Unequal Representation AMS
Institute for Public Policy Research. Young Voters Should be Required to Vote First
Time Around August 26, 2013. http://www.ippr.org/press-
releases/111/11175/young-voters-should-be-required-to-vote-first-time-round
Guy Lodge, IPPR Associate Director, said Unequal turnout matters because it gives older and more affluent voters disproportionate influence at the ballot box. Turnout rates among the young have fallen significantly which means there is less incentive for
politicians to pay attention to them.
“Young people who don’t vote today are less likely than previous generations to develop the habit of
voting as they get older, which is why first time compulsory voting is so important. Unequal turnout unleashes a vicious cycle of disaffection and under-representation. As policy becomes less responsive to their interests, more and more decide that politics has little to say to them
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