general elections

Question 1

what percentage of people who voted leave and labour in 2017 voted tory in 2019

Answer 1

33%

Question 2

percentage of DE class that voted labour in 1964 compared to 2019

Answer 2

64% down to 39%

Question 3

what percentage of DE class voted lab in 2017

Answer 3

59%

Question 4

percentage of AB class voters voted conservative in 1964 vs 2019

Answer 4

78% vs 45%

Question 5

% of BAME voters voted labourin 2019

Answer 5

64%

Question 6

what percentage of the south of the uk voted for the con in 2017

Answer 6

54%

Question 7

what percentage of the london voted labour in 2017

Answer 7

55%

Question 8

percantage of labour voters defected in 2019

Answer 8

11%

Question 9

what percentage of people without gcses voted conservative

Answer 9

55%

Question 10

what percentage of people with degrees voted labour

Answer 10

49%

Question 11

in polling what was the most significant reason for labour voters to defect in 2019

Answer 11

Jeremy corbyn 35%

Question 12

evidence to suggest tactical voting isnt significant

Answer 12

2015 most tactical voting was to keep SNP out but they won 56 out of 59 seats

Question 13

percentage of daily mail reader which are very right wing

Answer 13

44%

Question 14

percentage of gaurdian readers that are left wing

Answer 14

71%

Question 15

example of social media having an impact on election outcome

Answer 15

2019 cons had over 2500 ads whilst lab only had 250

Question 16

example of social media having little imapct

Answer 16

lib dems had over 3000 ads but still lost seats

Question 17

context to 1979 election

Answer 17

James callaghan had a minority gov and relied on a lib lab pact
- he didnt call an early election as polls said he could win
- 1978-79 was the winter of discontent
- was forced to hold an election by motion of no confidence by thatcher snp and libs

Question 18

ways manifestos were different in 1979

Answer 18

conservatives wanted more control of trade unions, wanted to aloow some privatisation of the NHS and, selling of council housing.

Question 19

how did labour campaign in 1979

Answer 19

claimed the cons were too big of a gamble and would prioritise full employemnt

Question 20

how did the conservatives campaign 1979

Answer 20

made labour look not credible on the economy (saatchi and saatchi poster)
fighting trade unions powers
appealing to lower class voters

Question 21

how did media impact the 1979 election

Answer 21

thatcher photo ops, she modified her voice to be effective in tv interviews
sun switched to cons
Callaghan failed to use his popularity as sunny jim - thatcher avoided debates with him because of this

Question 22

what was the TO for the 1979 election

Answer 22

76 %

Question 23

1979 election results

Answer 23

cons won 339 seats and nearly 44% of the vote

Question 24

percentage of c2 class voters that voted for thatcher

Answer 24

41% which was equal to labour

Question 25

percentage of people dissatisfied with james callghan

Answer 25

62%

Question 26

how did the 1979 election impact political parties

Answer 26

lead to the creation of the social democratic party made of centrist labour MPs

Question 27

1983 election TO

Answer 27

72%

Question 28

1983 election result

Answer 28

43.9 % of vote and a 101 seat majority

Question 29

context of the 1992 election

Answer 29

Thatcher forced to resign over divsion on europe and poll tax failure
damage to labour due to micheal foots socialist policies
creation of lib dems
unemployment around 2.5 mil

Question 30

1992 campaign

Answer 30

meet john major led to him vebally battling crowds (honest john)
neil kinnock
labs tax bombshell £1000 tax increase