Support for monarchy at record low, survey reveals
According to the new research, the monarchy support reached a record low level.
Although more than half of the people prefer to keep royal on the head of a chosen state
When the question was first asked for the British Social Attitudes (BSA) research in 1983, the proportion of people who believe that it was important to protect the monarchy fell from 86 percent.
This is the lowest level of support recorded since the National Social Research Center (Natcen) began to watch the public 40 years ago.
Survey findings are in front of US President Donald Trump’s state visit to England.
The King will be filed with the US leader at Windsor Castle between 17-19 September, with a welcome and a state feast of Mr. Trump.
The journey will be Mr. Trump’s second state visit to England, which will be an unprecedented gesture for the US President.
According to Natcen’s latest survey, one -third (31 percent) felt that the monarchy was not important in 1983 from one of the 10 in 1983.
Currently, 15 percent, in 1983, only 3 percent of the monarchy supports the removal of the removal, he says.
In a new question, the survey participants were asked to choose between holding the monarchy or replacing a elected president.
More than half (58 percent) said they prefer to protect the monarchy, 38 percent of the elected president would prefer.
The results also showed that young people are more likely to prefer a elected president, and that protecting the monarchy was a strongest stance among the supporters of conservative and reform of the UK (82 percent and 77 percent, respectively).
Workers supporters were almost equally divided, 49 percent wanted to protect the monarchy, and 48 percent supported a chosen president.
More than half of the survey participants described as Scottish and almost two -thirds of the WELSH survey participants, 59 percent and 64 percent of the elected president, respectively.
Support for monarchy was the strongest among those described as British (62 percent) or English (68 percent).
In a accompanying blog, Natcen said, “Supporting the monarchy tends to be younger and left -wing, who prefer a strongest, elected president among the right -handed individuals.”
Natcen Research Director Alex Scholes said: “Support to the monarchy is the lowest level since our records began, more people than ever before.
“At the same time, when he is asked to make a direct choice, the majority of the people prefer to move to a president of an elected president.
“This tension between low importance and continuous preference will be very important in shaping discussions about the role of monarchy in the coming years.”
The latest BSA questionnaire consisted of 4,120 interviews with a random adult sample in the UK, and the latest BSA 2024 survey included participants living in Northern Ireland for the first time, while the number was very small to give a fault for this group.
