Young Voters Courted For UK’s EU Referendum

By Worldview
A Pro-Brexit campaigner hands out leaflets at Liverpool Street station in London, Wednesday, March 23, 2016. With less than three months to go until a June 23 referendum, Britain’s anti-EU campaigners are bitterly divided, with two rival camps battling over which will be the standard-bearer in the campaign, and over how to win the historic vote. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A Pro-Brexit campaigner hands out leaflets at Liverpool Street station in London. With less than three months to go until a June 23 referendum, Britain's anti-EU campaigners are bitterly divided. Frank Augstein / AP Photo
A Pro-Brexit campaigner hands out leaflets at Liverpool Street station in London, Wednesday, March 23, 2016. With less than three months to go until a June 23 referendum, Britain’s anti-EU campaigners are bitterly divided, with two rival camps battling over which will be the standard-bearer in the campaign, and over how to win the historic vote. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A Pro-Brexit campaigner hands out leaflets at Liverpool Street station in London. With less than three months to go until a June 23 referendum, Britain's anti-EU campaigners are bitterly divided. Frank Augstein / AP Photo

Young Voters Courted For UK’s EU Referendum

By Worldview
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On June 23rd voters in the UK will answer this question in a referendum: “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?” 

The latest polls show that the public is pretty evenly split between the “leave” camp and the “remain” camp, so both sides are courting young voters, who could prove decisive. 

We talk about the upcoming referendum and the campaigns to court the youth vote with Henry Mance, the political correspondent for the Financial Times.