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University of Cambridge: Former Coalmining Communities Have Less Faith in Politics Than Other 'Left Behind' Areas
September 21, 2021
LONDON, England, Sept. 21 (TNSJou) -- The University of Cambridge issued the following news release:

Those in ex-mining areas are also less likely to vote for new populist and nationalist parties compared to socio-economic counterparts elsewhere. Researchers argue that the modern Left may have lost these communities to "apathy and cynicism".

Communities once reliant on the coal industry are now more politically disenchanted, with residents less likely to vote, . . .

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