Voting Behaviour- Sociological model

Question 1

What is psephologists?

Answer 1

A field in political science
Provide information on nation’s political ideals and beliefs

Question 2

What are retrospective comments?

Answer 2

How we voted in the past

Question 3

What are predictive comments?

Answer 3

How we may vote in the future

Question 4

What does Peter Pulzer say about voting behaviour?

Answer 4

Class is the basis of British Politics- all else is embellishment and detail

Question 5

Ivor Crewe on voting behaviour?

Answer 5

Skilled working class were the shocked troops of thatcherism (saying its based on social class)

Question 6

What does Winston Churchill say about voting behaviour?

Answer 6

If your not a socialist by the age of 30 you have no heart, if your still a socialist after the age of 30 you have no brain
(based on age)

Question 7

What does the sociological model say about voting behaviour?

Answer 7

Based on group membership

Question 8

What are the 9 factors in the sociological model of voting?

Answer 8

Age
Gender
Social Class
Ethnicity
Religion
Geography
Education level
Friends and family
Readership

Question 9

Age and voting behaviour?

Answer 9

The older you are e.g. 55-64+ the more conservative you are
Younger voters- Labour and Lib dem
(Every 10 years you get 9% more conservative)
In 2017 youthquake
Turnout for 18-19 yr olds-57%
70+-84%

Question 10

Facts about voting age?

Answer 10

-If only 65+ had voted in general elections all but the 1997 election since 1945 conservatives would have won
-In 2010 election labour only did well with 18-24 yr olds

Question 11

Gender and voting behaviour?

Answer 11

Their used to be a clear gender gap in voting behaviour used to be make conservative and women labour
-Now ist the other way round since the 1997 ge the gender gap has closed
This could be due to the fact women are now in employment

Question 12

Facts about gender and voting behaviour?

Answer 12

If only females had voted in 1945-97, the conservatives will have won every one

Question 13

What are the different social classes?

Answer 13

A- higher managerial, administrative or professional 4% of UK
B- Immediate managerial, administrative and professional 23% of UK
C1- Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative or professional- 29% of UK
C2- Skilled manual workers- 21%
D- Semi and Unskilled workforce- 15% of UK
E- State pensioners, low grade workers and unemployed w state benefits- 8%

Question 14

What can be said about voting behaviour and class?

Answer 14

Upper- Upper middle: Cons Lib dem Green
Middle- Cons Lib, Lab, Green
Working class- Labour/UKIP

Question 15

Facts about class in voting behaviour?

Answer 15

If the above was true labour would never loose a general election as their are more working class the any other

Question 16

Social class- whats a deviant voter?

Answer 16

People that dont vote for their natural class party e.g. working class tory

Question 17

Ethnicity on voting behaviour?

Answer 17

Ethnic minority’s are most likely to vote labour (80/90% Labour)
-2005 war in Iraq effected labours voted with ethnic minority’s
-Do better with BAME voters as released race regions amendment act vs conservatives rwanda bill

Question 18

Religion and voting behaviour?

Answer 18

Church of england- conservative
Roman catholic- Labour
Minority faith groups- Labour

Question 19

Religion and northern ireland?

Answer 19

Huge divide
Sinn Fein- Catholic and nationalist
DUP- Protestant- unionists

Question 20

Regions and voting behaviour?

Answer 20

South- Conservative (only exception is labour) due to being home to the weaththy
North- Labour due to being home to steel and mining city’s
North south divide
Wales and Scotland- Labour but a lot more support for plaid cymru and SNP
NI- DUP and Sinn Fein

Question 21

Friends and family on voting behaviour?

Answer 21

Fails usually have a similar voting pattern but this is going down due to scattered family’s
Peer group voting is similar

Question 22

Homeowners and voting behaviour?

Answer 22

Homeowner- Conservative
Tenants- Labour

Question 23

Education levels and voting behaviour?

Answer 23

Psephologists believe now this is the most influential factor
Private schooling/sector- Conservative
Public schooling/sector- Labour
Graduates- Lib dem

Question 24

Newspaper readership and voting behaviour?

Answer 24

Telegraph- Cons
Daily mail- Cons
Sun- Cons
Guardian- Labour
Mirror- Labour

Question 25

What’s our case study for the sociological model and general election?

Answer 25

2019- Brexit election with conservative dominance

Question 26

2019 general election- Social class

Answer 26

May have had an impact
Cracks formed as this was the brexit election and lower class now aggravated that food and items are expensive
-Labours voting conservstives which is traditional w/c
Called a sea change election

Question 27

Religion in 2019 GE?

Answer 27

In northern ireland
DUP protestant and Sinn Fein catholic

Question 28

Age in 2019 ge?

Answer 28

Age of when you turned conservative lowered massively to 39

Question 29

2019 more diverse parliament?

Answer 29

220 women
66 ethnic minority’s

Question 30

Results of 2019 GE?

Answer 30

Huge majority of vote from cons
Labour lost many seats 202 seats 60 down from usual
Lib dem 11 seats
SNP 48 seats
Plaid Cymru 4 seats

Question 31

Turnout of 2019 ge?

Answer 31

67.3
South west highest turnout at 72.0
compared to lowest in northern irela 61.8%

Question 32

Education level and voting?

Answer 32

Low equivalent qualifications (GCSE) cons beat labour by 23
Higher education labour led by 17%

Question 33

Ivor Crewe?

Answer 33

Class dealignment
1972- C2 labour to conservative shocked troops of thatcherism
1997- AB conservatives to labour class realignment
Social class

Question 34

Brexit and BAME?

Answer 34

69% remain compared to 42% of white