LadyJasmine said:
Scoobes said:
That's heavily down to the way our democracy works in a general election (first past the post) versus the referendum.
In the referendum it's a straight split, and there is some evidence from polls that the result may change if it was held now although it's always pretty close.
In a general election though, there are far more constituencies in England and Wales that voted to leave versus remain, especially when you leave the cities so the politicians who have seats in those areas have no choice but to support Leave to save their own careers (even if they support remaining in the EU). The one exception is Scotland but Labour have pretty much given up on getting back any seats in Scotland from the SNP.
The other caveat is that the opposition leader is a closet Leave supporter albeit from a far-left perspective.
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The other thing is a person votes leave and changes thier mind, they do not become a Remain person either.
They of course sympathize with leave ideas even still.
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True, although most polls account for that (they take how you voted and ask how you would vote if asked again).
One thing that isn't mentioned and isn't picked up that well by the polls is voting demographics. A lot of leave voters were part of the older generations who vote in numbers but are (as horrible as it is to say) likely to die before the UK leaves the EU.
A lot of Remain voters were young and don't vote in numbers, but there will be more people that weren't eligible to vote that will be eligible by the time the UK leaves the EU.
With such fine margins, minor points like this can tip the scales.
