4 Voting Behaviour Flashcards
What is partisan dealignment?
Partisan dealignment refers to the way voters since the 1970s have abandoned party loyalty and instead vote on a range of factors.
What is class dealignment?
It suggests that voters are much less likely to vote based on their social class.
What does trend show on how the abc1 classes vote?
They tend to vote for conservatives but 2024 that changed with 36 percent voting for labour compared to conservatives 27 percent.
1997 the gap percentage was small 39 to conservatives 34 to labour
What trend shows how the c2 skilled working class vote
It is not clear cut and still decisive as there is a back and forth between conservatives and labour 2024 they votes 32 percentage in favour for labour whereas 24 for conservatives.
What trend shows how the unskilled working class votes?
Mostly vote for labour with 2019 being an exception due to brexit and levelling up
Results in 2019
47 con
34 lab
Results in 2024
23 con
34 lab
What trend shows how 18-24 year olds vote?
Labour is immensely popular with the younger people as the trend shows currently in 2024
41 for labour
8 for con
In 2017 corbyn promised lower tuition fees and labour got 62 percent oof votes whilst conservatives got 27 percent
What trend shows how 25-34 year olds vote?
Since 1197 they have voted for labour
2024 data
44 lab
14 con
What trend shows how 65 plus vote?
They clearly vote for conservatives there is clear trend
In 2024
41 con
22 lab
Do regions influence voting behaviour
It has some impact in influencing voting behaviour but for that to happen there must of been changes in policy to influence this
What regions do
London
Scotland
And wales
Typical vote for
London clearly labour
Scotland lastly labour but snp did dominate
Wales labour
What regions do you
West Midlands
North west
South east
South west
Typically vote for
West Midlands conservatives but in 2024 it was labour
North west clearly labour
South east clearly conservatives
South west conservatives
What was the 2024 data on how London voted?
45 to lab
21 to con
What was the 2024 data on how north west voted?
Lab 45
Con 19
What was the data on how south east voted in 2024?
24 lab
30 con
It’s a rich people area
Lib Dem 21
What was the data on how south west voted?
2024
Lab 25
Ld 25
Con 28
Why does wales vote for labour and hat conservatives?
Thatcher ended there coal and steel industries
Though they wanted to leave the eu
What does trend show on who white people vote for?
Tend to vote conservatives but in 2024 lab did well with hoses voters
33 lab
36 con
What does the trend show on how non white ethnic people vote for?
Clearly vote for labour have strong backing from those communities?
What percentage of black people voted for labour? In. 2024
68 percent
What percentage of Asian people voted for labour in 2024?
39 percent
Why did labour lose popularity amongst Pakistani and Bangladeshi voters in 2024?
What percentage had a fav view on starmer
Due to labours stance on Gaza
28 percent
Is voting behaviour determined by gender?
Not at all
In 2024
34 men voted lab
35 women voted lab
23 men voted con
26 women voted con
What are the types of media?
Print media
Broadcast
Social
What is evidence of media being important in voting behaviour?
From 1992 to 1997 the Sun was the number one newspaper in the UK and switched allegiance from traditionally conservatives to Labour 1997 in 1992. They wrote a a headline against kinnock
