[i] UNDP, Youth and Democratic Citizenship in East and South East Asia.
In Europe, the European Youth
Forum perceives the decline in youth party membership in the region as
one of the core problems in institutional politics. Research conducted in 2014
by International IDEA reveals that across the continent, as few as 2 per cent
of young people are members of a political party. Deželan, “Young People and Democratic Life in
Europe.”
Results from the 2015
AfroBarometer show that youth participation in election campaigns remains
limited in Africa. On average, 34 per cent of youth attended campaign rallies
or meetings in 2014, the year preceding the survey, and only 23 per cent tried
to persuade others to vote for a certain candidate or party. In East Africa, 51
per cent of youth said they attended campaign rallies or meetings. North
African youth had by far the lowest levels of participation, with 12 per cent
reporting having attended a campaign event and 11 per cent having tried to
influence other voters. AfroBarometer, Dispatch no. 41, (AfroBarometer, 2015).
