To ask those who voted labour.. How old are you?

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Not posting this to start a massive politics debate I'm just interested in the above question.

I voted labour, I put something about it on social media and a few older people have commented saying I obviously don't have "brains or life experience as them" & "young ones voting labour don't know what they are getting themselves in for".

I'm hoping I'll be proved wrong.
Not that it matters but I'm late 20s and those who made these comments range between 50-60.

Hope this doesn't come across as ageist, it's not my intention at all

46. Getting more left wing the older I get. No children, highly paid career, however I believe the more compassionate society we can create will benefit everyone. This is completely achievable if tax avoidance for the wealthy is abolished.

The Tory/DUP Coalition is not legitimate.

Nobody voted for it.

Nobody wants it.

24

35

40, and DH is 43. My mum and her partner also voted Labour and they are mid and late 70s respectively.

DH is 53, DS is 21 and DD is 18, all voted Labour. I am 53 and would have also voted Labour but don't have the vote.

I'm 50, DH is 56 and DD1 is 18 - all voted Labour. Nothing about age (I have voted various parties in the past) - all about wanting a fairer society/system. My vote has been swayed in favour of the young people who have taken the brunt of austerity for long enough.

Oh, and my mother voted Labour (80 later this month).

45 and husband DH 42

I'm 36. I'm also an active member of the Labour Party and was involved in GOTV for my local candidate, who thankfully got elected.

73 and a lifelong Labour supporter despite having misgivings about several of the leaders we have had.

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All my family and friends (except 2) voted labour. We are all 30's 40's 50's and professionals. The one that voted conservative is particularly loaded and very traditional.

48. Voted Labour all my life. My parents (74/80) both voted Labour. Don't know about my step-parents but probably at least one Labour. Siblings (40s) almost certainly Labour. Niece (19) Labour. We are all at different stages in our lives with/without children, retired, working, low-waged, well-off, student, SAHP. But all Labour. For the many.

All this 'you're stupid and have no life experience'. OK so Tory voters have life experience that includes diving out of the EU via hard Brexit coupled with austerity? No one has been able to explain to me how this will work. The argument that the country 'can't afford to fund x, y, z' fine but don't just leave the EU with no deal then or do it but have a plan for injecting money in/ ensuring we have the skills that we need. I have a degree in economics so am not stupid. You cannot impose extreme economic shock and expect the country to just vote because there's no money is utter madness. 40.

Just cope not vote.....

A lot of older people who lived through social labour in the 70s won't have considered voting labour.

I however haven't lived through that, given that I'm early thirties, and have voted labour because I believe that it can't get as bad as it did in the 70s. A combination of modern times, social media and the sheer will of the people will prevent it from getting anywhere near as bad.

For me the bigger issue is the sheer arrogance of Mrs U-turn May, who has single handedly destabilised the county despite shouting 'strong and stable' on fucking repeat. I'm glad her arrogance was called out.

Labour didn't win, the Tories simply lost.

The thing I don't understand about the 70s argument is that in the past all political parties have made mistakes. Rather than harping back to something that happened 40 years ago let's make the right decisions now for the future. The Blair years weren't that bad, OK they overspent on random grants/ projects and quangos but the financial crisis would have happened whoever was in power. The only person who saw it coming was Vince Cable the Tories were just wise after the event.

Jumping off a cliff with your eyes shut while repeatedly repeating the words 'strong and stable* worries me greatly for the future.

48 & voted for NHS & education (2 school aged kids)

46

I'm 42 - husband is 46. Both voted labour.

30 and my husband who's 38 voted labour. So did my dad 70 and inlaws 72 and 73.

Myself and my wife both voted Labour, we're 31.

47, voted Labour, as did my 76 year old mum.

The thing I don't understand about the 70s argument is that in the past all political parties have made mistakes.

Absolutely. But people remember what in their opinion was the worst and that tends to weigh heavily when deciding who to vote for.