Class and region notes

Question 1

What must we remember about class?

Answer 1

They are just simple academic definitions of class and people will identify being in a class that is not inline with these academic objectives

Question 2

What would happen if in 1960 we asked “How much does a persons class ifluence thier vote?”

Answer 2

They would of responed by saying we can predicit with great accuracy how a person will vote if we know what social class they are apart of

Question 3

In 1960 what percentage of people voted the way their social class inteneded?

Answer 3

80%

Question 4

In 1979 was class the most influencial and important factor in determing how people voted?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

How do we class people?

Answer 5

By haing 4 classsifications

Question 6

What are the 4 class classifications?

Answer 6

Class A & B
C1
C2
D&E

Question 7

What is the description of someone in class A & B and what if the perecentage of people in this class and what are there typical jobs - 2021 stats?

Answer 7

Higher and intermediate managerial, professional occupations

Banker, doctor, director

23.3%

Question 8

What is the description of someone in class c1 and what if the perecentage of people in this class and what are there typical jobs - 2021 stats?

Answer 8

Supervisory and junior managerial roles

Teachers
It manager
social worker

32.8%

Question 9

What is the description of someone in class c2 and what if the perecentage of people in this class and what are there typical jobs - 2021 stats?

Answer 9

Skilled manual occupations

Plummer
Hairdresser
train driver

21.3%

Question 10

What is the description of someone in class D & E and what if the perecentage of people in this class and what are there typical jobs - 2021 stats?

Answer 10

Semi skilled and underskilled manual occupations

bar staff
unemployeed

22.6%

Question 11

In the 1979 election what groups were likley to vote conservtives?

Answer 11

A&B and C1 but not overwhelming C1 though

Question 12

In the 1979 election what groups were likley to vote Labour?

Answer 12

E&D and C2 was mainly labour

Question 13

What is a floating (or swing) voter?

Answer 13

A voter who tends to vote unpredictably in different elections who is liable to change the way they vote and who often does not identify with a party

Question 14

Who are the key groups in determining election outcones?

Answer 14

C1 and C2 voters

Question 15

Who can have the most impact on election results?

Answer 15

Swing/floating voters

Question 16

Why do election manifestos focus on swing/floating voters?

Answer 16

The fact that they arent 100% inlighned with a class and therefore are the easist to convince as they are undecided so the main parties would taylor their election manifestos towards these groups of voters based on class identity

Question 17

What are the three reason swhy class used to be strongly associated with voting trends?

Answer 17

1) It was a part of someones class identity - so upper and middle class were known to spport conservatives and the party normally labour who voted the working class

2)Both major parties developed deep strong roots within communities so there was a culture for voting for one party - the commuter belt of london = conservatives and east = labour due to their stong assoctiations with trade unions

3)There was a selfish reason - what party depending on betering your class the most

Question 18

What has ahppend to voter class recently?

Answer 18

It has declined rapidy, it hasnt disapeared but it is certainly less pronocuded

Question 19

What is voting attachment?

Answer 19

A close link between class and party support

Question 20

What percentage of people in classes D&E voted labour in 1997?

Answer 20

59%

Question 21

What year had the same percentage of people in classes D&E voted labour in 1997?

Answer 21

2017

Question 22

What percentage of people in classes A&B voted labour in 1997?

Answer 22

59%

Question 23

What was conservative support from the working class known as?

Answer 23

“Deference”the tendency for some members of this class to “defer” respect to those they considered to be their superiors

Question 24

An example of deference

Answer 24

some lower middle and working class aspired to be middle class and voted conservtive as evidence of their asperation

Question 25

What is the classes that have the least swing voters

Answer 25

Class A&B voters - conservative

Question 26

What has been the big identifier in a decline in voting class?

Answer 26

The proportion of A&B voters who voted conseravtive falling from 78% in 1964 to only 40% in 2010 with a small recovery since

Question 27

What has the fall in A &B voters show + its caviat?

Answer 27

The success of new labour achivement in attracting middle class support away from the conservatives, but the decline in class based votin habits has deeper roots

Question 28

3 reasons why the corilation between class and voting has declined?

Answer 28

1) A trend known as class dealignment, this is a tendency for fewer people to define themselve with a class - for xample the lib dems adopting centrit polices 2)There has been a rise in other factors, this explains why the conseravtuves won each class group in 2019 due to thier get brexit done as well as the alination of old labour 3