During the past three years, only every second young Lithuanian voted in the municipal, regional, or national elections, specifically, 48%. For the comparison, the average of the EU of the people from 15 to 30 years of age participating in the elections is 56%. This Eurobarometer survey conducted by TNS examined wider trends in youth engagement with politics and their intentions to run for office in the national or the European Parliament elections.

More specific results show that 7 out of 10 young Lithuanians know about the elections to the European Parliament. This statistic shows some promising as it is one and a half times more than the EU average. In general, the youth of Lithuania showed rather deep knowledge about the elections to the European Parliament when compared to the youth of other member countries.

Almost 2 out of 10 young Lithuanians are convinced that they would consider a possibility to run for political office. However, the decision to never run for such office was expressed by 78 % of Lithuanians which is rather in line with 79% average for the whole of the EU.

Since the elections to the European Parliament are quickly approaching, the youth of other EU member countries is more inclined to express their political will with elections. Indeed, Lithuanians are more passive when compared to the average of the EU. For example, during the 2014 elections only 16 % of Lithuanian youth is planning to vote. The EU average, in this case, is 28 %. Another interesting thing is that female Lithuanians more often indicated that they are planning to vote in the upcoming elections when compared to their male counterparts.

The common reason that was implied for voting in the elections was mostly related to democracy and the importance of elections themselves. This idea was expressed by 85 % of those who said that they are planning to vote.

As the main reasons for not voting in the elections, 72 % of young Lithuanians argued that their vote will not change anything whereas 65% indicated that they are sufficiently informed to vote. Interestingly, 60 % of the youth said that the issues tackled in the European Parliament do not affect them. On the other hand, these indicators are even lower in other members of the EU.