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‘Youthquake’: How and Why Young People Reshaped the Political Landscape in 2017

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DOI10.1177/2041905818764697
Published date01 March 2018
AuthorJames Sloam,Matt Henn,Rakib Ehsan
Date01 March 2018
4 POLITICAL INSIGHT • APRIL 2018
The 2017 General Election result
was described as a ‘youthquake’
– a shock result founded on an
unexpected surge in youth turnout
and the overwhelming support of younger
voters for Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party. Ipsos
MORI data released after the election, ‘How
Britain Voted in 2017’, revealed some dramatic
‘Youthquake’: How and
Why Young People
Reshaped the Political
Landscape in 2017
The shock 2017 General Election result was widely characterised as
a ‘youthquake’, with a dramatic surge in support for Labour among
younger voters. James Sloam, Rakib Ehsan and Matt Henn investigate
the new trend that could have profound implications for British politics.
changes amongst younger voters. Ipsos MORI
and the Essex Continuous Monitoring Survey
(Whiteley and Clarke 2017) both estimated
an increase in youth turnout of around 20
percentage points. The gap in support for the
two main parties amongst this cohort – 35
percentage points – was unprecedented in
size.
The excitement generated by the election
was such that the Oxford English Dictionary
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