Voting Behaviour And The Media- Social And Demographic Factors Affecting Voter Behaviour, Gender

Question 1

Gender’s influence on voting

Answer 1

Gender appears to have little or no impact on voting intentions.

Question 2

2019 gender voting statistics

Answer 2

In 2019, 46% of men and 44% of women voted Conservative while 31% of men and 35% of women voted Labour. These statistics show that there is not a gaping gender divide in how people vote, as roughly similar proportions of men and women voted Conservative, and the same was the case for Labour.

Question 3

Where is the clear divide with gender?

Answer 3

A clear gender divide appears to exist only among 18-24-year-olds, where 65% of women voted Labour compared to 46% of men.

Yet both men and women in this age group still voted more heavily for Labour than Conservative in 2019 and so it is difficult to untangle the significance of age from that of gender.