Quote:75 Per Cent of First-Time Young Italian Voters Marked Their Ballots For Populist Parties

by Chris Tomlinson11 Mar 2018665

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The data, which was compiled by Italian polling firm SWG, shows that the vast majority of young first time voters reject the political establishment, Italian poll-tracking website Termometro Politico reports.


The populist 5 Star Movement (M5S), which has promised to implement a universal basic income and be tough on mass migration, received the most votes with close to half, or 43 per cent. Second was the right-wing populist La Lega which garnered 19 per cent of the support of the first-time voters.

The establishment left-wing Democratic Party (PD) came last with young people with a mere 12 per cent of their vote, despite numerous attempts to get the youth vote with a 500 euro “culture bonus” payment scheme.



For elderly voters the result was almost the opposite, with the PD coming in first at 26 per cent — but the 5 Star Movement did come in second with 22 per cent. SWG did not clarify what they defined as “elderly” in the polling data. The elderly group also had far more voting abstentions compared to the 18-year-olds, who had a massive 81 per cent voter participation.

While many had predicted before the election that young people were heavily leaning toward populist parties, the actual results of the Italian election sent shockwaves throughout Europe.

The centre-right coalition of La Lega, led by firebrand Matteo Salvini, and Forza Italia, led by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, came first in the election and look to govern, but did not meet the 40 per cent threshold for a majority.

Salvini had ruled out a coalition with the 5 Star Movement but said on Friday that the centre-left PD should support the centre-right platform arguing “our program has concrete and feasible proposals.”

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(03-12-2018, 01:22 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Soooo....can you explain it because I don't know what any of that means. Populists can fall anywhere on the ideology scale. Is this left wing, right wing, middle of the road?

(03-12-2018, 01:29 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Right wing is probably what most here would call them

Anti eu, anti euro, anti migrant.    The parties were literally raising the amount of migrants they were going to deport heading up to the election.

(03-12-2018, 01:22 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Soooo....can you explain it because I don't know what any of that means.  Populists can fall anywhere on the ideology scale.  Is this left wing, right wing, middle of the road?

(03-12-2018, 04:41 PM)Arturo Bandini Wrote: What is a 1st time italian ? There are so many italian immigrants in France that you can't count them.

Should we put them back to their country ?

BTW, italian government always has been a mess, they elected Berslusconi which is an italian Trump way before you.

And he did nothing.

(03-12-2018, 05:26 PM)ballsofsteel Wrote: Hey Lucy, what are you going to post next, the results of the Mayor race for Dortmund Germany? Trying to take the focus off David Dennison and Stormy Guernsey Danielle's? Deflecting is Sarah's Sanderbees job.

(03-12-2018, 07:17 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: I post on these European matters because the collapse of EU is coming and it’s quite interesting to see how it falls.  

(03-13-2018, 02:50 PM)Arturo Bandini Wrote: Don't worry for Europe, we are doing good

But it is nice to see analysis from some people who never put a foot here.

(03-13-2018, 02:59 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: While I appreciate your point, that never seems to stop anyone from commenting on the United States.

(03-13-2018, 03:06 PM)Arturo Bandini Wrote: Commenting is different that making false statements.

It's debating and listening to others not living in another world.

(03-13-2018, 12:24 PM)fredtoast Wrote: As interesting as the Muslim Caliphate that is taking over Europe?  Or the Sharia law that is taking over the United States?