Our Voices Matter

        Politics isn't usually aimed at young people. Teenagers aren't really expected to have an opinion on new government policies. We're meant to leave that to the grown-ups. But actually a lot of younger people have become interested in the way our country is run due to all the coverage of the lead-up to the General Election.

        Instead of the usual adult superiority that is commonly linked with politics- teenagers and young adults have started to use their voice a bit more and show their concern for who will be the next leaders of our country. This has become apparent through occurrences such as The Leader's Debate when an A-Level student posed the first question to begin the discussion and many more students shared their opinions on social media throughout the programme. Politicians have started taking note of this and have begun to approach issues concerning the future leading generation more so however there is still a way to go.

        Young voters have never had much of a turn out at elections yet that seems to be changing as we can see on media outlets like Buzzfeed UK Politics and Free Speech on BBC3 which are aimed at the growing interest from younger audiences. We now want improvements for our education system, lower tuition fees, more available apprenticeships and more answers from leaders about how they're going to fix the mess that they've created for us.

        There's actually a large number of young adults who don't vote as they don't see the point as some feel as though their vote doesn't have much of an impact. Others feel that the leaders are all the same and that our current political system is just too corrupt. However, this leads to current politicians ignoring the requests of younger people which means we at least need to be involved in the conversation, express our concerns and have our voices heard because our voices matter.

Fozz.
Recommended Links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPgS7p40ERg (The Green Party Election Broadcast- recently became a viral hit)
http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/any-point-in-registering-to-vote