{"id":144293,"date":"2023-05-03T02:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-lord-ashcroft-polls-new-coronation-poll-finds-lead-for-republic-in-antigua-bahamas-and-jamaica-other-caribbean-nations-would-stay-with-the-crown\/"},"modified":"2023-05-03T02:01:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T06:01:00","slug":"english-lord-ashcroft-polls-new-coronation-poll-finds-lead-for-republic-in-antigua-bahamas-and-jamaica-other-caribbean-nations-would-stay-with-the-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/english-lord-ashcroft-polls-new-coronation-poll-finds-lead-for-republic-in-antigua-bahamas-and-jamaica-other-caribbean-nations-would-stay-with-the-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"LORD ASHCROFT POLLS:  NEW CORONATION POLL FINDS LEAD FOR REPUBLIC IN ANTIGUA, BAHAMAS AND JAMAICA &#8211; OTHER CARIBBEAN NATIONS WOULD STAY WITH THE CROWN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">LONDON<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">May 3, 2023<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Antigua and <span class=\"xn-location\">Barbuda<\/span>, the <span class=\"xn-location\">Bahamas<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Jamaica<\/span> would vote to become republics in a referendum tomorrow, according to new research from Lord Ashcroft Polls. The other five countries in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span> region where <span class=\"xn-person\">King Charles<\/span> is head of state would choose to remain constitutional monarchies.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgda67left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgda67left\" title=\"How countries where King Charles is head of state would vote tomorrow in a referendum on the monarchy \u2013 Lord Ashcroft Polls\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2068023\/Lord_Ashcroft_Polls_Infographic.jpg\" alt=\"How countries where King Charles is head of state would vote tomorrow in a referendum on the monarchy \u2013 Lord Ashcroft Polls\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Findings from the survey include:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>More said they would vote for a republic than the monarchy in <span class=\"xn-location\">Antigua<\/span> (by 47% to 45%), the <span class=\"xn-location\">Bahamas<\/span> (by 51% to 27%) and <span class=\"xn-location\">Jamaica<\/span> (by 49% to 40%). The remainder in each case said they didn&#8217;t know or would not vote.<\/li>\n<li>More said they would vote to remain a constitutional monarchy than to become a republic in <span class=\"xn-location\">Belize<\/span> (by 48% to 43%), <span class=\"xn-location\">Grenada<\/span> (by 56% to 42%), <span class=\"xn-location\">St Kitts &amp; Nevis<\/span> (by 52% to 45%), <span class=\"xn-location\">St Lucia<\/span> (by 56% to 39%) and St Vincent and The <span class=\"xn-location\">Grenadines<\/span> (by 63% to 34%).<\/li>\n<li>More than 75% of pro-republic voters in all 8 countries polled in the region said that becoming a republic would bring real, practical benefits. The remainder said the monarchy was wrong in principle and should be replaced whether there were practical benefits or not.<\/li>\n<li>Most pro-republic voters in <span class=\"xn-location\">Jamaica<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">St Kitts<\/span> said the monarchy had been good for their country in the past but makes no sense today. In the other 6 countries, most pro-republic voters said the monarchy should never have been part of how their country was governed.<\/li>\n<li>In all 3 countries where more would vote for a republic than to keep the monarchy, majorities (53% in <span class=\"xn-location\">Antigua<\/span>, 69% in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Bahamas<\/span>, 75% in <span class=\"xn-location\">Jamaica<\/span>) agreed that &#8220;in an ideal world we wouldn&#8217;t have the monarchy, but there are more important things for the country to deal with.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Despite their &#8220;referendum&#8221; votes, majorities in <span class=\"xn-location\">Antigua<\/span> (55%) and <span class=\"xn-location\">Jamaica<\/span> (62%) agreed that the monarchy meant they had more stability in their country than they would have without it. With the exception of the <span class=\"xn-location\">Bahamas<\/span>, majorities in all countries polled in the region agreed that the King can unite everyone no matter who they voted for, and that the royal family cares a lot about their particular country.<\/li>\n<li>Asked to choose between two statements, people in <span class=\"xn-location\">Antigua<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Belize<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">St Kitts<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">St Lucia<\/span> and St Vincent were more likely to see the monarchy as a valuable force for stability and continuity; those in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Bahamas<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Grenada<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Jamaica<\/span> were more likely to see it as part of a colonial past that has no place in their country today.<\/li>\n<li>Majorities in all 8 countries polled in the region had a positive view of <span class=\"xn-person\">King Charles<\/span>, except the <span class=\"xn-location\">Bahamas<\/span> (38%).<\/li>\n<li>In 7 of the 8 countries, most said the monarchy made them feel more rather than less warm towards the UK (people in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Bahamas<\/span> were divided 50-50). Clear majorities in all 8 said that if their country became a republic they would want to remain part of the Commonwealth.<\/li>\n<li>Aside from <span class=\"xn-location\">Antigua<\/span>, the <span class=\"xn-location\">Bahamas<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Jamaica<\/span>, the polling found that voters in <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span> and the <span class=\"xn-location\">Solomon Islands<\/span> would vote to become republics if a referendum were held tomorrow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>4,077 adults were interviewed online in <span class=\"xn-location\">Antigua &amp; Barbuda<\/span>, the <span class=\"xn-location\">Bahamas<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Belize<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Grenada<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Jamaica<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">St Kitts &amp; Nevis<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">St Lucia<\/span> and St Vincent and The <span class=\"xn-location\">Grenadines<\/span> in February and <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 2023<\/span>. A total of 22,701 adults were interviewed in the 15 countries in which <span class=\"xn-person\">King Charles<\/span> is head of state. The full report, <\/i>Uncharted Realms: The Future of the Monarchy in the UK and Around the World<i>, together with full data for each country,<\/i> <i>is available for free at LordAshcroftPolls.com<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>LORD ASHCROFT KCMG PC <\/b>is an international businessman, philanthropist, pollster and author. He is a former Deputy Chairman of the UK Conservative Party and honorary Chairman of the International Democrat Union. His recent political books include <i>Going For Broke: The Rise of <span class=\"xn-person\">Rishi Sunak<\/span>, First Lady: Intrigue at the Court of <span class=\"xn-person\">Carrie and Boris Johnson<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-person\">Red Knight<\/span>: The Unauthorised Biography of Sir <span class=\"xn-person\">Keir Starmer<\/span>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lordashcroftpolls.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">LordAshcroftPolls.com<\/a>\u00a0 \/\/\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/lordashcroft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">LordAshcroft.com<\/a>\u00a0 \/\/\u00a0 Twitter\/Facebook: @LordAshcroft<\/p>\n<p>Infographic &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2068023\/Lord_Ashcroft_Polls_Infographic.jpg?p=original\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2068023\/Lord_Ashcroft_Polls_Infographic.jpg<\/a><br \/><span>Logo &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2000968\/Lord_Ashcroft_Logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2000968\/Lord_Ashcroft_Logo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpge5a7left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpge5a7left\" title=\"Lord Ashcroft Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2000968\/Lord_Ashcroft_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"Lord Ashcroft Logo\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Lord Ashcroft Polls (LordAshcroftPolls.com)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">LONDON<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">May 3, 2023<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Antigua and <span class=\"xn-location\">Barbuda<\/span>, the <span class=\"xn-location\">Bahamas<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Jamaica<\/span> would vote to become republics in a referendum tomorrow, according to new research from Lord Ashcroft Polls. The other five countries in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span> region where <span class=\"xn-person\">King Charles<\/span> is head of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}