He explained: [Support] is less strong amongst older people. While three-quarters of 25-34 years are in favour of it, on the flip sides over-65s tend to be the opposite. You re seeing a younger dynamic in play in there.
He suggested there are now three distinct camps in the North - including a cohort of around one-in-five people who don t know whether or not they support a united Ireland.
He explained: When you dig down into who exactly are these people, they tend to be people who don t align themselves along those traditional identifiers of unionist or nationalist, or loyalist or republican.
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