Class> Flashcards
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Class vs age
-up until1970s= class, with each party representing diff classes
E.g.—
For some it remains important-2019 GE cities strong W/C identity - Man/Liv
2024- C2DE. Reform as Constoo elite
Class not important -
Class de alignment from1970s due to change economy (reduction blue collar industry) 2) parties change appeal
Labour 2019-
DE= 34%c.f. 64% in 1964
Age = “new dividing line” (2017 YouGov)
Old- con, younger-left wing
2024= 18-24
Greens = 18%
Labour = 42%
8% cons,9% reform
2024-60+
Green s= under 3 %
Labour - 24%
Reform = 16%
Cons = 40%!!!!!!!- problem of ageing pop of voters
Education vs class
Education as dividing lin-
Cons= fewer qualifications
- lower levels education more likely to have authoritarian values
Higher level education- libertarian values hence LD/L
Class still important-
Education new class divide?- lower levels education = earn less
2024- Reform more vote share those W/C and lower education attainment
-educational divide short term? Based around brexit
Education stats 2019
43% degree+ Labour
29% degre+ Cons
EU Referendum education stats
No qual -75% brexit
Qual -75% remain/against
Region vs class-
Region importance -
Heartlands
Restoration of importance of region i 2024
- decline importance from1997= Blair M/C seats from SE and EM, 2010 SNP shattered lab dominance of Scot, 2019 Tories broke red wall
BUT 2024= landslide Return dominance in scotland and north
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Tories wiped out 2024= extremely poor everywhere including grad heartlands- only won 30/91 seats in SE
- region show influence of class? North used to be L due to high levels w/c
- regional division reflective of class divideascitis = increased conc of younger, more education = labour
In 2019, of the 131 seats they won in NE and Wales, what did labour gain back?
56/131 lab won back
In 2019 how many seats did the Tories win in the SE compared to 2024
2019- 74/91
2024- 30/91,labour won 34!!
