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Voting Behavior Flashcards

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What happens to what people vote, depending on their age

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As they grow older, they tend to vote more conservative

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What’s the age range that tends to vote the most labour

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18 to 24-year-olds, 57% of them voted labour

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What three points were most important to conservative party voters in 2019

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— getting the Brexit outcome that they wanted
- Thinking the party they chose, would do a better job at running the economy
- Thinking that the leader of the party would make a better prime minister

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What three points were most important to labour party voters in 2019

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  • trusting the motives of the party they voted for
  • Preferring the promises made by the party they voted for
  • Thinking that the party would do a better job, running the economy
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What three points were most important to lib-dem party voters in 2019

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  • trusting the motives of the party, they most voted for
  • Preferring the promises made by the party they voted for
  • Getting the Brexit outcome that they wanted
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What three points were most important to snp party voters in 2019

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  • trusting the motors at the party they voted for
  • Preferring the promises made by the party
  • Thinking they do do a best job running the economy
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What did Conservative voters believe to be the most important issues when deciding how to vote in the general election? 2019

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  • getting Brexit done
  • NHS/hospitals
    Economy and jobs
    Having the right leadership
    Immigration
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What percent of Tori voters believes getting Brexit done to be the most important factor

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72%

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What did labour voters believe to be the most important issues when deciding how to vote in the general election? 2019

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NHS/hospitals
Stopping Brexit
Poverty inequality
Spending cuts
Climate change

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What percent of labour voters believed NHS to be the most important factor?

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74%

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What did lib-dem voters believe to be the most important issues when deciding how to vote in the general election? 2019

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Stopping Brexit
NHS/hospitals
Climate change
Economy and job
Poverty inequality

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What did snp voters believe to be the most important issues when deciding how to vote in the general election? 2019

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NHS/hospital
Stopping Brexit
Poverty inequality
Climate change
Economy and jobs 

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In the 1950s and 60s, what were their clear lines between

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Classes

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In the 50s and 60s, what class voted for labour

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Working class

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What type of voting was quite rare in the 50s and 60s

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Deviant voting- voting for the other side

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What was the most common cause of deviant voting in the 50s and 60s

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Miss identifying themselves and voting with the party that they’re supposed class supported

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What were voting patterns developed through in the 50s and 60s

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Social learning at home, School, the workplace
Most people voted the same as their parents

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What has changed since the 50s and 60s

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The relationship between class and voting for particular party has weakened considerably

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Why has this partisan alignment happened?

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Distinctions between social classes have been eroded, more affluence and higher living standards, more ability and higher education

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What is sectoral cleavage?

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A new way of categorising people

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What were the new ways of categorising people?

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People who work in the public sector versus who work in the private sector
Those who use public provisions and those who use private provisions

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What has happened since the late 1970s

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The working class was shrinking rapidly

23
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What did the structural change that happened after the 1970s cause

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Labourers, traditional vote, collapsed

24
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What were the Conservatives policies in the 1980s

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Sale of National industries, tax cuts and sale of council houses to appeal to new working class

25
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What were the policies of labour in the 1990s

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Basics to impress skilled workers and middle-class, with economic competence, tax promises and public services

26
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In recent years, what has happened to the importance of class?

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It has continued to decline, compared to other factors

27
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In 2005, what happened to labour?

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They lost out in the unskilled and semi skilled category

28
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What was swing to Conservatives like in 2019?

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It was the biggest in working class areas at about 11%, the Tories won every social class

29
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What were women traditionally likely to vote for?

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After the war, women were more likely to vote, conservative

30
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What happened to the gender gap in voting

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It shrunk and disappeared in the 1990s, and it’s now reversed, since 1997, labour has enjoyed a healthy lead amongst women

31
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In 2019, what percent of 18 to 24-year-old women voted labour

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65%

32
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What do young voters tend to vote for?

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Under €35 have supported labour in the last three elections, even though it dropped in 2005

33
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What percent do old voters make up

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35% of voters, and they are more likely to come to election day

34
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What’s happens every 10 years you age?

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You are nine times more likely to vote, conservative

35
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How does ethnicity affect voting?

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Ethnic minorities have been overwhelmingly supportive of labour-m over 80% in the 80s and 90s

36
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What percent of the population do ethnic minorities make up

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Under 8%

37
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What percent of ethnic minority voters did labour receive in 2017

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77%

38
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What in what of labour voters do ethnic minority voters make up?

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One in five labour voters
But one in 20 Tory voters

39
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In 2019, how many minority MPs were elected

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66

40
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What regional difference was particularly pronounced in the 1980s

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There was a clear, north/south, divide that developed with the conservatives, taking the south and labour taking the north

41
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What is issue voting?

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People deciding to vote based on the major issues of the day
They look at the position of the main parties on these and vote for the closest party to their own views

42
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What model is the manifesto geared towards?

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If you voting
And the mandate also assumes this is the case

43
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Why is issue voting? Probably not how people vote.

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It rules out too much
Personality, events, mood, economic outlook

44
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What did the Conservatives focus on Brexit cause?

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Alienation towards the voters that they were trying to win over

45
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What role do party leaders play?

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A popular leader obviously helped, but they will not rescue a party with unpopular policies
They only become a key factor of the parties policies are very similar

46
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Why are party leaders becoming more important in recent years?

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Media coverage is now massive and focuses heavily on the leaders and their personalities

47
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Why was David Cameron chosen?

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He was chosen as a Tori Blair with the PR qualities

48
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What does the economic model focus on?

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The performance of the economy
The correlation between economic performance of the government and their electoral success

49
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What does the Essex model do?

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It uses data on inflation, interest, rates and economic expectations to predict voting patterns

50
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What election did the Essex model successfully predict despite a recession

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The 1992 election for the Conservatives

51
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What worked to the Conservatives advantage in 2010

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The credit crunch

52
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What had brown bean praised around the world for?

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His leadership and strong action with the credit crunch

53
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What does the governing competence model suggest?

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That the overall record of the government is the deciding factor, as with the economic model it suggests that the elections are lost rather than one

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