>>I'm not saying everybody who voted leave was stupid but it was the stupid who dragged the referendum over the line.
or was it.....
>>I'm not saying that everybody who voted remain was stupid but it was stupid who made the referendum a close-run thing.
I took the first 4 reports that a Google search picked up....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0176268018301320
"We find that voting Leave is associated with older age, white ethnicity, low educational attainment, infrequent use of smartphones and the internet, receiving benefits, adverse health and low life satisfaction"
academic.oup.com/economicpolicy/article/32/92/601/4459491
we find that fundamental characteristics of the voting population were key drivers of the Vote Leave share, in particular their education profiles, their historical dependence on manufacturing employment as well as low income and high unemployment"
cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp1480.pdf
"In particular, the share of the population with little or no qualifications is a strong predictor of the Vote Leave share"
www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/181252/1/dice-report-2017-4-50000000000852.pdf
"....included a population that is older, less educated, and confronted with below-average public services. "
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