According to the latest GRB poll of students and recent graduates, 68% will trek to the polling booths on Election Day to cast their vote. This compares very favourably with the national average in the 2005 General Election when a mere 61.4% of those registered to vote actually bothered. The final figures could be much higher as 14% are undecided and are waiting to be wooed by the political parties.
Commenting on the results, Dan Hawes, co-founder of GRB, said “It is encouraging that a healthy majority of graduates think politics important enough to go out and vote for one party or another. Encouraging but hardly surprising bearing in mind that graduates and undergraduates are directly affected by government policy on such things as tuition fees and employment prospects. And perhaps they have more than a passing interest in alcohol duty rates!”
Commenting on the results, Dan Hawes, co-founder of GRB, said “It is encouraging that a healthy majority of graduates think politics important enough to go out and vote for one party or another. Encouraging but hardly surprising bearing in mind that graduates and undergraduates are directly affected by government policy on such things as tuition fees and employment prospects. And perhaps they have more than a passing interest in alcohol duty rates!”
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