Anyone with over 18s who haven’t voted yet - tell them to get to the polling station now!

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The young are easily dismissed and dissed by political parties because they don’t vote in numbers. They will only be taken seriously if they make their voices heard.

I saw an interview with the tennis player Emma Radanacu earlier and she said she didn’t even know the election was today!

They must go and be heard! If any of my kids were over 18 at home and hadn’t gone yet, I’d go with them because I suspect some youngsters are nervous about a first vote and what to do which is why they don’t go.

Anyway 45 mins to go!

because many (myself included) like to go to the polling station and tick that box. Not the same posting it off a week before

I believe in this^ approach and practice it with my DD. My parents always talked about politics and importance of voting. And while I don’t share their political views at all, I have my own and always vote. However this approach is not that simple as I share the same parents with my older sister and she is not interested in politics at all and mostly doesn’t vote.

DH and I walked earlier to vote
he then got back and bundled DS into the car to vote as he wasn’t planning to as they’re all rubbish!

I hope that the young people who do vote remember whose algorithm gave better exam results to wealthy kids during lockdown. They really showed us what they thought of us then

I don't think her refusal has anything to do about her sense of citizenship or lack thereof.
If you'd read up on her history, surgery and the short notice you wouldn't make this dig about Emma.

Sense of occasion? Really?

Job that needs doing in my book. I'll do it the easiest way possible. No time out of my day needed.

No battle getting the adult children to vote for the first time either.

Each to their own.

A lot of my friends and my brother haven't voted as don't know who to vote for. I voted but basically at random.

My 18 year olds voted ages ago by post.

Yes many people enjoy participating on the day, that’s why many don’t do a postal.

Dd aged 21 and all her friends at university haven’t voted 😳🤦🏼‍♀️ I’m so disappointed as they’re all very “woke” and very quick to judge everyone and everything and yet none of them can be bothered to get off their arses and vote (none of them working, all between finishing their degrees and doing their masters). I think it’s so important for everyone that has the right to vote, to vote!

I’ve just been up with Ds aged 12 watching the news and trying to get him interested and excited about it all, which he is. I am hoping he will want to vote when he’s old enough.

My parents spoke to me about politics, and I remember going with my dad to vote when I was 9-11ish. But I’m pretty sure I didn’t vote when I was 18-23, it just wasn’t important to me at that point of life.

What a shame. Bit like Brexit. Loads of people (who were aged 18-25 in 2016,) didn't vote, yet have whinged about the result ever since! I expect your DD and her friends are quite happy with the Labour winning result though?

Well good for you, I enjoy going to vote in person. I don't mind going slightly out of my way. Lots of people I know feel the same.

I think so. Although she did express a desire to vote Green at one point. I think there is a real feeling of apathy amongst many younger voters, they feel that Labour were going to win it anyway so what’s the point 😳🤦🏼‍♀️ - really bad attitude really.

My kids definitely voted! They and their friends hate the Tories!
The election has also been all over social media.

Yay! 😁
The power of TikTok!

This

I like to go and vote in person and take the younger two with me. They learn about democracy even in primary, I want them to see how it's done.
My eldest does postal vote and my 18 year old came with me to vote for her first time. She didn't get a polling card as just recently turned 18 so just a letter authorising her to vote and I.d like the rest of us.

Funnily enough I turned 18 in 1979, the year Maggie got in. I was quite excited about having my first vote in my 18th year and managed perfectly well to get myself to the polling station. Mind you back then we weren't as molly coddled by our parents and were expected to think for ourselves 🤣

I do this too, my kids come with me every time

Mine didn't today, but both think they should have been allowed to vote and that kids opinions matter too. At age 9 and 5 I don't actually agree (!), but I'm glad they're interested and want their voices heard.

I’m 36 and I voted for the second time in my life today. I really wasn’t going to bother, I have no preference one way or the other. It won’t make any difference to my every day life. I voted labour just for the sake of change, but have no knowledge as to what I’m really voting for. I really don’t understand why everyone ‘must vote’. Why? If I genuinely don’t care why should I bother.

Going to vote in person is something I like to do and plan to keep on doing unless I'm not in the country on polling day. I was surprised this year to find most of my friends did a postal vote but I like the whole 'ceremony' of it. Took my 7 and 9 yr old and they were fascinated. I really want them to exercise their right to vote when they're of age. I'd be disappointed in them if they didn't.

Proud of mine. Away on holiday but postal organised before they went.

They are very keen to have a say, respect that they have the right to vote and have very clear views in supporting the vulnerable and equality of opportunity.

Why does everyone feel they have to tell others to go and vote. We are adults and know what to do