How Farage's Reform seduced Gen Z: 'Their manifesto is like a wishlist'

Nathan Hobbs has been arguing with his sister about politics lately. She is 22, has a progressive outlook and, like most young voters, is likely to vote either Labour or Liberal Democrat at the General Election. Nathan, a 19-year-old student, disagrees with her and doesn’t fit the mold of much of his peer group either. He is planning to vote Reform UK on July 4. “There’s a real split [between us],” he says of the siblings’ divergence in political opinion. “She dislikes Nigel Farage.”

Nathan, meanwhile, does not. The undergraduate from Brentwood in Essex is part of a small but noticeable cohort of first-time voters giving their support to Farage’s hard-right party. According to Telegraph analysis, data from four major pollsters suggests as many as 16 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds intend to vote Reform next week.

While support for the party among this cohort is dwarfed by the numbers planning to vote Labour (47 per cent), young voters’ support for Reform now appears to be as strong as their support for the Lib Dems (also on 16 per cent). Reform is also the party that has experienced the biggest surge in young voter support since the election was called - up from 4 per cent in May. The Conservatives are on five per cent in this age group, down from 13 per cent in May.

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[juliescotcher]

Its not a hard right party, correct your language, its just right

[teresaali]

Nigel is the man for the people of all ages 😂🩵
Vote Reform 🗳️

[Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs.]

Oh dear, DT.
The latest polls show the attempts to paint him as a Putin sympathiser have failed. Still ahead of the Conservatives..

[panenka]

Their manifesto is not only 'a wishlist' for the young but also what millions of ignored British people want too. That number is set to grow exponentially when the Millennials 'seduced' by Labour find out they are nearly identical to the Conservative Party except for being just a tad more woke.

[BrandydocMeriabuck]

So when someone says things that people actually want is a wishlist, but when others do that it's a proper manifesto? When are we going to get the reporting on how labour wants to remove free speech by creating a law that compells speech?

[christopherluckett]

Time to make a difference. Vote Reform.

[alanmachin]

The best the Conservatives can do is to try frighten people into not voting for Labour.

[kanny]

I was talking to my sons friends who are all around 18 and above and i was astonished that they all are voting Reform, i really wasn’t expecting that. I really feel like something big is happening....vote Reform

[Mickyocean]

Vote reform 🇬🇧 uk to reform the 🇬🇧 uk 👍

[JonnyRuncie]

Nigel is light years ahead of any other choice right now.

[thomasshone]

everyones's manifesto is a wish list.

[HBFREEWORLD]

Don’t be afraid - Just Go and Vote 🗳️ Reform UK .

[Mis-AdventureCH]

'Hard Right" = Society setting some boundaries like they have forever.

[presidentxijinpingspoxdoct]

Young Reform voters have common sense.

[stevemacqueen]

Correct - Not wanting the UK government to escalate WW3 is a wish

[gogosegaga]

Reform is the only option. Nigel is the leader we want.

[dylanefford]

Vote down to comments being turned off

[AW]

I have never been someone who shouts out loud or even leans either way with politics. But with Nigel Farage, it is clear that he is 100% certain behind his ideas and wants what is best for the country.

I have no faith in Starmer or Sunak to think critically about what the country actually needs.

We could be in for a shock come results day as a lot of the silent voters like myself will feel the same way.

[jjefferyworboys]

Farage has used social media in a way that neither Starmer or Sunak have.

[sysasst]

Vote Reform - Don't let Labour take away our freedoms!