Politics popular with youth: poll

DESPITE talk of disillusionment with politics among young people, a poll suggests that just 6% will not use their vote in tomorrow’s election.

The SpunOut.ie Big Online Election Poll found 2% propose to vote but spoil their vote, another 2% will not vote but concentrate on ‘bottom-up social change’ and a further 2% won’t vote because they are “not bothered”.

The poll found younger, tech-savvy Irish people’s voting preferences are very different to those demonstrated by recent opinion polls, with Sinn Féin selected as their preferred party by 32% of voters.