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What is politics?
What does the political process i...,
How does ideological differences ...,
How do divisions in labour and po...
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What is democracy?
What is the definition of democracy,
What are the 2 types of democracy
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What is a pluralist democracy?
What is the definition of pluralism,
What do people believe the uk is ...,
What are elites
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Power and authority
What is absolute power,
What is persuasive power,
What is legitimate power
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The context of political participation
What is political culture,
What is homogeneity,
What is consensus
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Electoral participation
What is the elctorate,
In 1832 how many over 18 s could ...,
In 1969 how many over 18 s could ...
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Turnout and abstention
What was the turnout in 1997 2001...,
What does the national turnout fi...,
In 2005 what was labour percent o...
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Why is turnout often low?
What are intelligent voters,
What are apathetic voters,
What are media driven voters
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Non electoral participation
What are some electoral participa...,
What are some non electoral parti...,
What has happend in recent years ...
6
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Gender and Voting
What did pulzer find out in 1967,
What are 2 reasons for women to b...,
Why did the gender gap close in 1...
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Class and voting
What is the definition of social ...,
What type of people are in social...,
What type of people are in social...
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Ethnicity and voting
What was the ethnic population in...,
Why do the ethnic minority suppor...,
What impacted on muslim populations
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Age and voting
Who do the younger favour,
Who do the older favour,
What will lowering the voting age...
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Region and voting
What is the north south divide,
By 1994 what was the average inco...,
By 1994 what was unemployment in ...
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Introducing voting behavior
What is a psephologist,
What are 2 ways of showing voting...,
What things does a primacy model ...
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Complex voting models
What does the social structure mo...,
What does the party identificatio...,
What does the rational choice mod...
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The importance of the party leaders
In 2005 what percent of the elect...,
How does the blair effect show th...,
What do party leaders often have ...
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Dominant ideology model
What does the dominant ideology m...,
What can the elite do
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Voting context model
What does the voting context mode...,
In the 2004 european elections wh...,
What did conservative and ukip ge...
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Conclusion on voting models
What are voting models not,
What do social structures suggest,
What do context issue suggest
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Tactical voting and protest voting
What is tactical voting,
What is protest voting,
When is protest voting most likel...
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What is swing?
What is the definition of swing,
In 2005 what did the labour vote ...,
In 2005 what did the conservative...
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What is churn?
What does the headline obscure ab...,
What happens due to churn
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The media and UK election
Give examples of broadcast press ...,
In 1992 general election the sun ...,
What did paul whitley estimate ab...
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The significance of opinion polls
When are opinion polls most visible,
Major polling companies,
What are exit polls
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Do polls reflect or help to shape opinion.
Bandwagon effect,
Boomerang effect,
What do opinion polls cause
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Poll accuracy.
What was the average poll error i...,
How can respondents not be regist...,
Why would respondents lie
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Media theory
Manipulative theory,
Hegemonic theory,
Pluralist theory
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The influence of the media
Who argued media influence was li...,
Selective exposure,
Selective perception
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Voting behavior at by-elections
Features at a by election,
What was the conservatives net lo...,
Smallest swing for labour at by e...
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