General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums3 reasons that may have tipped balance against Remain: young people don't vote, bad weather (london)
and people who want to change things tend to be more passionate and motivated to act.
![](du4img/smicon-reply-new.gif)
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)"back of the queue" for trade agreements if they voted to leave.
Not good form threatening a country you're visiting.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)I don't think that's a valid excuse.
hill2016
(1,772 posts)As for London, there were fears that the heavy rain could have damaged turnout in the pro-Remain area. Several polling stations were forced to move because of flash floods. London indeed did have a lower than average turnout.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,840 posts)Figures here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum,_2016
London turnout 69.7%, compared to average 72.2%, so 2.5% lower. It voted roughly 60/40, so if there was a higher turnout, 1 in 5 votes would cut the Leave lead. So that's 0.5% of the London electorate, or 0.5*(2,263,51+1,513,232)/69.7=27,000, roughly. Compared with a Leave country-wide lead of 1.27 million, it's not significant. Even if London could have been a high turnout area, and the loss was twice as much, it's about 55,000 in 1,270,000.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Being ruled by one's countrymen is one thing; being dictated to, down to the shapes and sizes of vegetables allowed to be sold in markets, by Brussels is quite another.
NO AMERICAN WOULD STAND FOR IT.