Young People and the 2015 Federal Election.” Samara collected information online from 2030 Canadian citizens in 10 provinces across the country, in the weeks after the election. The survey brings to light something far more engrossing, in my view, than simply Justin’s hair or life on the job: namely, the stark difference in the way older and younger Canadians talk about voting. But according to the Samara study, it wasn’t famously politically engaged older Canadian voters (a.k.a. baby boomers) who talked most amongst themselves about their voting experiences, but in fact the youngest voting demographic, Canadians aged 18 to 29. Conversely, only 13 per cent of younger voters posted about their experience on Facebook, and only 12 per cent did so via text message.

Source: thestar October 23, 2016 09:56 UTC