UK Poll Predictions Shattered as 70 Percent Youth Turnout Boosts Far Left
by LIAM DEACON
BreitBart.com
9 Jun 2017
Labour won a strong majority of the seats where turnout increased by more than 5 per cent, with roughly 70 per cent of 18 – 24-year-olds voting nationwide, according to early estimates.
Thursday night, for the fist time in decades, younger voters appear to have been overrepresented in contrast with previous elections, with turnout rising to its highest level in 20 years.
The overall turnout is estimated to be 68.7 per cent – up 2.6 per cent on 2015. The youth turnout, meanwhile, was around three points higher than the overall – up around 27 per cent on 2015 to approximately 70 per cent, the Metro and others report.
In the last four general elections – 2001, 2005, 2010, and 2015 – apathy was commonplace and youth turnout hovered around 40 per cent.
In the last general election, a year and a half ago, just 43 per cent of 18 to 24s voted. In the European Union (EU) referendum, turnout amongst this group rose to just 64 per cent.
Since 1997, the average turnout amongst young people has been consistently lower than the overall turnout. The overall turnout was 72 per cent for the Brexit vote and 66 per cent in the 2015 general election.
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