Brexit referendum of 2016, 73 percent of people aged between 18 and 24 voted to Remain in the European Union, compared with just 40 percent of people aged over 65. In fact, the propensity to have voted Leave increases with age, with the three oldest age groups here voting leave and the three youngest voting to Remain. Overall, 17.4 million people voted to Leave the European Union in 2016, compared with 16.1 million who voted Remain, or 51.9 percent of the vote to 48.1 percent.
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Lord Ashcroft Polls. (June 24, 2016). Share of votes in the Brexit referendum of 2016 in the United Kingdom, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 20, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/520954/brexit-votes-by-age/
Lord Ashcroft Polls. "Share of votes in the Brexit referendum of 2016 in the United Kingdom, by age group." Chart. June 24, 2016. Statista. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/520954/brexit-votes-by-age/
Lord Ashcroft Polls. (2016). Share of votes in the Brexit referendum of 2016 in the United Kingdom, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/520954/brexit-votes-by-age/
Lord Ashcroft Polls. "Share of Votes in The Brexit Referendum of 2016 in The United Kingdom, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Jun 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/520954/brexit-votes-by-age/
Lord Ashcroft Polls, Share of votes in the Brexit referendum of 2016 in the United Kingdom, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/520954/brexit-votes-by-age/ (last visited April 20, 2024)
Share of votes in the Brexit referendum of 2016 in the United Kingdom, by age group [Graph], Lord Ashcroft Polls, June 24, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/520954/brexit-votes-by-age/