>> Because reactionaries successfully channeled discontent about declining material conditions into a reductive scapegoating of the EU and faced no meaningful opposition
Yes. From the Left as well as the Right. Jeremy Corbyn is an example of the former.
>> ... from what is now a center-right Labor Party, post Blair.
Labour Party.
It seems traditional party politics were not the primary factor. There were Leavers on both Left and Right. Centrists were less likely to be Leavers than those on the wings of their party.
Demographic factors were more determining of a Leave vote than political affiliation: Age (older vs younger), region (England/Wales vs Scotland/N.Ireland), population density (rural vs urban), income (low earning vs high earning)
Yes. From the Left as well as the Right. Jeremy Corbyn is an example of the former.
>> ... from what is now a center-right Labor Party, post Blair.
Labour Party.
It seems traditional party politics were not the primary factor. There were Leavers on both Left and Right. Centrists were less likely to be Leavers than those on the wings of their party.
Demographic factors were more determining of a Leave vote than political affiliation: Age (older vs younger), region (England/Wales vs Scotland/N.Ireland), population density (rural vs urban), income (low earning vs high earning)