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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