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BeyondGeography

(39,374 posts)
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 06:47 AM Jun 2016

Young Britons Complacent About Voting


Interesting clip in light of the result. Younger voters were much more inclined to vote Remain but less so to vote. Maybe with a whole set of new obstacles in the way of the free flow of talent between England and the continent, rising travel and cellphone costs, attitudes about the "meaninglessness" of voting will change.
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Young Britons Complacent About Voting (Original Post) BeyondGeography Jun 2016 OP
Russel Brand has a bit to do with this. DemMomma4Sanders Jun 2016 #1
 

DemMomma4Sanders

(274 posts)
1. Russel Brand has a bit to do with this.
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 09:29 AM
Jun 2016

The idea, belief, that voting doesn't lead to our interests being represented is the cause for voter apathy.

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