Jan Eichorn looks at how young people’s views on political issues form and why we should not equate disengagement with political apathy.

In a piece for The Conversation, Jan Eichorn analyses an important group of voters: those who have not yet decided.

Every week we are confronted with a range of polls and survey results about people’s attitudes on Scotland’s constitutional future. Newspapers and TV magazines are full of them, campaigners use them to substantiate their points and online discussion users engage with them to convince others of their views.

The minimum voting age for the Scottish independence referendum will be 16 rather than the usual one of 18. Many commentators have expressed strong views on whether this is a good idea or not.