NEW Working Paper
Today we publish a working paper on the findings of a large-scale public consultation on the prospect of referendums on Northern Ireland’s constitutional status, authored by @alanjrenwick, @NadiaDobryanska, @ConorKellyLDN and @chhkincaid.
Today we publish a working paper on the findings of a large-scale public consultation on the prospect of referendums on Northern Ireland’s constitutional status, authored by @alanjrenwick, @NadiaDobryanska, @ConorKellyLDN and @chhkincaid.
The six-week consultation was initiated by the Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland in the summer of 2020 and received
1,377 responses.
1,377 responses.
Of those who responded 62% were nationalists, 17.8% were unionists, and 18.9% identified with neither community.
The paper concludes that Irish nationalists, for understandable reasons, are much more willing to participate in discussions on such referendums than are unionists.
The paper concludes that Irish nationalists, for understandable reasons, are much more willing to participate in discussions on such referendums than are unionists.
Respondents from across society voiced both hopes & fears on this topic: there were hopes relating to both referendums and unification itself, but also concerns, and sometimes fears.
Though people expressed thoughts on many aspects of referendum design, it was clear that there are few aspects of the process on which widely shared public preferences have yet emerged.
Read the full and detailed analysis here: bit.ly/3iGafsQ
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