Is a 1% victory too little?

[AB Editor]

Here's three previous polls on the subject: Brexit, Brexit, Brexit.

 

This poll is closed.

Would you demand a re-run of the EU referendum if there was only 1% in it?

• No, I would not demand a re-run - 41 votes
• 62%
• Yes, I would demand a re-run - 25 votes
• 38%

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[EDDIE51]

No

[Hypognosis]

ONS site is annoyingly showing 2014 as 'latest' for population

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/timeseries/ukpop

at about 64.5 m

Knock off 5m again for under-18s and unregisterables, so 1% margin is
595,000.

Which is still a lot of people.

[Jackdaw33]

In 2014 the electorate was 45 million.

[ladybirder]

What is a re-run? Vote all over again or a re-count?

[Jackdaw33]

Another referendum.

[ladybirder]

Thanks you Jackdaw. In that case No as long as there's been no reason to suspect fiddling has been going on.

[Hypognosis]

Accuracy is all very well, jackdaw but 450,000 is still a large number. It would take a *lot* of miscounting, in multiple locations, or other, equally widespread, irregularities to make a 49/51 split challengeable.

Incidentally, who is empowered to request a recount? Would it mean all voting stations in the country have to start again or will suitably empowered representatives be at each station?

Footnote:

2015 ONS.gov update.
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The total number of UK parliamentary electors in 2015 was 44,722,000, a fall of 1.3% from 2014.

The total number of UK local government electors in 2015 was 46,204,700, a fall of 1.3% from 2014.
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Neither figure is appropriate for the referendum because the Parliamentary count includes ex-pats and excludes UK-resident foreign nationals, while the local government count excludes ex-pats and includes resident foreigners.

The decline in voter numbers is perplexing.

[baza]

At least they say the paper will be vote stay or leave , so, whoever gets the most votes wins. I might not like the result but at least I will have voted.