This data is realy powerful. I've seen the disengagement firsthand with younger family members who just dont feel like their vote matters anymore. The point about political interest being set in your teens makes so much sense, and lowering the voting age to 16 could genuinely help break that cycle of apathy.
Our anti-democratic "First past the post" electoral system carries a lot of the blame. For so many people it doesn't matter how they vote - it cannot make a difference. Bring in PR and every vote will count.
It doesn't help that we voted for changed in 2024, for grown up politics and we got a cowardly asshole who carried on, basically, with the Tory policies and Reform rhetoric, which had already torn the country apart and ripped up the social contract.
This data is realy powerful. I've seen the disengagement firsthand with younger family members who just dont feel like their vote matters anymore. The point about political interest being set in your teens makes so much sense, and lowering the voting age to 16 could genuinely help break that cycle of apathy.
Our anti-democratic "First past the post" electoral system carries a lot of the blame. For so many people it doesn't matter how they vote - it cannot make a difference. Bring in PR and every vote will count.
It doesn't help that we voted for changed in 2024, for grown up politics and we got a cowardly asshole who carried on, basically, with the Tory policies and Reform rhetoric, which had already torn the country apart and ripped up the social contract.