Education and the geography of Brexit
Calvert Jump, Robert ORCID: 0000-0002-2967-512X and Michell, Jo
(2020)
Education and the geography of Brexit.
Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (JEPOP).
ISSN 1745-7289 (Print), 1745-7297 (Online)
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Abstract
While it is well established that educational attainment is highly correlated with Brexit voting patterns, the predictive capacity of education has attracted less attention. Using full-sample and split-sample exercises, this paper demonstrates that educational attainment alone can correctly classify over 90% of local authorities by voting outcome in the 2016 referendum to leave the EU, depending on the prediction model and classification method used. This illustrates the importance of education as a key factor in the geography of Brexit.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Brexit, Education, Geography, Polarisation |
Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education |
Faculty / Department / Research Group: | Faculty of Business Faculty of Business > Department of International Business & Economics |
Last Modified: | 23 Nov 2020 22:17 |
Selected for GREAT 2016: | None |
Selected for GREAT 2017: | None |
Selected for GREAT 2018: | None |
Selected for GREAT 2019: | None |
Selected for REF2021: | None |
URI: | http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/30263 |
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