Cornwall Local Elections

3rd May, 2017

What Cornwall Thinks about the Cornwall Local Elections 2017

Survey conducted 26^th April – 1^st May 2017

Headlines:

Four fifths of the WCT panel say they will vote on 4th May. Under 35s less likely to vote than over 35s.
In local elections, who the candidate is is more important than their political allegiance. However, this is reversed among younger voters. A half of voters overall will take both the personality and the political allegiance into account in equal measures.
Over 60% of under 35s think 16 & 17 year olds should be able to vote. This is in stark contrast to over 55s where 60% think 16 & 17 year olds should not be given the vote.

Q. Will you be voting in the forthcoming local elections for Cornwall Council on 4th May?

	Total	Under 35s	35 to 54	55 & over
	n=319	n=50	n=148	n=121
Yes – will vote on the day	70%	58%	77%	66%
Yes – have already voted by post	18%	10%	16%	25%
No	5%	14%	1%	6%
Not eligible	1%	4%	1%	1%
Don’t know	6%	14%	5%	2%

Q. When voting in local elections, what’s more important to you… the candidate or their political allegiance?

	Total	Under 35s	35 to 54	55 & over
	n=319	n=50	n=148	n=121
Candidate	28%	10%	24%	40%
Take both into account equally	49%	50%	59%	37%
Political allegiance	19%	32%	14%	19%
Don’t know	4%	8%	3%	3%

Q. Should the right to vote be extended to 16 and 17 year olds?

What Cornwall Thinks is a panel of Cornish residents who share their views on topical subjects. Agree or disagree with the results above?!

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