain, the Govt. could regret that.
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