voting behaviour

Question 1

traditionally how does class AB vote

Answer 1

right wing
conservatives

Question 2

traditionally how does class DE vote

Answer 2

left wing
favoured Labour

Question 3

traditionally how does class C1 or C2 vote

Answer 3

unpredictable

swing/ floating voter

Question 4

Why was class strongly linked with voting trends?

Answer 4

voting was a part of a persons identity

lab and cons developed strong roots within communities so there was a strong culture of voting for YOUR party

personal reasons- which party was perceived to be able to help your class?

Question 5

partisan/class dealignment

Answer 5

decline in the number of people voting according to their social class

Question 6

when did partisan dealignment begin?

Answer 6

1970’s

Question 7

example of partisan dealignment (1987)

Answer 7

42% of c2 voters supported cons and only 35% for labour

Question 8

percent of population who are AB

Answer 8

22.17%

Question 9

percent of population who are DE

Answer 9

26.05%

Question 10

percent of population who are C1

Answer 10

30.84%

Question 11

percent of population who are C2

Answer 11

20.94%

Question 12

what evidence is there that voting on the basis of class has declined?
(labour GE results for DE)

Answer 12

percentage of DE voting for labour dropping massively in recent years

1964- 64%
2019- 39%

Question 13

what evidence is there that voting on the basis of class has declined?
(cons GE results for AB)

Answer 13

AB voters voting for conservatives are dropping

1964- 78%
2019- 45%

Question 14

does social class still matter in UK elections?
(yes)

Answer 14

taxation and benefits
(de vote labour bc of this)

north/south UK divide

Question 15

does social class still matter in UK elections?
(no)

Answer 15

social groups fluctuate as there is greater access to university .

for a party to be successful they must appeal to many classes not just one

major issues such as BREXIT and IMMIGRATION cross party lines

only 39% of DE voted labour in 2019 and there has been a huge decline since 1964

Question 16

when is the labour to conservative crossover age

Answer 16

39

Question 17

does gender affect voting behaviour?
(yes)

Answer 17

tailored strategies towards women
- Labour 2017 pledge to conduct gender impact assessment
- Gordon Brown cultivating soft news and appearing on women’s magazines
- Pledge to increase female MP’s (Tony Blair)

Question 18

1970’s ‘housewives party’

Answer 18

conservatives
in order to get women to vote cons they pledges to:
- keep prices low to allow mothers to run a household effectively
- Thatcher emphasised this

Question 19

does gender affect how a person votes?
(no)

Answer 19

too large of a social group to make effective explanations

simply looking at gender as an issue hides other vast social differences

Question 20

does region affect how a person votes? (yes)

Answer 20

scotland is heavily SNP
north of england is LABOUR
south of england is CONS

Question 21

does region affect how a person votes? (no)

Answer 21

in 2019 general election- a number of traditional labour seats in north england voted for CONSERVATIVES due to BREXIT

Question 22

2019 GE
percentage of votes for CONS in SOUTHEAST of england

Answer 22

54.2% conservatives

Question 23

2019 GE
percentage of votes for LABOUR in SOUTHEAST of england

Answer 23

22.1% labour

Question 24

2019 GE
percentage of votes in LONDON for cons and labour

Answer 24

cons- 32%
labour- 48.1%

Question 25

2019 GE percentage of voters in SCOTLAND that when towards SNP, CONS, and LABOUR

Answer 25

SNP- 45% CONS- 25.1% LABOUR- 18.6%

Question 26

why is region still considered an important aspect in voting behaviour?

Answer 26

it is a long term pattern - safe seats e.g labour campagins less in SE england as most areas are safe seats (wasted money) more likely to go campagin in marginal areas