43% of Britons support UK exit from EU: Survey

A new opinion poll shows that support for the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU) has taken the lead over the Remain campaign, with nearly half of the voters backing Brexit.

According to the Opinium online survey for The Observer newspaper released on Saturday, 43 percent of the respondents are on the Leave side, which is four points ahead of the Remain campaign with a 39-percent support.

The poll, which was conducted between March 29 and April 1, questioned 1,966 adults about how they would vote if a referendum were held tomorrow on Britain’s withdrawal from the 28-nation bloc.

Some 18 percent of those surveyed said they were still undecided on how they will vote, while one percent refused to respond.

The Observer said the turnout among younger voters could be the deciding factor for the referendum.

“Government strategists and pollsters privately admit that the central problem for the Remain side is that its support for staying in the EU is strongest among young people, the group least likely to vote,” according to the paper.

Among those aged between 18 and 34, 53 percent said they backed staying in the EU while 29 percent preferred the opposite. However, only 52 percent in this age group said they were certain to actually go out and vote.

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