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Despite the happiness of most young voters to see the back of the Conservative Party, they are not overjoyed about Keir Starmer. A new poll shows that Labour has had its worst result with young people since 2010, falling by 16 percentage points since 2019.
️ How 18-24s voted in 2024 election:
LAB 40% (-16)
GRN 15% (+11)
CON 14% (-6)Worst Labour result with young people since **2010**.
Via Lord Ashcroft polls, 4 July 2024 (+/- vs 2019) pic.twitter.com/Gmp1TKjP6w
— Stats for Lefties ️⚧️ (@LeftieStats) July 5, 2024
Indeed, there was no “youthquake” at all in this election. The Greens improved dramatically on 2019’s results, with 15% of 18-24-year-olds opting for the party. The Tories will be disappointed but hardly surprised at landing 14%. Meanwhile, Reform got 8% of the youth vote. As Eric Kaufman wrote only yesterday in UnHerd, young people are still more often progressive than not despite the Rightward shift we hear so much about. No pleasing this lot…
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