Pro-Brexit voters suspicious of all experts – even weather forecasters, poll finds

‘People who voted ‘Leave’ in the EU referendum generally tend to be more skeptical of experts than those who voted to ‘Remain,’ a YouGov poll suggests.
It is already widely believed that Leave voters have little time for expert opinion on Brexit, but new figures indicate Brexiteers hold scant regard for experts in all fields.
The poll follows former Justice Secretary Michael Gove’s claim in the run-up to the EU referendum that “people in this country have had enough of experts.”
According to the poll, the lack of trust tends to be stronger for certain types of experts, with Leavers being 21 percentage points less likely to trust economists than people who voted to Remain in the EU.’
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