Factors affecting voting

Question 1

Media

Answer 1

Many types, can influence by being bias or misleading to prove pofv (isolated SM anyone can post anything so false information can influence and newspapers may be bias but have to use real facts)

Question 2

Media k

Answer 2

Over half of 18-24 year olds voted Labour, younger people use social media mainly and Labour have more Instagram followers than conservatives so won social media battle.

Question 3

Media bal k

Answer 3

January 2021 just 2% of Instagram users were 65 or over

Question 4

Media bal

Answer 4

Older People rarely use social media as they may struggle with technology which can put them off it

Question 5

Media eval

Answer 5

Significant

Question 6

Age

Answer 6

Old and Young vote very differently. Brought up differently and as you get older your priorities change influencing your decision making.

Question 7

Age k Tory

Answer 7

25% of under 40s voted Conservative in 2019 but they won the election

Question 8

Age boost

Answer 8

Older an younger people also vote very different in the EU Referendum as younger people may have felt more connected to the EU and it’s citezens through greater use of social media than older people.

Question 9

Age boost k

Answer 9

37% of people under 50 voted to leave the EU in 2016 but most British people voted leave.

Question 10

Eval age

Answer 10

Significant most

Question 11

Social Class

Answer 11

A/B made up of wealthier people who more likely to vote for right wing parties who tax less to keep hold of money and D/E more likely to vote left wing so higher tax and more money from rich spent on public services like NHS to help improve poor people’s lives.

Question 12

Social Class k Lab

Answer 12

2017 Election-47% of d/e people voted Labour but far less than that percentage voted for Labour overall

Question 13

Social Class balance

Answer 13

2019 election gap between social class voting significantly reduced as people as Brexit major issue at election with sky news often calling it the Brexit Election and many lower class worried about losing low skilled jobs to emigrants which Brexit would significantly reduce they believed.

Question 14

Social class bla k elec

Answer 14

42% of abc1 and 42% of c2de voted Tory in 2019

Question 15

Eval class

Answer 15

significant

Question 16

Age bonus k

Answer 16

SNP a left of centre wing party won 2021 Scottish election and conservatives won 2019 election right of centre and in Scotland 16 year olds can vote but U.K. only over 18s suggesting young vote more left

Question 17

Media bonus newspaper

Answer 17

Newspapers in U.K. are bias and can be misleading as they try to persuade you to believe and vote in a certain way.

Question 18

Media bonus k

Answer 18

Over 50% of people survey on you gov in 2017 believed the Daily Mail was right wing and tortes won that election as biggest party

Question 19

Soc class sco

Answer 19

Scotland also vote differently based on social class

Question 20

Soc class bonus

Answer 20

In 2017 the SNP replaced Labour for the first time as the most popular party amongst D/E voters in Scotland

Question 21

Media super bonus k

Answer 21

National newspaper set up pro independence (after referendum loss) and has lead to many polls on yougov being pro independence over 50%

Question 22

Soc super bonus k

Answer 22

while the poorer C2DE category was almost two-thirds in favour of quitting EU

Question 23

Age super bonus k

Answer 23

Fear of impact on pensions

.2/3 of over 70s voted no in 2014