voting behaviour + media

Question 1

what was the country recovering from when thatcher was elected

Answer 1

winter of discontent (mass strikes)

Question 2

who were thatchers publicity specialists

Answer 2

Tim Bell
Gordon Reece

Question 3

1997

Answer 3

Blair’s labour elected with 418 seats, 179 majority

Question 4

what % of the vote did torys have 1997

Answer 4

30%

Question 5

2010 hung parliament

Answer 5

cons largest party w/ 306 seats but no majority, so coalition with lib dems

Question 6

polls in run up to 2010 elec

Answer 6

29% of voters thought cons would be best for managing economy
26% for labour

Question 7

scandal over brown

Answer 7

called a voter a ‘bigoted woman’ when she asked him about immigration

Question 8

labour seats 2010

Answer 8

258

Question 9

con seats 2010

Answer 9

306

Question 10

lib dem seats 2010

Answer 10

57

Question 11

main party support from 18-19 year olds in 2017

Answer 11

lab had 47% more than cons

Question 12

ages voting 2017

Answer 12

84% of people over 70 voted
57% of people 18 -19

Question 13

2017 ethnic minority support for lab

Answer 13

65%

Question 14

1979 age breakdown

Answer 14

18 - 24
41% lab, 42% cons

Question 15

1997 age breakdown

Answer 15

18 - 24, 25 - 34
49% voted for labour

Question 16

2010 age breakdown

Answer 16

44% of voters aged over 65% supported cons
31% supported lab

Question 17

age + 2017 elec

Answer 17

most young people supported labour
most older supported cons

Question 18

class in 1979

Answer 18

cons had 59% of middle class
lab = largest share of unskilled working class

Question 19

class in 1997

Answer 19

lab = 50% of skilled working class + 59% of unskilled
cons = 27% of skilled working class + 21% of unskilled

Question 20

class in 2010

Answer 20

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

Question 21

gender in 1979

Answer 21

47% women voted cons
37% women voted lab

Question 22

gender in 1997

Answer 22

44% women voted for lab
45% men voted for lab > 31% cons

Question 23

gender in 2010

Answer 23

lab + cons had similar level of support across genders, so suggests this factor had less of an impact.

Question 24

cons budget on facebook 2017

Answer 24

over £2mil

Question 25

labour on snap 2017

Answer 25

jeremy corbyn filter viewed over 9 million times

Question 26

household tinterweb access?

Answer 26

82%

Question 27

ERS on BBC question time leaders show results

Answer 27

suggest it helped 34% of voters to decide who to vote for

Question 28

telegraph support

Answer 28

cons

Question 29

guardian support

Answer 29

labs

Question 30

who was blair’s secretary

Answer 30

alastair campbell

Question 31

why opinions polls not that effective

Answer 31

shy tories
boomerang effect (saw a party leading so didnt bother to turn out/ voted against them)

Question 32

cons support from print media

Answer 32

most newspapers supported them in 2010, 2015 + 2017

Question 33

suns headline in ‘92 for kinnock

Answer 33

“if kinnock wins today, will the last person to leave britain pls turn out the lights’

Question 34

televised debate 2010

Answer 34

changed opinion polls around clegg

Question 35

suns supporting history

Answer 35

thatcher, then blair (murdoch basically just supports whoever will help him)