Voting Behavior Flashcards
What happens to what people vote, depending on their age
As they grow older, they tend to vote more conservative
What’s the age range that tends to vote the most labour
18 to 24-year-olds, 57% of them voted labour
What three points were most important to conservative party voters in 2019
— getting the Brexit outcome that they wanted
- Thinking the party they chose, would do a better job at running the economy
- Thinking that the leader of the party would make a better prime minister
What three points were most important to labour party voters in 2019
- trusting the motives of the party they voted for
- Preferring the promises made by the party they voted for
- Thinking that the party would do a better job, running the economy
What three points were most important to lib-dem party voters in 2019
- trusting the motives of the party, they most voted for
- Preferring the promises made by the party they voted for
- Getting the Brexit outcome that they wanted
What three points were most important to snp party voters in 2019
- trusting the motors at the party they voted for
- Preferring the promises made by the party
- Thinking they do do a best job running the economy
What did Conservative voters believe to be the most important issues when deciding how to vote in the general election? 2019
- getting Brexit done
- NHS/hospitals
Economy and jobs
Having the right leadership
Immigration
What percent of Tori voters believes getting Brexit done to be the most important factor
72%
What did labour voters believe to be the most important issues when deciding how to vote in the general election? 2019
NHS/hospitals
Stopping Brexit
Poverty inequality
Spending cuts
Climate change
What percent of labour voters believed NHS to be the most important factor?
74%
What did lib-dem voters believe to be the most important issues when deciding how to vote in the general election? 2019
Stopping Brexit
NHS/hospitals
Climate change
Economy and job
Poverty inequality
What did snp voters believe to be the most important issues when deciding how to vote in the general election? 2019
NHS/hospital
Stopping Brexit
Poverty inequality
Climate change
Economy and jobs 
In the 1950s and 60s, what were their clear lines between
Classes
In the 50s and 60s, what class voted for labour
Working class
What type of voting was quite rare in the 50s and 60s
Deviant voting- voting for the other side
What was the most common cause of deviant voting in the 50s and 60s
Miss identifying themselves and voting with the party that they’re supposed class supported
What were voting patterns developed through in the 50s and 60s
Social learning at home, School, the workplace
Most people voted the same as their parents
What has changed since the 50s and 60s
The relationship between class and voting for particular party has weakened considerably
Why has this partisan alignment happened?
Distinctions between social classes have been eroded, more affluence and higher living standards, more ability and higher education
What is sectoral cleavage?
A new way of categorising people
What were the new ways of categorising people?
People who work in the public sector versus who work in the private sector
Those who use public provisions and those who use private provisions
What has happened since the late 1970s
The working class was shrinking rapidly
What did the structural change that happened after the 1970s cause
Labourers, traditional vote, collapsed
What were the Conservatives policies in the 1980s
Sale of National industries, tax cuts and sale of council houses to appeal to new working class
