The phrase
"youth turnout" refers to the number of young people who participate or vote in a specific event, such as elections or protests. It is a measure of how many young individuals engage in activities related to democracy and public affairs.
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The British Election Study has said the youthquake was a «myth» and that there was no surge
in youth turnout after all.
Many others believe a
high youth turnout in favour of Mr Corbyn has influenced the results so far.
If we want MPs who actually represent of the views of the general public, not the fanciful, extreme or dangerous, then it is in all our interests to
increase youth turnout at the polls
In 2015, Ed Miliband pinned his electoral hopes on reengaging disaffected young people — only to watch the Tories secure a decisive majority
as youth turnout lingered in the low 40s.
If Labour can really turn out university students and young ethnic minorities, it can take a couple of these seats - but to take any others it would need a high
youth turnout across the board, or to significantly increase its support among Kippers.
When it turns out Labour's performance came on the back of a
huge youth turnout will there be some humble self reflection going on over here?
Grime star @JmeBBK and Labour don @jeremycorbyn talk about the importance of a
high youth turnout in this election.
Although Labour's share of the youth vote did increase, this is not the same as a surge
in youth turnout.
Another mistake pollsters made was to assume an electorate that looked more like the one that voted in 2004 and less like 2008, which had larger - than - usual minority and
youth turnout.
What's more, despite all the predictions that
youth turnout would be down, voters 18 - 29 made up 19 % of last night's voting population — up from 18 % four years ago — and President Obama took 60 % from that group.
First of all, there's the fact that
youth turnout was significantly up for the EU referendum.
Is it realistic to think that
youth turnout could be increased further?
There are reasons to believe that
youth turnout will finally increase in this general election.
We need more data on who really showed up to the polls before we can say this conclusively, but it's difficult to see how Labour got the numbers it did without a big increase at least in
youth turnout.
Ukip switching to the Tories again presents a threat to the party however, with the party standing aside in many seats - high
youth turnout is crucial, combined with Labour taking Ukip votes.
The surprise surge of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party in the general election has been explained by a significant rise in
youth turnout, with experts saying 18 to 24 - year - old voters could have turned a number of key constituencies red.
Activist Sunny Hundal tweeted: «If this exit poll is correct it will be down to
youth turnout.
Twenty - eight years later, in the closest presidential race in modern history,
youth turnout, having fallen steadily over the years, reached a new low of 36 percent.
This was the first election in some time with a higher
youth turnout, and over 60 % of them voted for Obama.