Quote Originally Posted by Tuerto View Post
Why do you think Poorer people voted for Brexit? Just to make it clear, i dislike the EU in spades, but voted to stay in. It was the choice between a shit layered sandwich, or a double layered shit sandwich.
Several reasons I'd say but off the top of my head:

The EU damaged British industry, or it is perceived to have. The single market generally means countries focused more on specialisms and we could compete less.

High immigration, whilst having positives and negatives generally these arent shared out equally. The negatives tend to be skewed towards poore to areas.

Working class people very generally are more patriotic and - again rightly or wrongly - Leave probably tapped into this better. Great generalisation etc but generally perhaps less likely to have friends from different countries etc.

Poorer people less exposed to the benefits such as travel and ownership of homes abroad etc. This isn't a reason to vote out, but it's generally wealthier people who benefit from things like that.

Poorer people perhaps have less to lose. The desire for change is often more important than the nature of the change.

Obviously lots of the reasons to vote either way are irrespective of income, but the above stand out for me.