IHSS Blog: Where voting matters Brexit


Voting is important all over the world but arguably the most important vote of at least the 21st century is Brexit. This “referendum” decided whether or not Great Britain would leave or stay in the EU. The votes decided to leave and past this point many negotiations have started between the British government and the rest of the EU. At this point the government says they will leave the EU under most circumstances. Negations are now being had on how close ties the two organizations/governments should keep mostly regarding trade and immigration laws. The two main differing opinions on this are some people want lose ties to a point almost as if they were still in the EU. Others want to cut all ties and countries in the EU we be like any other country in the world trade with tariffs and visas becoming the norm. Voting ended very close with 51.8% of people for and 48.2% against. People from all over the UK voted with a 71.8% voter turnout. The elections were a very democratic process where everyone got a vote and a decision was made. However following the election there was a lot of talk about if people who voted knew what they were talking about. Even today many people say that since people were voting many things have changed about the deal and a revote is required.  Science the voting to leave the EU initially the economy crashed and many people thought it was going to be a great depression but it seems to have stabilized. The deal is scheduled to finalize in 2019 but many people are expecting an extension. Whatever the outcome this vote has changed politics in Europe forever.


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