At last year's general election voter turnout increased in every age group but one. The exception was among young people, where turnout for 18- to 24-year-olds fell from 39 to 37 per cent. The politicians are worried. For if the trend continues, only one in three young people will bother voting in two elections' time.
The picture has changed fast. In 1997 all looked rosy in democracy's garden, with 68 per cent of young people voting in the general election.
That was after 18 years of Conservative rule when young people sensed a fresh beginning with New Labour. But idealism is short-lived and the trend reversed by the time the nation went back to the polls in 2001.
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