WELSH voters might choose to stay in the EU if the referendum happened again, a poll has suggested.
On June 23 Wales voted 52.5 per cent to 47.5 per cent to leave the EU – but the results of a poll published today shows this figure has reversed.
The poll was carried out by Cardiff University’s Wales Governance Centre and ITV Cymru and surveyed 1,010 Welsh adults. It asked how respondents would vote if another EU referendum was held tomorrow.
Taking out the undecideds, the results showed Welsh voters said they would vote 53 per cent to 47 per cent in favour of the remain campaign.
46 per cent of respondents opted for remain, 41 per cent for leave, eight per cent would not vote and five per cent said they do not know.
Roger Scully, professor of political science at Cardiff University, said: “In short, there is not much overall change.
“But that which has occurred is in the direction of growing support for the idea of the UK remaining in the EU - roughly a six percentage point swing in this direction since the referendum.
“The key words there, though, are “since the referendum”. Unless those supporting continued EU membership can find some way of over-turning or re-running the vote, their views may now count for very little.”
While 97 per cent of people who voted remain in the referendum have stuck to that view, only 86 per cent of those who voted leave would still vote for Brexit.
The poll also found Welsh people are not keen for Wales to become independent, with just 15 per cent of respondents saying yes.
On June 23 Wales voted 52.5 per cent to 47.5 per cent to leave the EU – but the results of a poll published today shows this figure has reversed.
The poll was carried out by Cardiff University’s Wales Governance Centre and ITV Cymru and surveyed 1,010 Welsh adults. It asked how respondents would vote if another EU referendum was held tomorrow.
Taking out the undecideds, the results showed Welsh voters said they would vote 53 per cent to 47 per cent in favour of the remain campaign.
46 per cent of respondents opted for remain, 41 per cent for leave, eight per cent would not vote and five per cent said they do not know.
Roger Scully, professor of political science at Cardiff University, said: “In short, there is not much overall change.
“But that which has occurred is in the direction of growing support for the idea of the UK remaining in the EU - roughly a six percentage point swing in this direction since the referendum.
“The key words there, though, are “since the referendum”. Unless those supporting continued EU membership can find some way of over-turning or re-running the vote, their views may now count for very little.”
While 97 per cent of people who voted remain in the referendum have stuck to that view, only 86 per cent of those who voted leave would still vote for Brexit.
The poll also found Welsh people are not keen for Wales to become independent, with just 15 per cent of respondents saying yes.
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