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Originally Posted by Stuart
Put bluntly, the Tories have done well in the older population. The trouble is, the older population are, in general, going to die before the younger generation where, quite frankly, Labour are walking all over the Tories at the moment.
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It's a common error to assume that people's political allegiances remain static throughout their lives. However it doesn't stack up; the generation voting Tory now voted Labour or Lib Dem from 1997 to 2005. Many of the older ones voted Labour in the 1970s and then Tory throughout the 1980s.
Then truth is, larger numbers of young people are liable to vote for the party that represents the anti-establishment position. They're idealistic like that. At the moment, Corbyn's doing a great job of sounding anti establishment (because he is, though not in a good way).
When young people get older, get jobs, get married, get mortgages and houses ... well then, the practical consequences of the policies they're asked to vote for become a little more relevant. Until then, they're going to vote for whoever they think will stick it to the man and give them free stuff.