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As you probably know, the United Kingdom voted last night to leave the European Union.
When you look at the numbers, it’s quite fascinating. The youngest voters wanted to stay in wide margins, and the oldest voters wanted to leave.
And that’s the exact opposite of who turned out to vote. Older voters turned out, younger voters did not.
Check out these two tables. First, support for Brexit:
Now, check out who actually turned out to vote — those who wanted to leave, and older voters:
Then there’s this chart that’s been floating around Twitter, but I can’t find a source for it. So take it with a grain of salt.
What we see, even excluding the final chart, is that old people turned out far more than younger people.
Some young Britons are now complaining that old people are to blame — hardly:
Brexit is what happens when young people — or anyone, for that matter — fails to turn out to vote. You think your side has a guaranteed win, so you don’t vote, and then you lose.
Everyone should keep that in mind, lest they plan on not voting this fall, or just as bad, voting for Jill Stein or Gary Johnson. You might think your vote doesn’t matter — and that is what’s going on if you’re voting for a third party, in your heart of hearts you “know” that your vote won’t really get Trump elected. Well, you might want to talk to some British millennials right about now.
In other words, Brexit is Britain’s Ralph Nader. Good luck with that.
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