President Obama visited Britain recently and advocated strongly for Britain to stay in the EU, warning that if they left they would be at “the back of the queue” for a U.S. trade deal. According to polls taken just before and just after Obama’s visit, that recommendation alone lead to a 3 to 5 point uptick in favor of Brexit.
The Brits did bid EU adieu,
and went “to the back of the queue.”
As Obama chimed in
to “help” Cameron win.
all polls did go widely askew.
The results are in: After a long night of vote counting, the final results have been issued: 51.9% of voters chose to leave the EU, while 48.1% wanted to remain.
The exit margin is equal to the Obama visit surge in Brexit polls.
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