It depends on the family. I would expect most teenagers living at home with their parents probably voted in a similar way to their parents....with the very important caveat...if they get on....not all...but most.

A certain number of students living away from home would be getting into that 'lefty' no fees entitlement culture and would be more likely to vote Labour. A lot of youngsters aren't really informed about life and it's easier to be radical because it's being different...and that's a form of natural rebellion....Not about intelligence or the lack of it.

This isn't rocket science...come on am I the only one who doesn't see this as plain as day?

It's the family culture and how you felt about Mum and Dad that have far more say on your politics than any so called measure of 'intelligence'.

Edited by Stirlingsays (14 Jun 2017 4.25pm)

Have you read the YouGov analysis and figures? The first age group which voted more for the Tories than Labour was the over 50s. The age at which you're more likely to vote Tory than Labour was 47 (up from 34 in 2015).

This voting swing isn't just down to your neat little idea of ''brainwashed student lefties'.

Plenty of middle class Tory voters voted labour for a 'softer Brexit.' They'll return to the conservatives after Brexit and/or after a labour government that runs into, due to the economic life cycle Gordon Brown didn't believe in, or leads us into due to over promising and fiscal indiscipline.

There is also 7 years of austerity which people want us steering away from and some actual policies and a personality presenting them. These are all temporary factors, not a complete and permanent turn of voter intentions.

The f*** they did.