factors affecting voting behaviour 4.1 Flashcards
how many 18-24 year olds voted for cons in 2019
21%
how many 18-24 year olds voted for cons in 2024
5%
how many 18-24 year olds voted for labs in 2019
14%
how many 18-24 year olds voted for labs in 2024
23%
what has YouGov revealed is the ‘diverging age’ for someone to change political leniency
39
GENDER = what were the names of the women who found new labour attractive
“Blair’s babes”
“Browns Sugars”
“Labour Lovelies”
GENDER = how was gender not an important factor in the 2024 general election
34% of men voted labour and 35% of women did the same, which 12% of men voted LibDems and 12% of women did the same.
REGION = what constituency has shown that the NORTH inherently supports left leaning politics
LIVERPOOL WALTON
- 87% vote share to Labour MP Dan Carden
- last 4 GE’s = never below 72%
REGION = what’s an interesting fact about the reform UK constituencies lcoations
3 out of 5 are coastal = shows that illegal immigration played a significant part in this election
REGION = what is suprising about the 2019 red wall constituencies
traditionally dominated by working class (C2,DE) had voted for Conservatives
CLASS = how many votes from class AB and floating voters did blair get in 1997
around 33% (party disunity in Conservatives on European issues could have had an effect though)
CLASS = how many of the class AB voted for cons in 1997
59%
CLASS = how many of the class AB voted for cons in 2010
40%
CLASS = how many of the class DE voted for cons in 1997
21%
CLASS = how many of the class DE voted for cons in 2010
41%
ETHNICITY = how many BAME voted for conservative in 2019
20%
ETHNICITY = how many BAME voted for labour in 2024
64%
ETHNICITY = what happened to the voting share of BAME from 2019 to 2024
reduced by 18% ( was 82%, now 64%)
how much percentage of the general population did independents get in the 2024 general election
13%
EDUCATION = how did 2017 voters vote based on their education
47% of voters with degrees voted labour/lib dem
36% voted conservative
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23% of voters with no qualifications voted labour/lib dem
53% voted conservative
whats an example to show that education has played little role in general elections recently
2019 cons = the most popular party amongst all education groups
