Support for the party drops dramatically in the situation that they back Brexit at a general election, compared to a situation where they campaign against it.
A Labour party pushing ahead with Brexit is 10 points less popular with voters under 50 than if they were to oppose leaving the EU, according to a new poll.
The poll asked people of all ages if they favoured a pro-Brexit Labour party or an anti-Brexit Labour party – overall, 30% said they’d support an anti-Brexit Labour party at the next election, whilst only 22% said they’d back a pro-Brexit Labour party.
But 36% of people aged between 18 and 49 said would support an anti-Brexit Labour party, this figure dropping to 26% if the party were pro-Brexit, a 10 point difference.
Will Dry from Our Future, Our Choice who conducted the poll with YouGov said:
“This polling shows that when Corbyn does come off the fence, it will be in Labour’s interest to oppose, not appease, the drastic blow to our future that is Brexit.”
“This poll dispels the myth that Corbyn’s ambiguous stance on Brexit is electorally advanta- geous. Among every age group, class, gender, and region, more voters would support an anti than pro Brexit Labour party.”
Furthermore, among 18-24 year olds, 54% think Brexit will have a negative impact on them, whilst just 11% think it will be positive.
Their poll, which sampled just under 5,000 people asked:
‘Imagine at the next election, the Conservatives support going ahead with Brexit, and Labour and the Liberal Democrats are opposed, how would you vote then?’
Then they asked: ‘Imagine at the next election the Conservatives and Labour parties both support going ahead with Brexit, and the Liberal Democrats are opposed, how would you vote then?’
3 Responses to “Labour risk losing large chunk of youth vote if they’re viewed as pro-Brexit, new poll shows”
Elizabeth Chell
This chimes with my reading of the situation. Young people cannot see a future for them in Brexit. They are more cosmopolitan, see the world as a global place and not hung up by immigration (on the whole). It is their future we should be concerned about, I believe.
greg
@Elizabeth Chell – ‘some’ “Young people cannot see a future for them in Brexit.”
There are people in this country who will never leave the cities in which they are born; social mobility is for a privileged few.
Why should they vote for a system that discriminates against them?
LordBlagger
Labour risks losing massive numbers of voters if it goes against a referendum