Bove, V., Efthyvoulou, G. orcid.org/0000-0002-4473-0350 and Pickard, H. (2022) Did terrorism affect voting in the Brexit referendum? British Journal of Political Science, 52 (3). pp. 1133-1150. ISSN 0007-1234
Abstract
We contribute to the recent research on Brexit and public opinion formation by contending that the determinants of the referendum results should be evaluated against the background of wider public security concerns. Terrorism has long been regarded as a top concern by the British public, more than in any other European country. Terrorist attacks on UK soil raised voters’ awareness of security issues and their saliency in the context of an EU referendum. We find that locations affected by terrorist violence in their proximity exhibit an increase in the share of pro-Remain votes, particularly for more sensational attacks. Using individual-level data, we show that in the aftermath of terrorist attacks, citizens are more likely to reconsider the security risks involved in leaving the EU.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Authors. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work. |
Keywords: | Brexit; Security; Terrorism; Voting; Referendum |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Dec 2020 07:58 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jun 2024 13:36 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0007123420000927 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:168601 |
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