This demographic shift feels less like a temporary swing in sentiment and more like a fundamental realignment of how younger generations view their professional and personal horizons. For those who grew up in a digitally and culturally borderless environment, the friction introduced by Brexit—from the loss of Erasmus+ to complex work visas—is often viewed not through a partisan lens, but as a tangible constraint on their mobility and agency.

It suggests that for this cohort, the value of the EU isn't just political; it’s about a baseline level of access to collaborative research, labor markets, and shared infrastructure that they consider essential for the modern world.

No surprise, you had to be over the age of 39 before you were more likely to vote for Brexit.

By the time we got around to implementing it enough old people had died off that the vote would have gone the other way already.

The cohort least likely to vote.

source: a UK public service broadcaster poll........