Young voters: misunderstood by leaders 2014 Britain

This statistic shows the proportion of young people who will be eligible to vote for the first time in the 2015 United Kingdom (UK) General Election who felt that political leaders did not understand the issues that were important to them personally in 2014. 58 percent felt that both current coalition leaders - David Cameron and Nick Clegg - misunderstood young people.

Proportion of first-time voters who felt that the political leaders did not understand the issues that were important to them personally in Great Britain in 2014, by leader*

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Release date

May 2014

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

April 17 to 23, 2014

Number of respondents

1,005 respondents

Age group

17 to 21 years

Special properties

first time voters

Supplementary notes

*Original survey question "How well do the political leaders understand the issues that are important to you personally?"
“First time voters”, for the purposes of this report, refers to 17-21 year olds eligible to vote for the first time in the May 2015 general election.

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