Survey: 83% Oppose Becoming Independent

January 12, 2023

According to a recent survey from Narrative Research Bermuda, when asked “to what extent do you support or oppose Bermuda securing their own independence,” 83% were in opposition, 10% were in support and 7% were unsure.

A spokesperson said, “Recently, David Burt has made numerous public comments about the possibility of Bermuda becoming a sovereign state. When asked if residents support or oppose Bermuda securing their sovereignty from the United Kingdom, a strong majority of residents [83%] were in opposition, while only ten percent were in support and seven percent were unsure in this regard.

“There has consistently been a majority of the population that oppose Bermuda as a sovereign state. However, these recent results represent an increase in opposition, particularly those who completely oppose such a move. When this question was last asked in September of 2019, 72 percent of residents were opposed [up 11 points in 2022] and 23 percent were in support [down 13 points in 2022].

“Across demographics, opposition decreases somewhat with age. At the same time, opposition is greater among white residents, wherein 95 percent indicate they are either mostly opposed or completely opposed. Those with household incomes over $75k more commonly report being completely opposed compared with those with lower incomes.

“These results reflect opinions of 219 adult Bermuda residents [18 years or age or older], conducted from November 21st to December 6th, 2022. The questions are not commissioned by a third party and were collected independently by Narrative Research Bermuda. The results presented in this document were collected from Narrative Research Bermuda’s proprietary online panel of adult residents, Bermuda Voice. Per industry standards, a margin of error cannot be ascribed to online survey results.”

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  1. Joe Bloggs says:

    “when asked “to what extent do you support or oppose Bermuda securing their own independence,” 83% were in opposition, 10% were in support and 7% were unsure.”

    No surprise there. That is why Premier Burt will not have a referendum on the issue.

  2. Reg says:

    I think we are all aware of what we would be giving up;

    A British passport – who wants to get a visa to go the US as most Caribbean Independents do?
    Cheap education in the UK for our kids, infrastructure eg police, public works, the ability to send prisoners to the UK and of course trinkets when the world falls apart.

    Can you replace those Premier Burt? You can’t even run a bus schedule.

    • PBanks says:

      Who’s to say that Bermuda could not obtain similar provisions for visa-free entry that the Bahamas enjoys?

      • sandgrownan says:

        Incompetence?

      • saud says:

        Your only concern is visa free travel to the US? Nothing about inexpensive higher education…or the trinkets that saved you?
        Wow!

        • PBanks says:

          I am literally responding to the post talking about passports and visas. Good lord.

  3. Cordell W. Riley says:

    “Survey: 83% Oppose Becoming Independent” screams the headline! And on the news the night before, the person representing the firm doubled-down by saying “peoples views against independence are hardening,” and then proffered reasons as to why this is taking place.

    You would have thought that this was another equal, probability sample (epsam as it is known in the industry), such that you can trust the results. Then you read this: “The questions are not commissioned by a third party and were collected independently by Narrative Research Bermuda. The results presented in this document were collected from Narrative Research Bermuda’s proprietary online panel of adult residents, Bermuda Voice. Per industry standards, a margin of error cannot be ascribed to online survey results.”

    So, it turns out that this “survey” was not epsam but rather a non-epsam, selected sample. This then begs the questions: Who was selected? How were they selected? Why were they selected? And so on. Of course you cannot ascribe a margin of error to it because it is not a scientific sample. How then, does it become news?

    Lawrence Lessig, in his book “America Compromised” sheds some light on this. He has a whole chapter devoted to the media. He uses the term “media corruption” to describe the egregious behaviours of the media. He posits that media outlets feign neutrality when what they should be doing is stating what their beliefs are. If they did, no one would have to doubt, or trust for that matter, the Foxes of the world because they would be doing exactly what they said that they would be doing. He underscores the point by saying: “On purely civic grounds, the choice between hard news and horse-race news is obvious. On purely commercial grounds, the choice is equally obvious.” Is the media trying to put out a particular “narrative?”

    • Double s says:

      Exactly how I feel about CURB’s polling as well.

      • Cordell W. Riley says:

        You know, when I was told about this comment, I thought they said “You should see what double-as* wrote!”

        • Double s says:

          Weak reply. Still feel no different about your CURB polls.

  4. Sy says:

    What are people afraid of? Let’s go independent, let’s go free, let’s be a sovereign island with bigger benefits. Yes bigger benefits that’s to come like your never seen it before.
    We have been living in a fake ass colonial life way to long and we need to break free to enjoy everything that rightfully belongs to us, we the people

    • Question says:

      Delusional.

      • Double s says:

        Notice how they didn’t or can’t articulate what these “bigger benefits” would be or what we will get that is “rightfully ours.”

    • iyiyi says:

      No offense Sy, but your an idiot !

    • Joe Bloggs says:

      Sy, I do hope that you message is dripping with sarcasm.