Two new surveys conducted in the UK reveal that public opinion has shifted towards leaving the European Union in the forthcoming referendum scheduled for late June.
The surveys, published on Tuesday, were carried out by the Guardian and the public opinion researcher, ICM, from 27 to 29 May, suggesting the referendum campaign for Britain to leave the EU has gained momentum, with voters split 52-48 percent in favor of Brexit.
“Our poll rather unhinges a few accepted orthodoxies,” said Martin Boon, the ICM’s director. “It is only one poll but, in a rather unexpected reverse of polling assumptions so far, both our phone poll and our online poll are consistent on both vote intentions and on the EU referendum.”
Fluctuations in the opinion polls seem to be increasing as the UK gets closer to the June 23 referendum, Boon noted.
In the phone poll of more than 1,000 adults, 45% said they favored leaving the EU, and 42 percent remaining, with 13% saying…