Not sure there's hard evidence about "the majority backing the status quo" - Duffy suggests 1/3 pro-Hanover, 1/3 pro-Stuart and 1/3 couldn't care less/"Can't be Arsed". He also suggests however that pro-Stuart support especially was governed by the proximity of the Jacobite army.Exactly, though the aristocracy will be as divided as the rest of the populace with the majority backing the current status quo.
There's a really fascinating scenario that could come out of this set-up but it would probably take an incredible amount of original research to try and create a "Hard" alternate history from it.