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Yes, I voted remain but certain stories - not necessarily this one - is just pandering to remainers. There was an article a few years ago which drew out loads of spurious correlations from surveys to make leave voters look stupid, i.e. "Leave voters are less likely to wear fresh underpants".
Maybe it was supposed to be light hearted but it looked like punching down to me.
I don't think it's punching down as much as it's just reporting stuff that's happening. Pointing out the Brexit is a disaster isn't calling people stupid it's calling the whole idea stupid. Which it was, and which it is.
Writing an article highlighting that Brexit voters were less likely to change their underpants when statistically they are going to be from poorer demographics is punching down.