Britain split 50/50 on EU membership: Poll
The British public is split 50/50 on whether to stay or leave the European Union, shows an opinion poll published by research firm ORB.
A total of 2,082 people were surveyed in the online poll done for the Independent between Wednesday and Friday.
At first, fifty percent said Britain should leave and 50 percent said that it should remain, however, the result changed to 51 percent for Leave and 49 percent for Remain after the findings were weighted to take account of Britons’ likelihood to vote.
The survey shows that US President Barack Obama’s intervention in the debate has failed to persuade the Britons to vote in favor of Britain’s EU membership.
Obama arrived in London on April 21 to call on the United Kingdom to drop Brexit and stay in the European Union, warning that leaving the EU would put London “in the back of the queue” in terms of trade deals with Washington.
Speaking in a joint press conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron on April 22, Obama said the “special relationship” between the two countries makes the Brexit “a matter of deep interest to the United States.”
In an interview with the BBC Sunday, Obama said that a trade deal between the US and the UK could take almost a decade to negotiate if Britain votes to leave the European Union.
"The UK would not be able negotiate something with the United States faster than the EU," Obama said. "We wouldn't abandon our efforts to negotiate a trade deal with our largest trading partner, the European market."
The British people will vote on June 23 on whether to maintain the country's 43-year membership of the EU. Many opinion polls have so far said the result of the vote is too close to call.
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