YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Youth political participation, social engagement, and extremism  181 ina 2020 shows that about 3% more young people participated in the 2008 parliamentary elections compared to 2018. At the same time, it should be noted that respondents had different answers to choose from, which means that the data are not completely comparable. Figure 4.6: Youth turnout at national, local, and European Parliament elections. 40% 45% 10% 15% 5% 30% 35% 20% 25% 50% European Parliament elections (26 May 2019) Local elections (18 November 2018) Parliamentary elections (3 June 2018) I voted I usually vote, but did not in these elections I thought about it, but then did not I did not have the right to vote 39.5 7.0 13.3 32.7 43.9 6.5 12.5 30.1 34.9 12.3 17.3 27.1 0% Source: Mladina 2020 “Yeah, I vote…in the next (election) I’m going to educate myself a bit more, I didn’t in the last elections and I wasn’t actually happy with my choice. But not really more than that. Up until, I don’t know, maybe four years ago, I wouldn’t say that I had really formed political beliefs. Ok maybe not exactly, because I definitely had some values, which are compatible with certain po- litical parties or directions and aren’t with others. So maybe that’s already a political opinion, even if I don’t call it that.” (Tina, 29 years old, radiology specialist, interrupted her specialisation to work with Covid-19 patients)