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muriel_volestrangler

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6. There's this strange myth that "polls all agreed that the UK would vote to stay in the EU"

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Fri Oct 14, 2016, 08:22 AM

Oct 2016

It's simply false. There were plenty of polls saying Leave was ahead, right up until the actual vote - see here: http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/eu-referendum

A lot of punditry (both amateur and 'professional') was saying "oh, people will come to their senses, don't believe the polls, they're bound to vote Remain" - I'm somewhat guilty of that myself. Polls in the 2015 general election did badly, but for the EU referendum, they did pretty well, especially given that there wasn't a previous result with polls before it to compare with.

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