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Young Australians are supposedly 'turning their backs' on democracy, but are they any different from older voters?

  • Written by Intifar Chowdhury, PhD Candidate/Data Archivist, Australian National University
Young Australians are supposedly 'turning their backs' on democracy, but are they any different from older voters?Joel Carrett/AAP

The 2019 federal election saw the lowest voter turnout since compulsory voting was introduced in 1924. Only 91% of Australians voted, amid reports young people “turned their back on democracy”.

In some seats, less than three-quarters of those entitled to vote cast a legitimate ballot. The biggest falls were in some...

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