Voting Behaviour And Participation Flashcards
How many adults could vote in 1831?
5%, 450,000 out of 25 million
Which act increased the number of adults able to vote to 99%?
1969 Represntation of the people act
When can people not vote?
An EU citizen, a member of the House of Lords, convicted criminal, severely mentally ill, convicted of an illegal electorate practice
What was the electorate turnout in 1960?
In 2001?
2005?
1950- 83.9
2001- 59.4%
2005- 61.4%
How does a low electoral turnout effect the country?
Democracy/ ineffective gov/ ineffective opposition/ weakening legitimacy/ mandate
What two categories can political participation be put in to?
Electoral and non electoral
Give 3 ways that we can deal with the electoral turning head on
Reducing the voting age
Compulsory voting
Experimenting with SMS text voting
Encouraging a greater take up by postal voting
Give 3 evidences of people who/when are less likely to vote
75%- of 16-18 year olds in Scottish referendum
44% of 18-24 voted in 2010 election
This would increase votes but the percentage turnout figure would fall
Give some examples of compulsory voting
Australia 1920s- 39.4%
1925- 91.4%
Quality of votes- civil liberty
Local-28.8% 1998
Give reasons 3 for compulsory votes
Teaches the benefits of political participation/ a civic duty like paying taxes/ parliament reflects more accurately the will of the electorate
How many people who read the guardian voted labour in 2015?
62%
How many people who read the telegraph voted con?
69%
How many turned out who were 18-24 in the 2015 election?
43%
How many tuned out to vote who were 65+?
78%
How many old people voted Tory?
47%
How many young people voted labour?
43%
How many of the AB social class voted con?
45%
How many people of the DE class voted labour?
41%
What was the Scottish referendum turnout?
84.6%
What was the EU referendum turnout?
72.2%
What was the Scottish referendum turnout of 16/17 year olds?
What was the Scottish referendum turnout of 18-24 year OLDs?
75%\ 54%
What was the EU referendum turnout for 18-24 year olds?
64%
What was the turnout of the N.E assembly referendum?
48%
What happened in the N.I referendum in 1973?
The govt ignored the result
What was Lab/con vote share in 2001?
72.4%
What was Lab/con seat share in 2015?
67.3%
What was the turnout of the 2015 GE?
66.1%
What was the 1951 GE turnout?
82.6%
What was the vote share of Lab/Con in 1951?
96.8%
What percentage of ppl vote con who earned 70k?
51%
How much was spent by all parties in the 2015 election campaign?
111m
How much was given in donations?
66m
