Nigel Farage‘s Reform Party ranks joint-first in support among 16- to 17-year-old males. It ranks second among 16- to 17-year-olds overall, at 23 percent support, according to polling by J.L. Partners. The Labour Party, projected to win Britain’s July 4 election, intends to lower the voting age to 16.
Reform enjoys the support of 35 percent of 16 to 17-year-old males, putting it joint first with Labour. It is less popular among 16 to 17-year-old females, behind Labour and the Greens on 12 percent—but far ahead of the Conservatives, at zero percent.
“The Reform surge seems to be on: with voters who can’t yet vote,” commented J.L. Partners chief James Johnson, who served as former prime minister Theresa May’s pollster.
“Nigel Farage’s party is clearly cutting through with younger people, and especially young men,” he added.
The Greens, a relatively fringe far-left party, are far more popular than the establishment Labour, Conservative, and Liberal Democrat parties. They place third overall at 18 percent. The Conservatives rank fifth, at just five percent.
Similar populist surges have been observed among youths in other European countries. The eurosceptic, anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party tripled its support among youths in the recent European elections, and the similar Konfederacja (Confederation) party placed first among youths in Poland.
