This young person’s electoral map of Britain is quite something
The good people of Election Maps UK came up with this startling graphic of how Britain would vote in a general election if only 18-24-year-olds were able to take part.
So basically this is the House of Commons we will have in about 70 years or so, as long as no-one born between now and then (or anyone currently under 18) is able to vote. Oh yes, and no-one changes their mind.
How the next general election would look if only 18-24s were allowed to vote (Data from @YouGov, 28-29th August). I'm expecting some great GIFs, everyone…
LAB: 66%, 600 Seats
LDM: 13%, 21 Seats
CON: 12%, 0 Seats
GRN: 4%, 1 Seat
SNP: 3%, 9 Seats
PLC: 0.4%, 1 Seat pic.twitter.com/CxaL1oBJ9u— Election Maps UK (@ElectionMapsUK) September 4, 2018
It caused a bit of a stir online and here are some of our favourite comments.
After years of middle management politics, the young have captured the Labour Party and the elderly are voting for a Tory Brexit. And middle-aged, middle of the road Middle England can’t understand why they are no longer in control. https://t.co/3P2qfnwH9f
— Billy Bragg (@billybragg) September 4, 2018
If only 18 to 24 year olds ruled the world eh @BrandonLewis @JamesCleverly @bbradleymp
How is your drive to recruit young Tories fellas………..? https://t.co/ko7b64RIPu
— Bevan Boy 💚 (@mac123_m) September 4, 2018
The Tories are a demographically dead zombie party.
The only questions are how long they can cling on in government, and how much damage they can do to Britain before they're turfed out of power for good. https://t.co/lxac38SM8m
— Another Angry Voice (@Angry_Voice) September 4, 2018
Looking at this astonishing data, if they continue to ignore the fact that younger people absolutely hate them, in around 30 years the Conservative Party will be entirely obsolete. https://t.co/l1iC6CF62T
— Evolve Politics (@evolvepolitics) September 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/ZuzannaWMroz/status/1037117046360879106
Then you grow up, starting paying tax and NI, have kids, start moaning about kids today, shit music and obsessing about ear hair, then you go right wing and before you know it, you are Alf Garnett 🙂 https://t.co/jjN5yqfGBD
— Think Defence (@thinkdefence) September 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/Tim_R_Dawson/status/1037295992390017024
This person had another take.
It's fascinating that those with the least life experience vote Labour…
— Putney Man (@smartasacarrot) September 4, 2018
That's one way to look at it. Another way is that the people who have more of their lives left to live vote Labour, maybe because they want to see a future different from what they see now.
— Kyle Hutton (@kylejhutton) September 4, 2018
And, er, another.
How would the map look if we weighted the vote by the amount of tax you pay? #Democracy #FairVotes
— MPMHORN (@MPMHORN) September 4, 2018
That is the exact opposite of 'Democracy' and 'Fair Votes'. The whole idea of a democracy is that everyone has an equal say, no matter their gender, ethnicity, sexuality or paycheck.
— Election Maps UK (@ElectionMapsUK) September 4, 2018
No it is not – he who pays the piper calls the tune. You should not expect to vote for a living – you should work for it. There are many variations of a democracy – I favour a Libertarian Constitutional democracy. I reject a Socialist re-distributive democracy. #FairVotes
— MPMHORN (@MPMHORN) September 4, 2018
embarrassed for u
— Joe Deeks (@JoeDeeks) September 4, 2018
And in case you were wondering …
Do you mind if I just ask a little bit about the method you're using to estimate these results? Not being chirpy, genuinely interested
— Chris Terry (@CJTerry) September 4, 2018
YouGov voting intention polls include sub-samples of each age group, and then I use that data on the electoral calculus website (which uses a generic swing to estimate swing numbers).
— Election Maps UK (@ElectionMapsUK) September 4, 2018