Factors effecting voting behaviour Flashcards

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2017 election turnout by age

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57% of 18-19 year olds

84% of over 70s

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2017 election votes by age

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18-19 : 66% voted labour, 19% voted for Con and 15% voted for a small party
70+ : 19% voted Labour, 69% voted Con and 12% voted for a small party

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What increases every ten years ?

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For every 10 years older a voter is, there chances of voting Tory increase by around 9%

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2017 Class breakdown

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  • AB : 46% voted Tory and 38% voted Labour
  • DE : 41% voted Tory and 44% voted labour

This seems to be a declining factor

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Education (2017)

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  • Low levels (GCSEs or below) : 55% voted Con and 33% voted Lab
  • High levels (degree or above) : 32% voted Con and 49% voted Lab
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Gender (2017 and 1979)

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Only a very small gender gap

  • 43% of women voted for Con and Lab
  • 45% of men voted Con and 39% voted Lab
Women = 47% voted Con and 35% Lab 
Men = 43% voted Con and 40% Lab
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Employment status (2017)

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Retired : 63% Con and 24% Lab
Full time work : 39% Con and 45% Lab
Student : 19% Con and 64% Lab

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Newspaper readership (2017)

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Guardian : 73% Labour

Telegraph : 79% Con

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SNP and Lib Dem support across classes

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LD : AB - 10%
DE - 5%

SNP : AB - 3%
DE - 5%

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Voting by region

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  • South East is prosperous and high levels of home ownership (Con perform well)
  • London/ethnically diverse cities and the industrial North are more likely to vote Labour
  • 2017 (only 71 seats changed hands)
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Ethnicity

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  • Labour has been associated with multiculturalism eg Race relations act
  • Labour won 49/73 seats in Greater London which has a population of 45% white-British
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