Google has revealed how the UK are searching to vote for the upcoming EU referendum on Thursday June 23rd. And in terms of search traffic, it is a landslide victory for the Leave campaign.The interactive map breaks down searches for Leave the EU or Stay during the seven days between May 31st and June 7th 2016.Only 11 county boroughs searched for more terms associated with remaining in the UK on Google during the week-long window, with the rest of the UK favouring searches around the Leave campaign.
The research from Google comes hours after a YouGov survey gave Leave a staggering seven point lead over Remain to put the UK in “striking distance” of a Brexit vote.An ICM poll shows Leave with a six point advantage while pollsters ORB have put Leave ahead for the first time since the beginning of April in their latest survey.
WE ARE IN STRIKING DISTANCE NOW, BUT WE MUST CONTINUE TO CAMPAIGN RIGHT UP UNTIL WE SECURE A VOTE TO LEAVE ON JUNE 23
JOHN MILLS, LABOUR LEAVE CAMPAIGN
With polls showing a surge in support for Brexit, it appears Britons’ are rejecting David Cameron’s ‘Project Fear’ tactics, which he hoped would scare voters into remaining in the EU on June 23rd.Amid escalating threats from Government ministers, the Prime Minister this weekend claimed he may not be able to protect pensions in the event of a Brexit vote – despite his manifesto promise to continue raising the state pension.The YouGov poll puts Leave on 46 per cent, up three points since the end of last week, with Remain down three points to 39 per cent.
It is the pollsters’ largest lead for Brexit since the start of the EU referendum campaign.
Eleven per cent of people said they did not know how they will vote and four per cent said they won’t vote.Commenting on the YouGov poll, John Mills, chair of the Labour Leave campaign, said: “The British public are now beginning to realise that staying in the EU is bad for working people and their families.”They are also starting to see the exciting and prosperous future that the UK could build outside the EU.
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Google’s data and poll results appears to show Brits’ rejecting Cameron’s ‘Project Fear’ tactics
“This poll clearly shows that people do care very deeply about reclaiming our parliamentary sovereignty, rebuilding the NHS from money we will no longer have to hand over to the EU, and stopping open-door EU immigration which has suppressed wages and put so much pressure on our public services.”The polls are swinging our way, which is very good news but we must not be complacent.”We are in striking distance now, but we must continue to campaign right up until we secure a vote to Leave on June 23.”
Eleven per cent of people said they did not know how they will vote and four per cent said they won’t vote.Commenting on the YouGov poll, John Mills, chair of the Labour Leave campaign, said: “The British public are now beginning to realise that staying in the EU is bad for working people and their families.”They are also starting to see the exciting and prosperous future that the UK could build outside the EU.