Voting Beaviour & The Media - 2010 General Election Flashcards
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Election result
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- in 2010, the conservatives were the largest party with 306 seats
- they were short of a majority so formed a coalition with the lib dem’s
2
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Result - political context
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- followed 2008 finical crisis that took place when Gordon brown was PM & gave conservatives a means to attack his policies
- brown was unpopular for not calling a general election when he took over as PM in 2007
- voters didn’t clearly support conservatives over Labour, with polls suggesting 29% of voters favours conservatives for managing the economy compared to 26% labour
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Result - campaign
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- TV debates were held with the main party leaders (Clegg, Brown, Cameron)
- Clegg performed well and saw increases in option polls after the first debate & Brown seemed to have performed worse
- Conservatives targeted marginal seats & tested polices with voter while Labour had a weak campaign
- Brown was heard calling a voter a ‘bigoted woman’ after asking about immigration
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Results - party policies
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- main parties all focused on reducing the budget deficit & making savings
- conservatives - immediate cuts
- labours constitutional reform & Lib Dem’s wanted gradual public spending cuts
- conservatives targeted labours economic policy & said they were overspending & failing to regulate the banking system
