General election results weren’t down to youth turnout alone
Yes, young voters' choices had an impact, but not a decisive one.
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Study: 60 percent of rural millennials lack access to a political life
A recent study from the Tisch College of Civil Life at Tufts looks at millennials' civic engagement – and finds some cause for concern in rural, suburban and urban areas.
An open letter to university students: your vote matters
South Africa's university students have shown that they can have an impact on the political landscape. That's why it's so important that they exercise their right to vote.
Here’s what would have happened if Brexit vote was weighted by age
There's an argument to be made for giving more power to those who will live longer with the consequences.
Not only do youth vote, they also represent their own
The involvement of youth in politics suggests politicians are not tackling issues of concern to young people.
Election FactCheck: could a vote among under 30s in Australia possibly deliver a Greens prime minister?
Greens leader Richard Di Natale told Q&A that if there was a vote among people who are under 30 in Australia, there'd possibly be a Greens prime minister. What do the polls say?
Many young people aren’t enrolled to vote – but are we asking them the wrong question?
Concern about youth electoral enrolment is framed the wrong way. It usually suggests that young people are somehow deficient and that they – and not the political culture – are the problem.
Young people are detached from politics – schools can be the solution
A new study of young Belgians shows the power of a political education.
Don’t blame young voters for not bothering about the EU referendum
Young people have the most at stake in the June 23 poll, but they know the least about the EU.
Young voters embrace Sanders, but not democracy
In 2014, voting rates for young people hit record lows. Will things turn around in 2016?
Hard Evidence: do we become more conservative with age?
We know that older people are more likely to vote conservative: but is this because of their age, or their generation?
How did young people vote in 2015, and what does it mean for the future?
Good news: young people are politically active. Bad news: they're not all turning up to elections.
Hate the players, love the game: why young people aren’t voting
Research suggests young people are engaged in politics, they just don't like the politicians.
Hard Evidence: will young people vote, and does it even matter?
Young people could change the outcome in anywhere between 11 and 41 constituencies.
Electoral reform loses nearly one million young voters
Recent figures suggest nearly one million people – many of them university students – have fallen off the voters’ register over the past year. With a general election looming, this is an alarming statistic…
We’re not ready to lower the voting age to 16 yet
The case for lowering the voting age to 16 in the UK would appear to have been strengthened by the resonance of young people in the Scottish referendum. But excitement over this issue masks a deeper problem…
Our democracy is the loser when voices of youth are marginalised
In the current political environment, young people are damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Typically stereotyped as having an inflated sense of entitlement, uninterested in civic participation…
Hard Evidence: do governments favour the old and would it be different if young people voted?
It has become a truism in the UK that government policy favours older generations because they vote in much larger numbers than young people. This assumption was central to the recent recommendation made…
Modi is the man for India’s ‘generation nowhere’ students
In 2004, students in the north Indian city of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, started a club called Generation Nowhere. They met to discuss the hopelessness of their position as educated young men from provincial…
Finding the missing youth vote
From the beginning of the 2013 election campaign, prime minister Kevin Rudd has put young people front and centre. Be it through the use of social media (although no more “selfies” have surfaced of late…
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