Total votes
5-11 votes
11-16+ votes
With as much as 49% of the world’s population taking to the polls this year, we wanted to ask young people about incentivised voting: would rewarding people for exercising their democratic right help tackle dwindling voter turnout, or is gamifying elections a step too far?
Primary 7-11, Secondary, 16+ & College voters were asked: “Is giving rewards for voting a good idea?”, while Primary 5-7 voters considered: “Do rewards encourage you?”
46,553 young people in the UK have taken part in this vote.
Some people can't vote which means they won't be able to get rewards when others do.
We believe that rewards are a very good idea as lots of people are reluctant to vote, this will make people happier so it is a fabulous idea.
There are a lot of ways to get more people to vote, and we especially like the idea of online voting to make it easier and more accessible. But, overall, we don't think rewards are a good idea.
Thank you to Sarah, Senior Communications Officer at the Electoral Commission and Tom Brake, Director of Unlock Democracy for responding to young people's voices on this topic!
Watch the videos below to hear what they had to say.
