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Youth Quake: Young people and the 2017 General Election

This academic audit of political party offers to younger generations concludes that the Conservative party will have to do much more to attract the youth vote. Written by Dr James Sloam and Muhammad Rakib Ehsan, Royal Holloway, University of London, the report explores why some political parties did better than others at re-engaging younger generations, which resulted in a “Youth Quake” at the 2017 General Election.