NUEVAS PERSPECTIVAS EN TORNO AL BREXIT: EL IMPACTO DE LAS PERCEPCIONES SOBRE LA SALUD EN EL VOTO PROBREXIT
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Brexit, health perceptions, UK, false propaganda, referendumCopyright (c) 2023 Revista Jurídica Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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Abstract
Brexit has been analysed from diff erent perspectives, but health perceptions have not
yet been fully tested. I focus on health because the pro-Leave campaign claimed that, should the
Brexit succeed, the United Kingdom would not have to pay 350 million pounds a week to the
European Union, and this money could be allocated to the National Health Service (NHS). As
half of the British public believed this statement to be true, my research question is: did health
perceptions play a role in the Brexit referendum? My hypothesis is that individuals with worse
health perceptions were more likely to vote Leave because they thought they would benefi t from
a better funded NHS. After conducting some statistical analysis, I have concluded that health
perceptions were a signifi cant factor in explaining the Brexit vote, even when controlling for
perceptions of immigration, which has been a central determinant in the Brexit vote.
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