The vote was held the same day as Glastonbury, just after university terms ended.
So the students (18-24) that could vote had to be:
A) living with parents during studies, or registered to vote at parents place while not living there full time (illegal) — or! Live full time on their own, which is rarely
and
B) to not go to Glastonbury, one of the largest festivals in the UK for young adults.
If someone chose to go to a leisure activity instead of voting in a very important referendum that supposedly decided the future of the nation, then their vote was not worth much in the first place.
Most people assumed remain would win and were lax in voting.
Hindsight being what it is tells us this was foolish, it that’s how it was.
Students are allowed to register at their home and term-time addresses.
https://www.gov.uk/electoral-register
> It’s sometimes possible to register at 2 addresses (though you can only vote once in any election).
> For example, if you’re a student with different home and term-time addresses, you may be able to register at both.
Yeah, but unfortunately only 64% of the under 35 year olds bothered to turn up, while in the older age groups the turnout was much higher (80% for 35-64, 89% for over 65). That was probably a result of many (including the polls) thinking that the "Leave" side didn't have a chance of winning, same as many US Democrat supporters (also supported by the polls) didn't think Trump could win. The US voters got to correct their mistake four years later, no such luck for the UK voters unfortunately...