V Chip said

The election was in 2006.

To vote in 2006, one had to be 18 years old then, thus would be 35 years old today.


According to the demographic pyramid shown (from CIA.gov), everyone in the 30-34 bar and below would not have been eligible to vote in their last election. That's about 1.5 to 1.6 million of the 2.1 million estimated residents of the Gaza strip that could not have voted in the last elections -- about 75% of the current Gaza populace.

Also of note: exit polls of the 2006 election had support for peace with Israel at ~80% and 75% thought Hamas should change its policy towards Israel.

Now of course, it is possible those young Palestinians have a more favorable view of Hamas, but it's also possible they might have a less favorable view. Opinion polls before the war had Hamas support declining over the years.

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