Highly educated young people are less likely to vote than older people with much lower levels of attainment

Berry, Richard and Mcdonnell, Anthony (2014) Highly educated young people are less likely to vote than older people with much lower levels of attainment. Democratic Audit Blog (13 Mar 2014). Website.

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Older people are more likely to vote and highly educated people are more likely to vote: these are electoral phenomena common in advanced democracies across the world. The UK stands out from its counterparts in some ways: we have a much wider gap in turnout between young and old, while the gap in turnout based on education is either much smaller or non-existent. Richard Berry and Anthony Mcdonnell investigate these trends, highlighting findings from the 2011 census, British Election Study and OECD data on voting patterns.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://www.democraticaudit.com/
Additional Information:	© 2014 Democratic Audit UK
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	07 Jul 2014 08:44
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 19:15
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/57531

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