factors affecting voting behaviour 4.1 UKP Flashcards
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)
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
how was Rishi Sunak’s image destroyed before general election
- D-Day commemoration to go focus on campaigning
how many people watched corbyn vs johnson in 2019
6.7 million
how many people watched sunak vs starmer in 2024
just under 5 million
how did media coverage impact reform UK
no media coverage = still managed to get 14% of popular vote
what’s/who’s an example of the importance of marginal seats
- David Pinto-Duschinsky, elected with 21% of vote and 15 vote majority
how many 2019 conservatives voters voted for them in the 2024 GE
52%
how many red wall seats did Cons win in 2019
28/38
what happened to the 28/38 conservative seats in 2024
- 27 seats to labour
- Reform UK took Ashfield = lee anderson
how many scottish vs Labour seats were there in 2015 and 2024
2015
SNP = 24%
LABOUR = 50%
2024
SNP = 30%
LABOUR = 35%
how many ABC1 voted for Lab in 2024
36%
how many ABC1 voted for Con in 2024
25%
how many C2DE voted for Lab in 2024
33%
how many C2DE voted for Con in 2024
23%
how many asian votes did Labour lose in 2024
13% compared in 2019
how many white people voted for conservatievs in 2024
22%
