Young Tories have long been a political fixture in Britain, but are they facing an extinction-level event? With less than a year to go until the next election, support among the 18-34 age group for the Conservatives has halved in the past fortnight, falling from 16% to just 7%, according to DeltaPoll. Meanwhile, Labour appears to have mopped up the fleeing Tory voters, with support for the party rising from 59% to 70% support during the same period.
In this poll for under 35s the scores are:
Labour 70%
Tories 7%
LD 5%
Greens 5%
Reform 5% https://t.co/jlmHyhZ9vC— Sam Freedman (@Samfr) March 18, 2024
Older Tories may comfort themselves with the misattributed Churchill quotation that anyone who isn’t a conservative at 35 has no brain, but these figures make for troubling reading. As research has shown, young people aren’t drifting Right as they get older; in fact, many are staying on the Left. Maybe it’s all that Starmer talk of acid house raves that’s attracting them…
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