The result would then be facilitated through the European Union Referendum Act 2015 … WITH Brexit and Remain campaigns neck and neck in the knife-edge EU referendum race, how could turnout affect the final result? 4/3/16, 12:16 PM CET. Even so, the data can be used to provide insight on how the two sides of the referendum debate fare as turnout changes. Young British voters lean towards keeping the U.K. inside the EU, but a majority still aren't sure if they will bother turning out to vote in the June 23 Brexit referendum, according to a new opinion poll. That, of course, would not have altered anything in the Brexit referendum since turnout was 72%, the highest in any nationwide election or referendum since the 1992 general election. The EU referendum turnout for people aged between 18 and 24 was almost double the figure initially reported, according to research by the London School of Economics (LSE). Updated 5/18/16, 3:55 PM CET. It was 92 … The latest news on Brexit, politics and beyond direct to your inbox. By Alice Foster PUBLISHED: 09:00, Thu, Jun 23, 2016 Scotland, the pro-independence campaign lost partly because it failed to get younger voters to the polls.Turnout among 16-34-year-olds was 69 percent. Drawing on a new study, Sveinung Arnesen explains that while in general most citizens believe governments should follow the results of referendums on EU membership, this depends heavily upon the level of turnout, the size of the majority, and the outcome …

There is an ongoing debate in the UK over whether holding another referendum on EU membership would be democratic or not. Plotting the relative levels of support for leave and remain as turnout moves from the minimum (just respondents who gave a score of 10 out of 10) to the maximum level (all respondents) shows the changing fortunes for both sides as turnout increases.

Brexit: everything you wanted to know about turnout by age at the EU referendum. Young voter turnout key in Brexit referendum, poll. By Cynthia Kroet. The United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, commonly referred to as the EU referendum or the Brexit referendum, took place on 23 June 2016 in the United Kingdom (UK) and Gibraltar to ask the electorate whether the country should remain a member of, or leave, the European Union (EU).