Out of interest, if you voted leave what do you do for a living?

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I promise I won’t ask you anymore questions or it turn into a slanging match, you are untitled to your opinion.
I don’t know anyone of my friends who voted leave, the odd acquaintance who voted leave “because they didn’t really understand” but the people I am friendly with all seem to be remianers. We are in our 30s and to teaching, sales and banking type jobs. Dh is a solicitor and all do law in one form.
I was wondering if certain sectors voted leave generally and if what you did for a living influenced your leave vote, and if you could possibly explain why the leave vote would benefit your sector. I am not here to judge at all just trying to understand

Nurse me, small business owner DH. I know plenty of retired people who voted leave, their reasons being that the original common market that we joined has morphed into something completely different.

But plainjane you are right the problem is the laws we have in this country and our politicians. Coupled with some other scary things going on Environment/erosion of women’s rights etc it’s not the best time

I just struggle (and always have) to see exactly how leaving the EU will help this. and indeed whether the money was spent was ever worth it. I mean a general election is just terrifying because who on earth can you vote for.

Because even immigration policies are our either our government or nothing to do with the EU
The nhs issues again is not a European wide model (indeed recently on holiday in a big EU country the only medical aid open to me up a mountain was private) so the nhs is all on us

The majority is all on us (fishing rights as an aside) or some frankly useful stuff relating to employment and health and safety rights that I can’t see any issue with

I voted remain but I wished I voted leave. Most of my friends voted leave and all of my family.

I'm a writer and my husband is in IT management.

The people I know who voted leave :
Marketing director
Advertising manager
Policeman
Design Engineer

Builder (own business)
Nhs office manager
Nurse
Gas engineer
Solicitor
Legal secretary
Electrician
Accountant
Teacher

And lots of other jobs in between. Leavers are not all Jeremy Kyle types with no morals and no teeth, believe it or not.

Teacher, retired, retail assistant, driver and housewife. All for quite different reasons. Still stand by my vote as do those I’ve mentioned.

Graphic designer - I didn't vote but on balance I would have voted Leave
DH - dentist (NHS & private) leave.

DM voted remain as she thought Europe would go to war with us if we left the EU.

Other leavers I know
GP x 2
Shop manageress
Teacher
Solicitor
Surveyor

Remainers
Teacher
Accountant
GP
Driving instructor
Mature student.

I think the issue of leavers being 'less educated' is due to the fact that older people tended not to go uni as much, it was more of a middle class thing.

Disclaimer - I realise this is a massive generalisation and also one should never confuse education with intelligence. My late, much missed DF was a child of the 1940s and dyslexic, which was only picked up when he was much older. He was incredibly intelligent but sadly written off in school.

I also agree with ID cards and think we should all have them.
I never though leave voters were thick btw, I was along about the types of jobs to see if certain industries were under more impact from the EU regulations or if certain roles by character have more risk aNd responsibility and decision making and wondered if there was any correlation between their vote and heir profession.

Voting studies show better educated people tend to be remainers. You’re also more likely to be young while leavers tend to be older. Of course not everyone but statistically remainers tend to be younger and better educated.

Tbh it’s not really in anyone’s interests to leave but I suppose some people may get some (likely short term) gains. Eg tradespeople might be able to charge more which could benefit them even if the cost of essentials rockets. It’s bad for all of us that need tradespeople though.

I'm not too bothered about occupations, but would love to know how many have school aged children?

Mine have been robbed by this.

My children are 7, 3 and I’m pregnant with my third

Nothing to do with people's career's but has anyone seen jonathan pies latest vid on Brexit?
Imo sums up everything about it perfectly

Being 'thick' and being 'intelligent' have one thing in common - being either cares little what anyone else thinks - one doesn't know much about anything else and the other knows more than enough than the less intelligent.

Myself, 1 DS17.

I know three people who voted leave
Receptionist
NHS worker
Retired

All three read the same newspaper

Several multi- millionaire business owners including property developers, logistics, building company.
Retired CEO of multi-national company.

I know some leavers - professions as follows

• SAHM
• SAHM
• Teacher
• Musician
• Retired
• Retired
• accountant (but now retired)
• property developer

All the leavers i know but one, are right wing, anti immigration, pro Great Britain as in we won the war types.

My more centre left friends all voted remain, this is born out with the research that shows most Lab supporters = remain, most Cons = leave.

Imho Politics is bigger factor than job or education but of course its not a hard an fast rule either.

Jasjas whereas to a certain extent I agree that is exactly what caused David Cameron to call and lose the referendum imo. He calculated the right wing vote but entirely forgot the left wing leave vote.

Me - Deputy Head Teacher /SAHM for last couple of years
DH - Headteacher
SIL - runs a bookshop/artist
BIL- art therapist
Friend - Consultant
FIL- retired Headteacher
MIL- retired Assistant Headteacher
Friend - GP
Friend - PA
Friend - Own business
Friend - IT specialist (not sure what exactly)
Neighbour - Nurse
Neighbour - Accountant
Friend - Hairdresser

Leavers
Me, Retired/carer
Friends
Self employed Mechanic
Small business/shop
Plumber
Estate Agent
Hairdresser
Retired
Retired
Nurse
Child minder

Remain
Brother IT specialist
SIL Teacher
DM Retired
Late DF Retired

Parents voted remain because brother brainwashed them.

Civil servant.

People I know who voted leave
1 retired
2 retired
3 retired
4 electrician
5 support worker
6 retired & living in Spain
7 retired & living in Spain
8 office manager ( government )
9 property manager
10 retired
11 ground worker ( company owner )
12 retired
13 retired
14 structural engineer ( living & working abroad )

I didn't vote leave btw

I'm a civil servant and I voted leave. DH is a surveyor.

Really interested in coffees description of general intelligence. The stupidest person I know voted remain as "she likes her holidays in Spain and people couldn't go there before we joined the EU". She was astonished to hear my parents ventured there in the 60s.

I was very concerned about the countries who may potentially join in the future...not necessarily Turkey, but others such as Albania, Moldova etc. They are economically very poor compared to the UK. I can see many benefits for those countries to join but can't see how it would benefit the UK

Perfectly summed up. The strong EU countries are the givers and the weaker EU economies are the takers. Great deal for the weaker countries, but total stupidity for the stronger countries.

I'm a retired Civil Servant, after seeing what this government has done to the civil service, I haven't any faith that they can handle Brexit.

I think the issue of leavers being 'less educated' is due to the fact that older people tended not to go uni as much, it was more of a middle class thing.

Older people didn't have the opportunity to go to university. There were far fewer universities before the 1990s, and fewer still before the mid 1960s. A lot of middle class people didn't go. And anyone who trains to be a teacher or nurse nowadays comes out with a degree. Teachers and nurses in the past trained for three years, but didn't have degrees at the end of it.

And a lot of even older people had their formal education buggered by the war, but that doesn't mean they're stupid or uninformed.