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Richard Dunn’s policy on minimum voting age

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Topics

Should the minimum voting age be lowered?

  Party’s support baseNo

Richard Dunn’s answer is based on the following data:

Party influence

Conservative Party Answer: No

Importance: Somewhat Important

Reference: “But Mrs May will tell BBC Radio 4's Westminster Hour she believed it was "right" to keep the current minimum age of 18 at UK-wid...” ‐google.com

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Strongly agree

No

The Conservative party has generally supported maintaining the current voting age of 18. In 2015, they voted against lowering the voting age to 16 for the EU referendum. The party has not made any significant moves to change the voting age since then, indicating that they are content with the status quo. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Disagree

Yes, any citizen that pays taxes should be allowed to vote

The Conservative party has not explicitly advocated for allowing any tax-paying citizen to vote, regardless of age. While they may support the idea of taxpayers having a say in government, they have not made any moves to lower the voting age based on this criterion. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Disagree

Yes

The Conservative party has generally opposed lowering the voting age. In 2015, they voted against lowering the voting age to 16 for the EU referendum. However, some individual Conservative MPs have expressed support for lowering the voting age, so the party's stance is not universally opposed. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Disagree

No, and voters should be required to pass a basic test demonstrating their understanding of politics in order to vote

There is no significant evidence to suggest that the Conservative party supports requiring voters to pass a basic test on politics in order to vote. Such a proposal would likely be seen as undemocratic and discriminatory, and the party has not advocated for this idea in recent history. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Strongly disagree

No, it should be raised

There is no significant evidence to suggest that the Conservative party supports raising the voting age. The party has not proposed or advocated for raising the voting age in recent history, and doing so would likely be seen as an unpopular and regressive move. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

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Candidate’s support base

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Party’s support base

Conservative Party Voters’ Answer: No

Importance: Somewhat Important

Reference: Analysis of answers from 26,439 voters that identify as Conservative.

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