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Demographics and Brexit: A deeper problem for the EU? CEPS Commentary, 8 July 2016

Barslund, Mikkel (2016) Demographics and Brexit: A deeper problem for the EU? CEPS Commentary, 8 July 2016. [Policy Paper]

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Abstract

There has been much debate about the demographic factors that contributed to the outcome of the UK’s referendum on its membership of the EU. Two aspects command special attention. First, there are marked differences between young and old generations in the preferences shown for remaining in the EU. While the former predominantly voted to remain, a great majority of the latter voted to leave. On the other hand, voter turnout revealed the opposite trend: about 83% of UK citizens aged 65 and older voted, whereas only 36% of those aged 18-24 cast their vote (Figure 1).

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Item Type: Policy Paper
Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > Brexit
Countries > U.K.
EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > political affairs > European elections/voting behavior
Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
Series: Series > Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels) > CEPS Commentaries
Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
Official EU Document: No
Language: English
Date Deposited: 13 Jul 2016 11:38
Number of Pages: 3
Last Modified: 13 Jul 2016 11:38
URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/77438

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