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.
Young people know less about politics than any other age group.
Young people do not respect politicians, and have no strong views about broader questions of citizenship. Chapter 2, 'Young people and political apathy', by Alison Park, p33. State of the Young Nation 1998, British Youth Council 1998, p6. Young people do not have strong views regarding broader questions of citizenship. Only 60 percent of them think that other people are good citizens, as against 67 percent of the general population.