[Closed] Voter turnout today in your area?

Was there many young people or where they all wearing comfortable slacks and had a smug grin?

Polling station is at the end of my drive give or take, a few keen ones there waiting for the doors to open at 7am.

Doing brisk business at the moment.

There was a steady flow of people heading to the polls near me at 7:30 this morning and a mild queue once inside.
As above it was heartening to see so many people taking an interest.
In response to Scud, at my local polling station the demographic was an even mix of old and young

Scud, quite a few mature people, some in their 30's/40's, several young people with kids in pushchairs. I would think most people who work for someone else would have voted before i got there or will turn up after work hours.

I think the snide dig at older people is a bit sad and nasty. this fantasy thing about all older people being rich and secure is rubbish.

The retired couple 2 doors up from me cant even afford to buy 2 cakes if they go to a cafe, they share one between them if they go at all. One of my relatives total incomes is about £400 a month, for food, bills and entertainment. She fought in the 2nd world war, her brother lost a leg to a German machine gun. Not all young people are dirt poor either, most that have cars and who are younger than me have newer cars then I have ever owned.

Best not to just pigeon hole people.

Divide a population so it fights among itself and its easier to manipulate and rule it.

Simple fact - older people vote tory. And when we say older than means over 40.
Some older people vote Labour and the people in your example would be better off doing that but fact still remains that most vote tory.

Had the place to myself.

I live in the Tory bit of a safe Labour seat, so hopefully that's a good sign.

Scud, quite a few mature people, some in their 30's/40's, several young people with kids in pushchairs. I would think most people who work for someone else would have voted before i got there or will turn up after work hours.

I think the snide dig at older people is a bit sad and nasty. this fantasy thing about all older people being rich and secure is rubbish.

IT was meant very tongue in cheek and i'm no spring chicken myself (42), my hope was that a good cross section of people were attending not just the "old-guard".

Interestingly, class doesn't seem to be the divide any more:

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But there is a clear divide between the age groups..

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Turnout in my area is always good as a percentage, but it'll never strictly be 'busy' as there are only 106 registered voters!

Hey we share a cake in a cafe as its about 1000 calories a portion...tbh i couldnt give a toss what people think, its their problem if they judge us.

I was the only one in there when I voted, though one chap was just coming out - which was kind of surprising as kids had just gone into school and the polling station is right next door, I followed the tide of people taking younger kids to preschool (in the same building as the polling station). Though I did overhear a few others talking about voting, not sure why they weren't then. As reported elsewhere, those I overheard were discussing not voting Tory despite having done so historically which is interesting.

I was the only one in there when I voted, though one chap was just coming out

Same here, but it was at about 9:30am so not exactly peak time.

Won't get to go till 8ish this evening, but hopefully it will have been busy, never really busy though as I live in a village with a relatively small population, until the new town is built around us, but I'm hoping they get their own polling station.

[i]Simple fact - older people vote tory. And when we say older than means over 40.[/i]

My next door neighbor (from a very well off background) is 92 and is voting Labour.

My housemate - retired, is voting Labour, his best mate a retired high earner is voting labour.

I am voting Labour

My friend, a 60 year old childrens illustrator is voting Labour

2 other friends are 70+ and 60+ are voting labour

My 2 Aunts, both 70+ are voting Labour

Another friend, 64 is voting Labour

My dad, retired votes labour.

We don't all live in the same region, these people live in different bits of the UK.

Like I said, don't pigeon hole people. There may be general trends, but don't assume (1) that figures are not manipulated and (2) that everyone fits a trend.

Anyway, this thread was supposed to be about how many people seem to be turning out to vote at polling stations, not what they vote. I think its looking to be a very good turnout. A good thing for democracy.

My train was delayed yesterday and I happened to be in Highbury and Islington. Corbyn was giving a speech nearby and I've never witnessed anything like it.
LOTS of young people.
The growing tension in our society is old vs young. I'm not sure if there are enough of them to have a major influence on this election, it may be a few years too early, but I would be amazed if the Tories improve on their existing majority given Corbyn has mobilised the young vote like no-one before him.
My feeling is hung parliament...

"[i]As reported elsewhere, those I overheard were discussing not voting Tory despite having done so historically which is interesting.[/i] "

One of my neighbors was at the polling station, no idea of her politics but she said today was the first time in years and years she was "bothering to vote" as she felt the vote this time "was important".

Corbyn has mobilised the young vote like no-one before him.

I wonder how much is Corbyn and how much is Brexit. Can imagine a lot of younger voters who didn't bother voting in the referendum feeling they've been shafted by the older generation and now want to have a say.

My feeling is hung parliament...

Been hanging round this place too long. Is any knowledgable source predicting anything other than a Tory win? It's just a question of by how much I thought.

Anyway back to the OP, very quiet here in Newbury when I voted around midday.

Like I said, don't pigeon hole people

I haven't pigeon holed anyone. It is a simple fact that the majority of older people vote tory.
That clearly doesn't mean 100% of old people vote tory.

I would rather use nationwide data that relying on 9 people you know.

Working at home so popped over at 1330, guess half a dozen others voting, range of ages. Very much a residential area though, I normally vote first thing when its busy.

I wonder how much is Corbyn and how much is Brexit. Can imagine a lot of younger voters who didn't bother voting in the referendum feeling they've been shafted by the older generation and now want to have a say.

Personal feeling, and it is just that with no evidence, that there is a "kick back" against mainstream media, it feels like the mainstream newspapers are the platform for the Tories with their large campaign budget and social media has been the fight back against this, being a free platform, if i viewed nothing but Facebook and Twitter i'd think it was a lot closer than it probably is going to be unfortunately

[quote=mrblobby ]Been hanging round this place too long. Is any knowledgable source predicting anything other than a Tory win? It's just a question of by how much I thought.

What are the knowledgeable sources basing their predictions on though? The polls? I retain a slight hope that I wouldn't have had in any previous election with the polls showing this way, because there are a few things which just feel different about this election which may just throw a huge curveball. People who've always voted Tory not doing so, better engagement of the young, lots and lots of traffic on social media which I didn't see for the last election.

For sure my FB feed is mostly an echo chamber, but it's not exclusively so and it's interesting to see other people I don't know commenting on posts of Tory supporters. The thing is I also collected most of my FB friends when I was still kind of a Tory supporter and it's strange in a way to see what a large proportion of them are proper lefties. Most significantly though I do also have quite a few younger FB friends from the age group who supposedly don't vote and there has been a lot of stuff going around simply encouraging people to vote - FB and other social media is presumably the way a lot of these people get their info.

guardian website has lots of pictures of students queuing to vote, however I guess they are more likely than the rest of da yoof anyway

There was one poll that had a labour victory, but it was a bit of a out there methodology, relying on votes from people using smart phone apps

Been hanging round this place too long. Is any knowledgable source predicting anything other than a Tory win? It's just a question of by how much I thought.

I'm not sure why the people at YouGov keep their jobs given how wrong they've been in the recent past.

Brexit will mobilise the young, as will free tuition fees. I also think there is a very considerable part of the population who are fed up with austerity, and May's biggest mistake was not rolling this back and going on some kind of infrastructure spending. She is also a very difficult person to like.

I've not been on here much, I just spend too much time in pubs talking to people, young and old, and there is a lot of anxiety and anger out there. This often translates into unpredictability and the rise of outsider candidates.

We shall see!

her brother lost a leg to a German machine gun

No queue just now. I was expecting a rush of pre-pick-up parents, but it was just me. I asked about turnout and they reckoned it was good anyway.

I was one of the early voters around 7:30am today - footfall was the most I've seen at the polling station recently (more than the last GE and the EU referendum)

My vote was for Labour, my folks (both nearly 70) voted Lib Dem - my brothers (both in their 30's) - not certain on their votes yet - one probably voted green, neither would have voted tory

Always a decent turn-out where I live, current Tory incumbent (Boris Johnsons lil' brother) has a 20k majority so would be a huge upset if her was ousted.

My polling station was empty at 8am.

Polling station was empty 30 minutes ago, pretty much like it has been for every election/referendum in the timea ive lived here (11 years)

I live on a main road with lots of terraced houses running onto it, walked about half a mile and loads of people all walking out of streets towards the ASDA or polling station, they all turned off to polling station, loads of them, and walking back loads more, going to be a good turnout.

polling station is next door. It's really busy, but best thing is seeing people out and walking! Sometimes whole families.

My new claim to fame is that I was first to the village hall to vote this morning. Lovely dears even let me do it at 6:58.ssshhhhhhh,dont tell the electoral commission!

Just been, pretty busy but no queuing, straight in.

Just been around 50% turnout which is good in this ward.

I was going to vote on the way to town (have to drive past the hall where the polling station is). Drove straight past! Remembered in town so told myself to do it on the way home. I was getting out of the car at home before I realised I had forgotten to stop again. Luckily it is only 2 miles down the valley. I guess that the fact there are only about 50 people in the parish means there is so little activity there it was easy to miss! Needless to say I didn't have to queue to vote. Poor lads doing the admin looked bored out of their minds.

My new claim to fame is that I was first to the village hall to vote this morning. Lovely dears even let me do it at 6:58.ssshhhhhhh,dont tell the electoral commission!

Premature Election is a serious issue affecting many middle aged men.

In Japan it is anyway.

Just been with Mrs North and our (6 year old) daughter.

This is the same daughter who announced this morning "I'm taking you both to vote."

Now we never miss an election and believe strongly in our right to vote.

And the village hall was busier than I usually see it, with the ladies in charge confirming that it had been very busy all day.

Let's see where we get to....

My local is busier than usual.

Dunno. Don't care. I stuck a bit of paper in a box, as was required, all else is of little interest.

Went down at 7pm, very busy indeed, with loads of people heading that way. The pub is also in that direction but I'm sure the booth was their destination.

Taxi clan have all voted, 2 for red 2 for blue. Happens every time we just cancel each other out. The polling station was empty when we got there about 4pm, but I've never known it busy.

The ladies in the polling station said it had been busier than usual. I'm expecting a higher turnout - I think that after Brexit and Trump people have learned their lesson about letting the idiots win.

Premature Election is a serious issue affecting many middle aged men.

too right. that was one very spoiled ballot.

Never seen anyone other than mrs pondo or the three election officers at ours.

77% turnout here !!!!

Same here but it was 76 in 2015 apparently.

Ours was pretty good last night. First time I remember having to actually queue to cast my vote which is very encouraging.

74%. LibDem share up but sadly not enough to unseat the Tory (in what had been a LibDem seat prior to the coalition.