Joe Alder

‘Disgusted': Labour, Tory and Reform voters united in anger at water bill rise People from across the political spectrum tell focus group it is wrong to put up bills when Britain faces a sewage crisis

We conducted snap research for @38degrees.bsky.social on Ofwat's decision to allow water bills to rise by an average of 36% over the next 5 years.

Safe to say the public are very, very angry.

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If there is a lesson in that for the UK, I think it’s that young voters may be the group that can be moved the furthest and fastest.

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What does this mean?

Non-grad and non-white voters have been moving right since at least 2016.

Young voters seem to be being swept along more easily by these demographic waves.

I wonder if that is not just the fickleness of youth, but the emergence of a more fluid outlook on politics.

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Chart showing that younger voters, particularly young non-college grads and young non-whites, were more likely to vote Republican in 2024 than 2020

It’s really an article about this chart (from AP VoteCast data), which I think shows three things:

1. The swing to Trump was powered by young people (under 45s and especially under 30s)

2. That swing was much bigger among young non-grads…

3. …and also among young non-white voters

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Gen Z caused the US election shock – and could do the same here As new data shows how Donald Trump won his landslide thanks to young American voters turning their backs on the Democrats, pollster Joe Alder says disaffection with Britain’s traditional parties could...

I’ve written for @theindependent.bsky.social about young voters swinging right in last week’s US election (1/…)

www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump...

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