Some estimates have predicted
the youth voter turnout to be as high as 72 % with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn being credited with appealing to younger voters
It was an online movement that begot offline behavior, including producing
youth voter turnout that may have supplied the margin of victory.
Not exact matches
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.
The
youth vote famously played a large role in Barack Obama's victory in 2008, but one of the big questions of this year's election is how young
voter turnout will compare with that of the previous election.
On the debate about increased
youth vote, some polling: YouGov also gives figures for the
turnout among younger
voters, finding that about 58 %
Sparking an Interest in Civic Engagement in Today's
Youth Cape Cod Today, October 13, 2013» [Associate Professor Meira Levinson's] presentation included an alarming report that in the 2012 election, there was a 41 % overall
voter turnout for young adults age 18 to 24.