Young people are less likely to vote than any other age group. Edited by R Jowell et al, National Centre for Social Research, 1999. Chapter 2, 'Young people and political apathy', by Alison Park, p35. More young people than any other age group think that voting is not really important. Chapter 2, 'Young people and political apathy', by Alison Park, p35.
Young people have less of a sense that they have a duty to vote than any other age group.
Chapter 2, 'Young people and political apathy', by Alison Park, p35. Young people are not sure that voting makes a difference. Young people are less interested in, and knowledgeable about, politics than other age groups, and than previous generations of young people. Young people express less interest in politics than any other age group, and than previous generations of young people. Chapter 2, 'Young people and political apathy', by Alison Park, p24-25.