[Cherie]

Early reports have suggested that as many as 72% of young people voted in this general election.
The snap election called by Theresa May in April is said to have sparked a monumental turnout among voters aged 18 to 24, resulting in an unprecedented (apart from by YouGov) hung parliament.
However the 72% figure is just an estimate, initially reported by the head of the NUS. Ipsos Mori pollsters have since said that detailed stats on turnout won’t be available for around a week or so.
While the Tories had expected a landslide victory, they’re currently on just 314 seats – 12 seats short of the 326 needed to have an overall majority.


Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/09/youth-...#ixzz4jWhkTzgy



So the conservative oldies don't have all the power as was suggested on here for weeks

[Crimson Dynamo]

at last, we have a scapegoat for this clusterfck

[arista]

yes the Young
got out of bed

[Headie]

Wow us youthful souls did that

[reece(:]

And Jezza's percentage went up

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

at last, we have a scapegoat for this clusterfck

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

you happy Kaz

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

at last, we have a scapegoat for this clusterfck

Will of the British public.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Cherie

you happy Kaz

Delighted Cherie,and nothing to do with the election,

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by arista

yes the Young
got out of bed

About time

[Kazanne]

I think it's great so many youngsters turned out to vote,but as somebody said on the news,they have not seen the Labour party run us into the ground yet,but fingers crossed they don't do that again.

[Alf]

Do you'll think they'll be regular viewers of Prime ministers questions from now on?

[Brother Leon]

In Corbyn We Trust.

[Greg!]

Incredible

[Withano]

Still outnumbered by the ageing population. Luckily this time a lot of old people voted with the young instead of against them.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Brother Leon

In Corbyn We Trust.

To do what, lose elections to a Blairite Tory?

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by Alf

To do what, lose elections to a Blairite Tory?

Don't kid yourself, Labour made massive gains this election, the Tories will be over after this term, they're being exposed as weak, they're having to work with the DUP, and most likely we're going to get a third PM in 7 years out of them soon, they're an absolute mess.

[King Gizzard]

Young people waking up and realising they will have to pick up the pieces from a hard Brexit in which the economy will take 40 years to recover from, after many selfish leave voters have passed on to the next life but it's okay because we might get blue passports back, amazing

[Braden]

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

at last, we have a scapegoat for this clusterfck

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Well hello there stranger.
Great to see you back.

[James]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Early reports have suggested that as many as 72% of young people voted in this general election.
The snap election called by Theresa May in April is said to have sparked a monumental turnout among voters aged 18 to 24, resulting in an unprecedented (apart from by YouGov) hung parliament.
However the 72% figure is just an estimate, initially reported by the head of the NUS. Ipsos Mori pollsters have since said that detailed stats on turnout won’t be available for around a week or so.
While the Tories had expected a landslide victory, they’re currently on just 314 seats – 12 seats short of the 326 needed to have an overall majority.


Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/09/youth-...#ixzz4jWhkTzgy



So the conservative oldies don't have all the power as was suggested on here for weeks

I posted this earlier - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40220032

A figure of 72% turnout for 18 to 24-year-olds has been doing the rounds, including in a tweet from Labour MP David Lammy, but there has been much doubt about its origin.

BBC Trending has spoken to Alex Cairns, who seems to have been the first person to tweet this. It was later tweeted by the president of the National Union of Students.

Mr Cairns stressed that the figure was "an indication" and was based on conversations with student union presidents and his own research, but did not show us his calculations.

A 72% turnout for that age group would be remarkable given that Ipsos Mori estimated that only 43% of that age group voted in 2010 and 44% in 2015, but as yet we have no evidence that happened.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Withano

Still outnumbered by the ageing population. Luckily this time a lot of old people voted with the young instead of against them.

Speculative at best Withano, We might not be Brexiting at all if they weren't so complacent in the referendum

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Early reports have suggested that as many as 72% of young people voted in this general election.
The snap election called by Theresa May in April is said to have sparked a monumental turnout among voters aged 18 to 24, resulting in an unprecedented (apart from by YouGov) hung parliament.
However the 72% figure is just an estimate, initially reported by the head of the NUS. Ipsos Mori pollsters have since said that detailed stats on turnout won’t be available for around a week or so.
While the Tories had expected a landslide victory, they’re currently on just 314 seats – 12 seats short of the 326 needed to have an overall majority.


Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/09/youth-...#ixzz4jWhkTzgy



So the conservative oldies don't have all the power as was suggested on here for weeks

The one good thing for me personally about this election is that the young have been engaged in it.
For whatever reason, they have taken part and will realise that their vote counts.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by James

I posted this earlier - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40220032

Sorry didn't see it I think it's very likely near the mark, will be interesting when Mori publish

[Kazanne]

I think there was a lot of no votes as people are disillusioned with all parties tbh, I know as soon as the fox hunting was mentioned TM would struggle,I didn't vote,hubby did,but my brother and a couple of friends didn't ,so I guess there was quite a few.