Partcipation crisis Flashcards

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How has recent turnout been?

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Decreased significantly in 2001 59.4%
But has risen a tiny bit (possibly due to brexit) e.g. 2017 68.8% turnout

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Whys turnout important in a representative democracy?

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Low turnout threatens govt legitimacy
Can’t say their acting on will of the people as not any people voted them

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Why may we have a decline in participation in voting?

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Younger people disinterested
Misinformation
All parties are same
No easy way to vote
People don’t agree with any party
Religion/area lived in
Boycotting
Media impact
Don’t feel that vote will make a difference
Unfair election results
Social class

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4
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Evidence for declining party membership?
Conservatives? 1953 vs 2014

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1953- 2.8 mill nearly 3
2014- 135000

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5
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Evidence for declining party membership Labour 1953-2014?

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1953- 1 mill
2014- 190,000

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Case study of 2001 low turnout- Similarity’s with areas with low turnout?
And what area had the lowest turnout?

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-Up north
-Poor city’s w/c
-Inner city’s
-High crime rates
Low educational attainment and school attendance
-Poorer people
Liverpool riverside- 34.1%

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Similarity’s in seats with high turnout?

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South, richer city’s, M/C
High educational attainment and school attendants
High age average
Less diversity
Winchester- 72.3%

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What is differential turnout?

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Social groups, age, regions

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9
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Examples to show participation crisis?

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2016, police and crime commissioner elections

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What was the turnout in police and crime commissioner elections 2016?

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26.6%

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What has the highest ever turnout for a refferendum?

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Scottish independence referendums 85%

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What is partisan dealignment? and example

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Votes no longer strictly identify with a party and their support changes between parties from election to elections
Example- 2019 breaking down of labours red wall

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13
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What is apathy?

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Uninterest in politics

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What is hapathy?

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Removed from politics due to have stable, happy life and now accept the status quo

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Reasons for the participation crisis?

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To busy- lack of free time
-To little choice- put off by main parties
Anti-politics- A considerable increase in numbers of people who say they don’t trust politicians
-No say
-religion
-Location too far from polling system
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16
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Why could turnout figures be incorrect?

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Possible to appear more than once on a register
-Due to increase in house buying and uni students so people are registered in 2 different elections
-Or moving house and forgetting to have old register removed

17
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How much higher should turnout be without double registration?

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9.4%

18
Q

How to work out registered voters?

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Total eligible voters (if a person appears twice on electoral list) + Total votes (but only vote once) = Turnout (appears to be 50% rather then 100%)

19
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Other reasons why their is no participant crisis?

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Non electoral participation
-Pressure groups
-E-democracys
-E-petitions
-38 degrees
-Social media

20
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Non participant crisis- pressure groups?

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A groups that wants to influence gov but not be it
Huge increase in pressure groups
e.g. The royal society for the protection of birds has more members then conservative+ Labour +Lib dem combined

21
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Non participant observations- E democracys/ petitions?

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From 2011-2015 over 150 e-petitions collected 10,000 signatures, receiving responses from the gov-37 e-petitions reached over 100,000 signatures with 31 going on to be debated in the HoC

22
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Non-participation crisis?
38 degrees

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An online community’s giving opportunity’s of participations by the internet with concerns and actions to take part in
Petitions started and planned

23
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Non participation crisis- Social media?

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Social media platforms makes it easier to participate as they can contact their local MPs

24
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What did the 2019 audit of political engagement found?

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A 15 yr high in the number who strongly disagree that political involvement can change the way the UK is run 18%
A record 47% felt they had no influence over national decision making while 32% said that didn’t want to be involved at all in local decision makings
-30% never discuss gov and politics and 53% have not done any form of online political activity in the past year