This is purely out of interest, and I completely appreciate it's not a scientific poll(!), but if you have a DC who is a student living away in term time and who therefore has a choice whether to vote at home or at the university constitutuency, which of the following applies?
- Your DC has considered where their vote will make the most difference (eg whether one is a safe seat and one is a marginal) and decided where to vote based on that.
- Your DC plans to vote, but will decide where to vote based on other factors (eg where they happen to be on the day) rather than where their vote is likely to make most difference.
- Your DC does not plan to vote.
- You have no idea because you never discuss this type of thing with your DC!
I have a DS away at university and he has applied for a postal vote to vote at home because his university constituency is a safe seat wherease home constituency is more marginal. Several of his school friends live in an even more marginal constituency and so are deciding to vote at home rather than university for precisely that reason.
Interested to know whether my son and his friends are typical or more politically engaged than the average student. NB Would appreciate it if this thread could stay a thread about the approach of students to deciding where to vote, rather than turning into a furious debate about the merits (or otherwise) of the various political parties.