Episode 10: Why the kids don’t care

In many democracies voter turnout is lower than it’s ever been, especially among young people. Ben wants to know what we can do to get millennials and Gen Z to the polls. Do we need to rethink how we cast a vote? Why aren’t politicians more focused on winning over the next generation of voters? And how can we stop this trend so that political apathy doesn’t become political alienation?

Guests:
Viktor Valgardsson, Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at Southampton University
John Burn-Murdoch, chief data reporter at the Financial Times
Jake Grumbach, associate professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley

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Host: Professor Ben Ansell
Producers: Ada Barume, Eleanor Biggs and Katie Gunning
Editor: Jasper Corbett
Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil

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