Nearly 60% of Welsh voters are unaware of how the new voting system will work in May's Senedd elections, according to polling by Cardiff University and YouGov, with widespread confusion persisting 26 years after devolution about which policy decisions are handled by the Welsh government versus Westminster. The survey of 1,544 people found that only 1% could correctly identify responsibility for eight key policy areas, with media consumption patterns—46% relying on UK-wide outlets versus 10% using Wales-focused news—cited as a primary cause of the knowledge gap.
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Nearly 60% of Welsh voters are unaware of how the new voting system will work in May's Senedd elections, according to polling by Cardiff University and YouGov, with widespread confusion persisting 26 years after devolution about which policy decisions are handled by the Welsh government versus Westminster. The survey of 1,544 people found that only 1% could correctly identify responsibility for eight key policy areas, with media consumption patterns—46% relying on UK-wide outlets versus 10% using Wales-focused news—cited as a primary cause of the knowledge gap.