UK POLITICS 4 Flashcards
Who won the election in 1997?
Who did it remove from power?
What contributed to this win ?(3)
What was the turnout and majority ?
Blair’s new labour
John major
- Conservative ongoing divisions
- Poor leadership
- Inability to appear relevant to contemporary society
71.4% 179
What were the party policies and manifestos in 1997 for Labour ?(4)
- Blair’s policy of modernisation
- Tough on law and order
- Links to business community
- Constitutional reform
What was the election campaign like in 1997 for labour?(3) which helped appeal to?
Ideas taken from who?
- Professional
- Advertising analyst
- Focus groups
middle class voters
Clinton
What was the wider political context in 1997?
Labour victory ?(4)
- Failure of John major-party divisions
- Sexual/financial scandals in media
- Recovering from recession
- Divisions over EU
what were the key factors in the 2017 general election? (4)
- Age
- Employment status
- Education
- Brexit
Arguments for the wider use of
referendums? (5)
- electorate decide constitutional issues
- settle long standing disputes e.g. voting
- promotes participation
- strengthen democracy
- better educate and inform electorate
No wider use of referendums? (7)
- undermine parliament authority
- impose decision on reluctant parliament
- asked more then once ‘right’ answer
- makes society very divisive
- misleading campaigns/ simplify distort
- public lack specialised knowledge
- to regular lead to disillusion/apathy
What are the 6 things to talk about if asked about trends in voting behaviour?
- class
- partisan dealignment
- region
- age
- gender
- ethnic groups
What are short-term factors affecting voting? (6)
- Rational choice theory
- Issue voting
- Valence
- Party leader
- Governing policy (control of events/policy/party unity/strong leadership)
- Economic management
What is a limitation of an opinion poll?
more valued is a?
shy Torie voters
exit poll (but still has this limitation)
- TV
- Newspapers
- Social media
strict rules to be fair/appropriate
no such boundaries by declining readership
28% young people news source not taken seriously enough fake news
winning elections: the media vs parties
FOR ?(5)
- gain info from media not manifestos
- swayed by headlines not policies
- parties conscious of media image seek to control news agenda
- winning parties supported by press
- media continues to grow
winning elections: the media vs parties
AGAINST ?(4)
- issues that dominate come from parties
- parties use media uniting party/media
- public choose media that reflects their views
- media follows/reflects publics view rather than create.
