Votes at 16: ‘Either way, we win’, say campaigners
A bill being heard in the House of Commons tomorrow could be the first step in allowing 1.5 million teens to vote.
A bill being heard in the House of Commons tomorrow could be the first step in allowing 1.5 million teens to vote.
Article by James Hart, first published by The Conversation. Every time a British election rolls around, it elicits a wave of hand-wringing editorials about young voters’ poor turnout at the polls relative to older people. But this year, there aretest
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is now turning his attention to the potentially key youth vote, having been focused on security and policing in recent weeks.
Marine Le Pen’s Front National have claimed that young people are joining the fascists ‘in their droves’.