The day after the first round of regional elections, many analyses attempt to show that young people voted massively for the National Front, implying that they are largely responsible for the results of the National Front party.
This Monday, Ifop and Fiducial presented the “Voting Day” poll conducted with 2,904 people.
The first lesson: 76% of 18-24-year-olds did not vote at all (compared to 49.9% of the overall population).
Indeed, the study reveals that in this age category, electoral participation is at 24%. The 18-24 age group is therefore the one that abstains the most, far ahead of other age categories with 65% abstention among 25-34-year-olds and 42% among those over 35.
Of course, this figure is very concerning and should prompt action from political leaders.
Regarding the 24% of 18-24-year-olds who voted yesterday, the results are fairly close among the top three parties reaching the head at the end of the first round: 28% for the FN, 25% for the PS and the PRG, and 24% for the LR-Modem-UDI. It is interesting to compare these results with those observed for the entire population.
Indeed, it is noted that young people ultimately vote less to the right than the rest of the population (28.4% FN, 27.1% LR/Modem/UDI, and 23.5% PS/PRG).
