04 Voting Behaviour and the Media

Question 1

Arguments to suggest that social factors are influential in voting behaviour?

Answer 1

• class
• gender
• age
• ethnicity
• region

Question 2

Evidence to suggest that class is highly influential over voting behaviour in 1964?

Answer 2

1) Those from class group AB (highest one), 78% of that class voted for the Conservatives.
2) Those from class group DE (lowest one), 64% of that class voted for the Labour Party

Question 3

Evidence to suggest that class is not influential over voting behaviour in 2019?

Answer 3

1) Those from class group DE (lowest group), 39% of that class voted for the Labour Party.
2) Those from class group AB (highest group), 45% of that class voted for the Conservatives. A significant decrease with both class groups

Question 4

Evidence to suggest that gender is highly influential in voting behaviour in 1979?

Answer 4

1) 47% of women voted for the Conservatives compared to 43% of men
2) 35% of women voted for the Labour Party compared to 40% of men

Question 5

Evidence to suggest that gender is not influential in voting behaviour?

Answer 5

Complete flip in the 2019 GE

1) 46% of men voted for the Conservatives compared to 43% of women
2) 31% of men voted for Labour compared to 34% of women

Question 6

Evidence to suggest that age is highly influential in voting behaviour?

Answer 6

1) Every 10 years a person ages, the likelihood of voting Conservative increases by 9%
2) Every 10 years a person ages, the likelihood of voting Labour decreases by 8%
3) Labour/Conservative crossover occurs at age 39

Question 7

Evidence to suggest that age is not influential in voting behaviour?

Answer 7

1) 54% of 24-18 year olds voted in the 2019 general election

AGE IS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR

Question 8

Evidence to suggest that ethnicity is highly influential in voting behaviour?

Answer 8

1) 64% of BAME citizens voted for the Labour Party in 2019
2) 18% of BAME citizens voted for the Conservatives in 1997
3) There are more BAME citizens in class group C2 and DE than there are white people in those social classes

Question 9

Evidence to suggest that ethnicity is not influential in voting behaviour?

Answer 9

Turnout is low

Question 10

Evidence to suggest that region is highly influential in voting behaviour (North East of England?

Answer 10

1) In 2017, in the North East of England, 3 out of a possible 29 seats were won by the Conservatives
2) In 2019, 10 out of a possible 29 seats were won by the Conservatives

Question 11

Evidence to suggest that region is highly influential in voting behaviour in the South East of England?

Answer 11

1) In 2001, coming off the back of a 179 seat majority, still Labour only won 22 out of a possible 83 seats
2) In 2019, Labour only won 8, the Conservatives 74.