Definitive general election analysis: How youngsters, remainers and graduates stole May’s landslide

We now have the best picture about which type of people voted for each party in the General Election that surprised the nation, thanks to new polling conducted by Ipsos MORI…

62 per cent of 18-24 year olds supported Labour, with this support dropping only slightly to 56 per cent among 25-34 year olds. In contrast, Labour support only stood at 25 per cent among those aged over 65.

The age divide in this year’s election is the “biggest we’ve ever seen since our records began in 1979”, according to Ipsos MORI…

Education is a growing divide in British elections - a pattern that has been seen in recent elections in countries such as the US, France and the Netherlands…

 Overall, the Conservatives had a 17-point lead among those with no qualifications, and a smaller seven-point lead among those educated to below degree level.  Among graduates, though, Labour had a 15-point lead.