Youth more likely to talk politics than older generations, Samara survey suggests

A new report on youth political engagement in Canada suggests, based on several measures, younger voters may be more engaged than their older cohorts.

In the 2015 federal election, turnout for those between 18 and 24 reached unprecedented numbers at 57.1 per cent, a jump from 38.8 per cent in 2011. Photo by Edwin Andrade on Unsplash

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BY PALAK MANGAT

August 21, 2019

There are hopeful signs that more young people will hit the polls this fall after an unprecedented turnout among youth voters in the last election, says one researcher. A new survey from the Samara Centre for Democracy suggest...

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