The pie charts illustrate various reasons why students in different age groups voted for a specific candidate to be their student representative.
Overall, it can be learly seen that younger students pay more attention to being easy to talk to and being a good speaker, while older students placed the importance to the negotiation skills and trustworthiness.
In terms of students among 18 to 22 year olds being easy to talk to made up around 32%, while among students aged 23-50, the figure was 10 percentage points lower, at 22%. Among students aged 18-22 being a good speaker stood at nearly a quarter, whereas among older learners aged 23-50, being a good speaker made up a fifth. Meanwhile, trustworthiness was valued by 20% students among 18 to 22 year olds, which was lower than students among 23 to 50 year, at around 26%.
With regard to the remaining figures, students aged 18-22, being able to negotiate accounted for 15%, while students among 23 to 50 year olds stood at 22%. Knowledge of traditions was valued by 9% students aged 18-22, which was 1 percentage lower than the figure for students aged 23-50, at 10%.
