Alberto+Algueró

Writing

Unit 4, workbook

The graph compares the amount of people who voted in 1983 against which did it in 2001, in both cases for the UK parliamentary elections. The voters are separated in six groups, each one reflecting diferent ages.

As can be seen, except for the people older than 64, whose voters were incremented in a tiny percentage in 2001, there was a significant fall of the voter turnout in 2001. The most relevant drop toke place in people between 18 and 34, both included. In that case the lost of voters was slightly higher than a quarter.

On the other hand it is apreciated an increasing of the number of voters, which grew together with their age, in both years. However, people older than 64 made the exception once again, since their voters broke that upward trend. In that sense, the two first groups together, which include people from 18 to 34, turn to call the atention because the distance between them and the next group was significant higher than between the other ones, overall in 2001.

To sum up, although the drop of voters in 2001 represented a general shift from 1983, it was the youngest people who most lost their interest in voting.