Voting Behaviour 1

Question 1

How do the working class normally vote?

Answer 1

Labour due to it’s history with unions

Question 2

Why has class voting decreased?

Answer 2

Higher standards of education
New working class
More affluence
Decline in unions

Question 3

What stats show partisan dealignment is taking place?

Answer 3

In 1964 43% were strong Tory/labour
In 2005 13%

35% in 2010 didn’t vote Tory or labour

Question 4

How do you define social class?

Answer 4

Economic and social status

Question 5

How does gender effect voting?

Answer 5

Young women vote labour- old vote Tory

Men vote labour

Question 6

How does age effect voting?

Answer 6

Older generation are more conservative

Question 7

How does ethnicity effect voting?

Answer 7

Minorities often vote labour

After Iraq labour lost many Muslim votes

Question 8

What ways do people vote rationally?

Answer 8

Issue voting - Eco/ immigration

Valence voting

Question 9

How much did parties spend in the 2010 election on campaigns?

Answer 9

£31 million p

Question 10

What is partisanship?

Answer 10

Having long term loyalty towards a party through socialisation

Question 11

What is political culture?

Answer 11

Describes the way people see their place in the political system

Question 12

What 3 characteristics control peoples political culture?

Answer 12

Homogeneity- common identity

Consensus- acceptance of rules

Deference- allowing the elite to rule

Question 13

What is an example of the medias influence on elections?

Answer 13

1997 the sun backs Blair with the headline “give change a chance”: landslide victory

2015 the portrayal of miliband in the right wing press making him look like a weak leader

Question 14

Why do women mainly vote conservative?

Answer 14

Due to their family values and their crime policies

Question 15

What is differential turnout?

Answer 15

Turnout is different throughout the uk eg overall turnout in 2010 was 65% how ever in Manchester alone it was 44%

Question 16

What is voting behaviour like in by-elections?

Answer 16

Tends to be volatile due to media attention, more likely to have protest and tactical voters as well.

Ukip in Rochester

Question 17

What is stable and volatile voting?

Answer 17

Stable is more based on long term factors such as age, class

Volatile voting means that’s peoples opinions are changing quickly due to more current issues. This is becoming more of the norm due to partisan dealignment

Question 18

What is valence voting?

Answer 18

When a party has policies that are similar to your beliefs- trust them

Question 19

What is the role of media in politics?

Answer 19

To persuade the consumer and convince them

Reinforcement- people choose to watch/ read the things that already represent their views