BigDoddyKane Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 1 minute ago, welshbairn said: I heard something on the French news channel last night about 20-35 year olds being the age of those most likely to vote Le Pen. So basically the opposite of here. Piece here about it. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/4/20/why-does-le-pen-get-so-much-support-from-young-voters Yeah I had read similar I was checking some of the stats to see and it seems anyway that the last few years they have had a surprisingly high amount of young voters and I think it was even far higher than who voted for them who were over 60 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/nearly-half-young-french-voters-marine-le-pen-emmanuel-macron-french-election-2017-a7723291.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duries Air Freshener Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 10 minutes ago, BigDoddyKane said: In what way will the youth change it? The youth over there appear to be gravitating toward common sense, whereas over here we still have an obsession with talking up and obsessing over perceived racism. it’ll change here eventually though. Gen Z gives me hope. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Melenchon winning in French Guiana isn't surprising but think about the horrible c***s that live there and voted for Le Pen. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakedee Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Gen Z gives me hope.I agree 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Maybe the support for Le Pen and for Scottish Independence comes from the same place despite polar ideologies between the SNP and FN. Young/youngish people seeing an establishment system that is totally remote and that is letting them down. Of course Independence is bigger than the SNP but I think most folk see them as synonymous. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duries Air Freshener Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 (edited) 51 minutes ago, jakedee said: I agree Not sure where you got that from, but I think this data is for the same poll, and in the 16-24 category it only shows 37 yes voters to 30 no voters. https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/0e05zst5xb/TheseIslands_Scotland_Results_220401.pdf As you can see, Yes actually does better and is at it’s peak in the 25-49 category. The younger you go from there, the more support for separation peters off. No undoubtedly has the old vote though. Hands down! 16-17 year olds voted No in 2014, something the Nats did not expect. Edited April 11, 2022 by Duries Air Freshener 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 (edited) Parents filling out postal votes for kids that would struggle to point to Glasgow or London on a map. Edited April 11, 2022 by Detournement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDoddyKane Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 you can never presume how the generations coming up will vote or think, they may continue to favour independence or they may get sick fed up of hearing it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duries Air Freshener Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 3 hours ago, BigDoddyKane said: you can never presume how the generations coming up will vote or think, they may continue to favour independence or they may get sick fed up of hearing it Very true, and unpredictable seismic events can change things. No one saw the following coming: -Corbyn becoming Labour leader. -The huge rise of the SNP after the 2014 referendum defeat. -COVID. -Ukraine. -Trump getting in. There will be more of these types of things in the years to come, all with the ability to change the dynamic in a huge way. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 51 minutes ago, Duries Air Freshener said: There will be more of these types of things in the years to come, all with the ability to change the dynamic in a huge way. Which would be your favourites? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocketman Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 8 hours ago, Duries Air Freshener said: Very true, and unpredictable seismic events can change things. No one saw the following coming: -Corbyn becoming Labour leader. -The huge rise of the SNP after the 2014 referendum defeat. -COVID. -Ukraine. -Trump getting in. There will be more of these types of things in the years to come, all with the ability to change the dynamic in a huge way. whereas everyone expected the following: - England edging every further to the right and voting through Brexit; - Brexit having a huge detrimental impact on the economy; - Tory Government embracing and actively promoting sleaze, corruption, and lies; 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Left Back Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 1 hour ago, KingRocketman II said: whereas everyone expected the following: - England edging every further to the right and voting through Brexit; - Brexit having a huge detrimental impact on the economy; - Tory Government embracing and actively promoting sleaze, corruption, and lies; Rubbish. No-one expected Brexit to win the referendum. Not even the people campaigning for it. They were thrown the bone of a referendum by Cameron to try and shut them up and it was a shock that they won. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocketman Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Left Back said: Rubbish. No-one expected Brexit to win the referendum. Not even the people campaigning for it. They were thrown the bone of a referendum by Cameron to try and shut them up and it was a shock that they won. I was being sarcastic in reference to the omission of Brexit in the list that I quoted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duries Air Freshener Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 12 hours ago, welshbairn said: Which would be your favourites? Sorry buddy but my crystal ball is broken 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted April 15, 2022 Author Share Posted April 15, 2022 Lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocketman Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 expect to hear Le Pen distancing herself from the immigration policy emerging from over the Channel on the grounds that it is too extremist. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Macron may rethink his policy on state pension retirement age, he wanted to raise it from 62 to 65. Yet there are people in this country that buy into the Tory lie that we cannot afford to pay pensioners and should be going for a state pension age of 67 (currently 66). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Few days to go, and although Macron is still favourite it's looking a lot closer than last time. Some surprising numbers in here regarding Melenchon voters, who seems to be split pretty evenly despite Melenchon himself saying he doesn't want a single one of his supporters voting for Le Pen. Also surprising given the Ukraine conflict that there seems to be support for her policy of leaving NATO. I suspect many aren't too focused on particular policies and this is the most important factor when it comes to the vote - Quote Direction of Country Q "Is France currently heading in the right or wrong direction as a country?" Right = 38% Wrong = 62% https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/french-election-le-pen-may-be-on-verge-of-shock-win-with-horror-undecided-stat-for-macron/ar-AAWht93?ocid=entnewsntp 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Zetterlund said: Few days to go, and although Macron is still favourite it's looking a lot closer than last time. Some surprising numbers in here regarding Melenchon voters, who seems to be split pretty evenly despite Melenchon himself saying he doesn't want a single one of his supporters voting for Le Pen. Also surprising given the Ukraine conflict that there seems to be support for her policy of leaving NATO. I suspect many aren't too focused on particular policies and this is the most important factor when it comes to the vote - https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/french-election-le-pen-may-be-on-verge-of-shock-win-with-horror-undecided-stat-for-macron/ar-AAWht93?ocid=entnewsntp I reckon you would get that sort of response to that question in most countries tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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