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For the first time, Millennials will be the largest cohort of Ontario voters. Will they decide the election?
By Fatima SyedStaff Reporter
Wed., June 6, 2018
On Thursday, 19-year-old Toronto resident Catherine Mihevc will cast her first electoral ballot on the way home from work — a turning point in a lifetime of wanting to vote.
“I will leave home in the morning never having voted, and come back a little different,” said the eager Western University business student.
People hold signs for the major parties’ leaders outside the leaders debate in a May 27 file photo. (Mark Blinch / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
For the first time, millennials will make up the largest cohort of voters in an election, surpassing the previously dominant baby boomer generation. It is also the first time people born after the turn of the millennium will be able to vote in Ontario.
According to the most recent census, there are over 3.5 million Ontario residents — and potential voters — between the ages of 18 and 34.
Data from Statistics Canada shows that people in this age bracket are the least likely to vote in provincial elections. Only 34 per cent of eligible young voters went to the polls in Ontario’s 2014 election.
In casting her ballot, Mihevc, daughter of Toronto Councillor Joe Mihevc, is hoping to defy this trend — and dispel the notion that young voters are apathetic and won’t show up.
“There are so many issues on the table that affect our daily lives today and for when we think about building our future,” she said, citing a list of topics including, school loads, affordable house and even electoral reform.
As a canvasser for the movement #ShowtheF---Up, Mihevc has spoken to other young people about what’s holding them back from casting a ballot.
“People think that in the electoral system we have right now, our vote doesn’t count as much,” she said. “It’s preventing them from getting out to vote.”
https://www.thestar.com/news/queens...rio-voters-will-they-decide-the-election.html
By Fatima SyedStaff Reporter
Wed., June 6, 2018
On Thursday, 19-year-old Toronto resident Catherine Mihevc will cast her first electoral ballot on the way home from work — a turning point in a lifetime of wanting to vote.
“I will leave home in the morning never having voted, and come back a little different,” said the eager Western University business student.
People hold signs for the major parties’ leaders outside the leaders debate in a May 27 file photo. (Mark Blinch / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
For the first time, millennials will make up the largest cohort of voters in an election, surpassing the previously dominant baby boomer generation. It is also the first time people born after the turn of the millennium will be able to vote in Ontario.
According to the most recent census, there are over 3.5 million Ontario residents — and potential voters — between the ages of 18 and 34.
Data from Statistics Canada shows that people in this age bracket are the least likely to vote in provincial elections. Only 34 per cent of eligible young voters went to the polls in Ontario’s 2014 election.
In casting her ballot, Mihevc, daughter of Toronto Councillor Joe Mihevc, is hoping to defy this trend — and dispel the notion that young voters are apathetic and won’t show up.
“There are so many issues on the table that affect our daily lives today and for when we think about building our future,” she said, citing a list of topics including, school loads, affordable house and even electoral reform.
As a canvasser for the movement #ShowtheF---Up, Mihevc has spoken to other young people about what’s holding them back from casting a ballot.
“People think that in the electoral system we have right now, our vote doesn’t count as much,” she said. “It’s preventing them from getting out to vote.”
https://www.thestar.com/news/queens...rio-voters-will-they-decide-the-election.html
