voting behaviour + media Flashcards
what was the country recovering from when thatcher was elected
winter of discontent (mass strikes)
who were thatchers publicity specialists
Tim Bell
Gordon Reece
1997
Blair’s labour elected with 418 seats, 179 majority
what % of the vote did torys have 1997
30%
2010 hung parliament
cons largest party w/ 306 seats but no majority, so coalition with lib dems
polls in run up to 2010 elec
29% of voters thought cons would be best for managing economy
26% for labour
scandal over brown
called a voter a ‘bigoted woman’ when she asked him about immigration
labour seats 2010
258
con seats 2010
306
lib dem seats 2010
57
main party support from 18-19 year olds in 2017
lab had 47% more than cons
ages voting 2017
84% of people over 70 voted
57% of people 18 -19
2017 ethnic minority support for lab
65%
1979 age breakdown
18 - 24
41% lab, 42% cons
1997 age breakdown
18 - 24, 25 - 34
49% voted for labour
2010 age breakdown
44% of voters aged over 65% supported cons
31% supported lab
age + 2017 elec
most young people supported labour
most older supported cons
class in 1979
cons had 59% of middle class
lab = largest share of unskilled working class
class in 1997
lab = 50% of skilled working class + 59% of unskilled
cons = 27% of skilled working class + 21% of unskilled
class in 2010
cons had 39% middle class support
lab had unskilled working class narrowly
cons had more support from skilled working class, even though they usually voted lab
gender in 1979
47% women voted cons
37% women voted lab
gender in 1997
44% women voted for lab
45% men voted for lab > 31% cons
gender in 2010
lab + cons had similar level of support across genders, so suggests this factor had less of an impact.
cons budget on facebook 2017
over £2mil
