THE Conservative Party began the election campaign with an enormous lead and even on election day was expecting to increase its majority. What went wrong? The biggest unknown ahead of the election was turnout. Labour was wildly popular among the young, but polling firms differed in their estimates of how many young people would vote at all. In the event, Labour's young fans excelled themselves: turnout among people aged 18-24 was 57%. according to a large post-election survey by YouGov, a pollster. That is 14 percentage points greater than in 2015.
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