4 Voting Behaviour and Media Flashcards
(22 cards)
how many points behind was Conservatives in the polls compared to Labour
20
how many 2019 con voters voted for conservatives in 2024
53%
how many red wall seats did Labour win 2024
37/57
how many seats did SNP earn in 2024 compared to 2019
2024 - 9
2019 - 48
what percentage of the seats did Lib Dems, Labour and Conservatives win in 2024
93%
how much lower was the voting turnout in 2024 than 2019
7.4%
how did the media recently undermine the legitimacy of the HOC
- Rachel Reeves briefed the Media before the HOC her autumnal budget
- Speak Lindsay Hoyle said it was unacceptable
- she changed her fiscal rules after that…
what did the resignation of ‘Louise Haigh’ show us the influence of the Media
- Nov 2024 = Secretary of State for Transport resigned after emerged fraud conviction
- Starmer knew and appointed her anyway but only fired once the press had found out
- this is an example of Individual ministerial responsibility
how has social media been harming democracy
- Elon Musk called Home Office Minister Jess Philips an ‘Evil witch’ and ‘Rape genocide apologist’, calling for her to be jailed
- she received numerous death threats and further misinformation
- social media is dangerous
- 2 MPs have been killed by their constituents in the last decade
in 2019, how many 18-24 voted for Cons and how many over 60s did so too
18-24 = 22%
over 60s = 60%
in 2017, how many 18-24 voted and how many over 65s did so too
65+ was around 25% higher than among
18-24 year olds
in 2019, majorities of how much were flipped in the taking of the red wall seats
20,000
in 2019, how many AB voters voted conservative compared to 1964
2019 - 42%
1964 - 78%
in 2019, how many DE voters voted labour compared to 1964
2019 - 34%
1964 - 64%
how many without qualification voted for brexit and how many with didnt
- 75%
- 75%
how many people with a degree voted for labour, lib dem or conservative in 2019
Labour - 43%
Lib Dems - 17%
Conservatives - 29%
what percentage of the vote did the conservative party recieve votes of which the highest qualification they received was GCSEs
58%
how many BMEs voted for cons and lab in 2019
Lab - 64%
Con - 20%
in the age group 18-24, how many women and men voted conservative in 2019
15% - women
28% - men
HOWEVER - the older you get, the more likely you are to be conservative
what percentage of leave voters voted conservative in 2019
74%
what percentage of remain voters voted labour in 2019
49%
what percentage of people do not read manifestos
2/3 as they have already made up their mind = HOWEVER, still held accountable (Nick Clegg and not scrapping tuition fees)
