Brexit Anomalies: Meeting the young people who voted Leave
On the 23rd June 2016, Britain marginally voted to leave the European Union (51.9%). Something that was immediately clear from the referendum results data was the divide between different social and political groups . People aligned with the Conservative Party overwhelmingly voted to leave, while Labour supporters mostly voted to remain. People with higher levels of education were more likely to want to remain, with statistics showing that only 32% of degree holders voted to leave. One particular group that stood out from the data was young people. 71% of 18-24 years olds voted to remain. The result wasn't a surprise, a poll conducted by Social Europe in 2013 had predicted that the majority of young people would wish to remain in the EU. This particular result brought up a lot of debate. If 16 year olds had been able to vote, would the UK still be in the EU come 29th March? Had the older generations voted selfishly and ruined the futures of younger people who...