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Abstention: will 18-24 year olds really no longer vote?

2021-08-30T16:59:32.873Z


THE VERIFICATION - On Radio Classique, the political scientist Dominique Reynié affirms that young people do not go "at all" to the polls. The regional elections of June 2021 were indeed marked by a strong abstention from this age group. A phenomenon that has worsened throughout ...


THE QUESTION.

Will the presidential election of 2022 allow a burst of mobilization among young people? This is what is at stake in the next ballot after a fairly low turnout in the regional elections in June 2021. “

When we reach this level of abstention, by definition all categories are won, but it was devastating in the younger generations. There is no longer any intergenerational transmission of the electoral act, of belief in its usefulness or even in its principles,

”explains Dominique Reynié, political scientist and director general of Fondapol on Radio Classique on Monday. And to emphasize that "

18-24 year olds don't go there at all (vote, Editor's note): 80-90% abstention. It's a democracy that's coming to an end,

lack of voters. "

CHECKS.

It's a reality: during the last regional elections, this segment of the population abstained 87% in the first round and 79% in the second according to an Ipsos / Sopra Steria survey for France Télévisions and Radio.

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Source: lefigaro

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