Voting Behaviour Flashcards
What are short term influences on voting behaviour?
- Party performance
- Electoral campaign
- Party leaders
- Media
- Political events
What are the long term sociological factors on Voting Behaviour?
- Class
- Gender
- Race
- Culture
- Religion
- Age
- Education
- Housing tenure
- Partisan alignment
Class Alignment ?
Where votes reflect class
Class Dealignment?
Where class doesn’t reflect votes
What are the social grades ?
- AB - Upper middle/middle class
- C1 - Lower middle class
- C2 - Skilled working class
- DE - Working class
Examples of Class Alignment ?
ABC1 vote CON and from 1974 - 92 they won +50% of votes and up until 2024 CON win
Example of Class Dealignment ?
In 2024, LAB won higher % of votes than CON
C2 have a split between LAB and CON
What are examples of age having an impact on voting behaviour?
- Young people vote labour - 40% of men and 42% of women aged 18-24 in 2024
- Old people vote conservative - 41% of men and 42% of women aged over 65 in 2024
Example of age not impacting voting behaviour?
- Labour’s policies are more aimed at young people - LGBT, environment and equal rights
- Conservative’s policies aimed at old people - winter fuel allowance and pension increase
Example of Gender not having an impact on voting behaviour ?
23% of male and 26% of females voted conservatives in 2024
Examples that Ethnicity does affect votes ?
- BME vote LAB (2017 = 65%)
- BME dont vote CON (2017 = 21%)
- 2024 LAB won 53% over CON’s 14%
- LAB won across all age groups in 2024
Examples that Ethnicity does not affect votes ?
- Class may be the true reason as more BME voters are lower class
- Sikh and Hindu are more likely middle class and vote CON
- BME vote is going to other parties like greens and doesnt fit the trend
- BME vote depends on party policy (41% of P/B say LAB on Gaza impacts their vote)
