> Population would have voted "no" if just a few more young people cared enough to get their asses to the voting booths. I don't understand the need to youth-b

> Population would have voted "no" if just a few more young people cared enough to get their asses to the voting booths. I don't understand the need to youth-bash here. Turnout for young people was pretty similar to that of older demographics. There was a generational gap in how people voted, but not so much in whether they voted or not. [1] https://www.opinium.co.uk/did-young-people-bother-to-vote-in-the-eu-referendum/ https://www.opinium.co.uk/did-young-people-bother-to-vote-in... In fact, turnout was 64% among 18-24 year olds and 65% among 25-39 year old, which is closer to the population average than could have been expected.