Comment Re:Doublethink (Score 3, Insightful) 686
It's always been this way - younger people tend to care less about voting
I could equally say it's always been this way because politicians and The Establishment have always been old.
My theory is at that age you're still so engrossed with exploring your environment, that you put little thought into shaping your environment.
My theory is that political parties run by older people tend to focus on the wishes of people just like them i.e. older people. Due to the party political whipping system, young people who investigate politics quickly realise they will be forced to vote in support of social policies they disagree with, making the career unattractive. This results in a downward spiral in which politicians ignore people unlike them, those people get turned off from politics, and thus the demographic makeup of the political elite can never self correct.