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Voting behaviour and the media Flashcards

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What are social factors?

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class, age, gender, ethnicity, geographic region

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What impact do social factors have on social factors?

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Positions target policies to key groups in order to win an election

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What is AB classification?

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higher professional occupations

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What is C1 classification?

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professional occupation

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What is C2 classification?

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skilled manual occupation

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What is DE classification?

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semi-skilled, unskilled and unemployed

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What classes mostly vote conservative?

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AB and C1

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What classes mostly vote labour?

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C2 and DE

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What are floating voters?

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voters who are aware of the candidates but lack any party anchoring

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What classes tend to be floating voters?

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C1 and C2

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What classes do parties aim their manifesto towards and why?

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C1 and C2, floating voters

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% of DE voting for labour in 2017?

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59%

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% of DE voting for labour in 2019?

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39%

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% of AB who voted conservative in 2019?

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45%

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15
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What is class dealignment?

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Where people no longer vote according to their social class

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Who do Liberal Democrat’s appeal to with their c- policy?

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adopts centrist policy’s - appeals to a wider class base in the centre of society

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In which election was social class replaced as a key factor of voting behaviour? and why

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2019 general election - conservative commitment to brexit

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In 2019 what classes voted 41-47% conservative?

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all - AB, C1, C2,DE

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19
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Why is new labour more successful?

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Prioritised AB and C1 voters

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Turnout of DE voters in 2019 GE?

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53%

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Turnout of DE voters in 2019 GE?

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53%

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Turnout of DE voters in 2019 GE?

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53%

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Turnout of AB voters in 2019 GE

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68%

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Example of consistant support across all classes

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Green Party - 2015 GE - all classes between 3/4%

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3 reasons why social class does still matter in uk elections

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  • regional voting reflects wealth and poverty
  • voters identity with a party based on social classes
  • manifestos designed with social class in mind
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3 reasons why social class does not matter in uk elections

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  • major issues are irrespective of class (brexit)
  • working class decline making it less of an electoral force
  • modern parties have to appeal to all classes to be successful
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25
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What are core voters?

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Voters who will invariably support or other of the main parties

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What is partisan dealignment?

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The idea that people are less committed or loyal to one particular party

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What is rising p- d-

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partisan dealignment

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Example of targeted votes for women

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Labour 2015 - woman to woman pink mini bus which visited 75 constituencies to encourage more women to vote

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Example of little gender gap in voting

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2019 general election labour - 31% men and 34% women

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Why have women traditionally voted conservative?

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Social role - seen as the party of housewives which sought to keep prices low so women could run effective homes

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31
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Why have women traditionally not voted labour?

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working class - men - social roles

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32
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When was the collapse of Britain’s industrial force?

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1990’s

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33
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What did labour do following the collapse of Britain’s industrial base?

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Consider a greater range of issues

34
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What e- is more widespread across the country

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Education

35
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Example of more of the population accessing higher education after leaving school

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2017 - 50%

36
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Example of people with a degree more likely to vote..

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Labour - 47% in 2017

37
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Example: % of people with no formal qualifications to vote…

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Labour, 23%

38
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More education Education has led to more support for - from working class areas

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Conservative

39
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Example - % of 18-24 year olds to vote conservative inc election yr

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2019 - 21%

40
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Example - % of 65+ year olds to vote conservative inc election yr

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2019 - 57%

41
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Why is age the dividing line in voting behaviour?

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Britain’s shifting economic position

42
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What is the shift in economics? refer to jobs

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service based jobs to office based jobs

43
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3 other reasons why younger people tend to vote labour other than the change in industy

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  • more progressive
  • as people age they acquire more assets
  • fewer responsibilities - with age become more cautious
44
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Due to low turnout of the younger age category, appealing to the older generation is more successful - give an example of this

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2015 - Ed Miliband proposed to scrap uni fees but limit pension inc - lost election

45
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What is BAME?

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Black Asian and Minority Ethnic

46
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2019 BAME election results for labour and conservative

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Labour - 64%, Conservative - 20%

47
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Why may BAME favour labour? Refer to labour and conservative actions

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historically, immigrants from BAME backgrounds were employed in cities - natural allies of the Labour Party + conservative traditionally anti-immigration

48
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Example of traditional conservatives anti immigration approach

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Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood Speech’

49
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What social class is BAME mostly proportional? And how does this impact how they vote

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C2 and DE = labour

50
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What region of the uk in wealthier

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South east

51
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What region of the uk are in great deprivation?

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Southwest and north east of England

52
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Example - % of voter in the North of England who voted labour - inc year

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2017 - 53%

53
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Example - % of voters in the South of England who voted labour - inc year

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2017- 29%

54
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Example - % of voter in London who voted labour - inc year

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2017 - 55%

55
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What election did voting shift in regional areas? and why?

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2019 - brexit

56
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Example - what election was the turnout of 18-24 year olds -%

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2019 - 47%

57
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Example - what election was the turnout of 65+ year olds -%

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2019 - 74%

58
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3 reasons why young people don’t vote

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  • apathy
  • alternative ways of participation - protests, petitions, media
  • abstention
59
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What is apathy?

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lack of interest

60
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What is Abstention?

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does not vote because they feel no party is worthy of their support

61
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Turnout of 16 and 17 year olds in 2014 Scottish referendum

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75%

62
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3 reasons why individuals cast their vote as they do (voting theories)

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  • valence
  • rational choice
  • issue-based
63
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What is valence voting?

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chose to vote based on the party or candidate who will run the country the best

64
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What do valence voters focus on when looking at the governments competence?

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Economy

65
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Example of valence

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2008 economic crash and allow large government debt - labour blamed

66
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Example of a weak leader - valence

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Ed Miliband perceived as weak in 2015 GE

67
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What is rational choice voting?

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What is in the voters best interest

68
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What do rational choice voters focus on? (2)

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manifestos and what party will govern the best

69
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What is issue voting and e.g?

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voting on a important single issue - brexit

70
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Issue based voting may n- impact the voter, however they do it for the common good

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negatively

71
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3 factors effecting individual voting

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  • manifestos
  • party leader
  • tactical voting
72
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Labour Party 2019 manifesto e,g

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Abolish tuition fee for university students

73
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What is the benefit of precise manifestos?

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clear for the electorate to convince them it is in their rational interest

74
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Link between valence and manifestos

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Delivering on your manifesto = valence

75
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What does a manifesto establish? M-

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Mandate

76
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What is a mandate?

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Authority to implement its manifesto

77
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2 positive impacts of a mandate

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  • strengthens government - winning party gains legitimacy for its policies
  • hold gov to account with manifesto
78
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2 negative impacts of a mandate

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  • circumstances change - e.g COVID-19
  • manifesto may be vague
  • coalition makes it unclear
  • voters may not agree to entire manifesto but mandate authorises all
79
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Example of party leaders popularity not matching election results

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1979 -Labour James Callaghan was 20% more popular than thatcher in opinion polls but still lost

80
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T.V - 2017

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yes
1. 2017
2. Theresa May didn’t show up to the tv debate and this made her look weak

81
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Opinion polls - 2019

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yes
1. 2019
2. Showed that the results were close
3. influenced peoples urgency to vote
3. conservatives won

82
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social media -2017

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no
1.2017
2. Daddy why do you hate me?
3. funny but didn’t change peoples perspective

83
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Print media - 2010

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  1. 2010
  2. MPs expenses
  3. made people question the legitimacy of the parliament and changed the system

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