With the General Election fast approaching, there has been a surge in the number of voting applications being submitted by under 25’s.
A study from YouGov states how Labour is currently leading the youth vote with a 13 percent advantage since the start of October. It has increased from 38% to 51%.
The People’s Vote UK said that over 1 Million people have registered to vote in the last few weeks. This shows that a lot of young people are taking interest in the future of their government.
ONE MILLION young people have registered to vote in the past few weeks.??️
Let's keep this momentum going #RegisterToVote ?
— People's Vote UK (@peoplesvote_uk) November 20, 2019
People have taken to social media to express their opinions on young people voting.
1.2 MILLION young people have registered to vote in 18 days *but*
Only 74% of 25-30 year olds
Only 68% of 20-24 year olds
Only 66% of 18-19 year olds… are registered to vote.
Keep going, keep sharing, keep talking.https://t.co/KyabUgSYQQ
— Hasan Patel ? (@CorbynistaTeen) November 18, 2019
We spoke to a student in Salford about why he votes Labour: “Labour are the party of the people. As a student, it makes no sense to vote for the Tories. As a student from a working-class background and from a town that has been harmed by Tory cuts. I’m never going to vote anything else.”
In Eccles, there was a mixed views on the upcoming election.
Credit: Daisy Herman
However, there is a still a large number of people who are not registered to vote and do not understand the General Election enough to make an informed decision.
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Credit: Daisy Herman
There is four days left to register to vote with the General Election less than three weeks away.
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