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YOUNG people are increasingly unlikely to vote in the general election expected this year, a new survey has found.
A belief that their vote would make no difference and a feeling that the parties did not represent them may keep nearly half of the so-called “Gen Z” — voters aged 18 to 27 — at home on polling day.
About 43 per cent of the nearly 2,300 young people surveyed by research company Prograd said that they either would not vote or were unsure whether to do so.
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