User blog comment:Saturn120/Scotland Referendum - Aye or Nay?/@comment-3139512-20140919123918/@comment-3528888-20140919161419

the 16/17 year old electorate only represents about 3% at most of all voters. yes won by about 400 000 votes. The Electorate was about 4.3 million registered voters, 85% of which turned out. So 3% of 4.3 million is 130 000 voters aged 16/17. Even if none of them showed up, No would have still won by 270 000 votes