We have cross-over in YouGov’s BREXIT tracker: More now think it was wrong than right
How important will Brexit be on June 8th?
The latest YouGov BREXIT tracker was published in the Times over-night and shows a move to people now saying that the referendum decision was wrong rather than right.
This is a regular polling question that has been asked by YouGov in exactly the same manner since Theresa May became prime minister.
Then, as the chart above shows, 4% more people thought Brexit was right than wrong. Now the “wrong” segment in leading by 2%. This is from the Times report:
“.. This is the first time that more people have said the referendum came out with the wrong result, and suggests that the issue still divides the country.
Some 85 per cent of people who voted to leave still thought it was the right decision, while 89 per cent of people who voted to remain thought the result was the wrong decision… “
Each change is within the statistical margin of error although there is a trend when you look at the longer term.
My view is that views of BREXIT is more important in constituencies that voted remain than those that went for leave. Thus LAB was able to hang on in the Stoke central by-election but in Richmond Park the Liberal Democrats were able to overturn Zac’s 23,000 General Election majority even though UKIP stood aside and gave him a free run.
Extraordinarily, relating to the latter, in another development overnight Mr Goldsmith has been selected as the Conservative candidate for Richmond Park. This raises all sorts of questions about his original decision to “quit” the Conservatives at the end of last year to fight the by-election because of Heathrow expansion.
But the general election on June 8th is more than just about BREXIT but choosing what people perceive to be a competent government and here I think that Theresa May and the Tories continue to have a very strong edge.
A lot of things can still happen in this election. Six weeks is an awful long time in politics.