The Sun had the highest percentage of Brexit voters than any other newspaper, new research says

A BIGGER percentage of Sun readers voted for Brexit than those who buy any other paper, a new study has revealed.

Seven out of 10 who read the nation’s favourite paper voted to leave the EU in the June 23 referendum, the National Centre for Social Research found.

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The same 70% of Daily Express readers also backed Brexit, compared to 66% of Daily Mail readers and only 55% of the Daily Telegraph’s.
All four newspapers supported leaving the EU.

But despite backing a Remain vote, the Financial Times still saw almost one in four of its readers - 22% - support Brexit.

And close to one in 10 people to but the leftwing Guardian also voted to leave.

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NatCen also discovered millions of referendum voters ignored the advice of the political parties they support.

More than a third – 36% - of Scottish National Party backers backed Brexit, despite its support for Remain.

And similarly, 36% of the pro-EU Labour Party’s voters also opted for Leave.

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The Leave campaign won because it galvanised a lot of people disengaged from politics who did not vote at general elections.

A big group of “economically deprived and anti-immigration” voters also supported an EU exit in large numbers.

At the same time, NatCen also found that the Remain camp failed to get its vote out on referendum day.

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