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Exclusive: Nearly 40 Per Cent Of Young People Do Not Plan To Vote In The Election
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While I agree with you, it would help if the parties actually offered something to young people. Instead they’ve stripped everything away and left them with a bleak outlook. The apathy and nihilist nature isn’t a surprise to me; I fully understand why they feel that way.
Right now they’re left with two genuine choices due to FPTP, not an easy choice to make — even if they vote for someone else, this is who they’ll still end up with:
Option A) a party that doesn’t give a fuck about them
Option B) a party that’s better than option A, but still doesn’t give a fuck about them.
Edit: while I’ve been having fun getting stuck into this. I just need to be clear guys, because I think people are misunderstanding me. My position is that people SHOULD vote. What I’m presenting to others in the comments are the reasons why someone who has grown apathetic would decide not to. Frustrating isn’t it? But, that’s the kind of person you’ll need to win over.
I’ve said it elsewhere, give them hope and a future worth voting for and they’ll turn up.
The parties don't give a fuck about them because they don't vote.
If 90% of young people voted you would see a lot of policy pivots very quickly.
How does that work? Young people don’t vote because why the fuck would they vote for a party that clearly doesn’t give a shit about them? Parties need to appeal to young people equally if not more than most demographics. I’m 27, I’m not going to vote for a party that panders to elderly people, I’m going to vote for the party that appeals mostly to what I want my country to do for me
It is a catch-22. Young people don't vote because nobody cares about them, and nobody cares about them because they don't vote.
And it will only change if young people will start to vote in bigger numbers.