factors influencing voting in elections
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- Created on: 17-03-19 18:40
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- FACTORS INFLUENCING VOTING IN ELECTIONS
- Partisanship
- Voters may choose to support a party because they strongly identify with the party
- There has been partisan dealignment in the UK recently where voters have stopped identifying with parties and have instead become floating voters
- Disilusion and apathy explain the loss of party appeal to voters.It means that voters have become disengaged in politics and lack confidence and trust in them to solve their issues
- Class based voting
- Traditionally, social class influenced who citizens voted for, with the working class with labour and middle classes with conservative
- Class dealignment has taken place, with fewer voters identifying with a particular class
- This can be explained by the increase of the UK's middle classes, the decline in trade union power, the privatisation of industries and greater education oppurtunities
- Government competency
- Governing competency is how voters perceive each party's ability to run the country.
- The success of a government's policy, including economic policy and strong leadership affects how their competency is judged
- For example, John Major's lack of competency was a factor to labour winning the election
- The success of a government's policy, including economic policy and strong leadership affects how their competency is judged
- Governing competency is how voters perceive each party's ability to run the country.
- Age
- Traditionally, older people support conservatives
- This is thought to be because conservatives are most likely to protect the material interests of older people and because of their disdain for change
- In 2017,47% more support from voters aged 18-19 than conservatives.
- Young people are less likely to vote
- 84% of over 70 year olds voted
- Region
- Geographical region is important. Voters in less affluent areas such as the North are more likely to vote labour. Areas such as Surrey are conservative
- Ethinicity and Race
- Ethnic minorities are more likely to support Labour because of their multi-cultural agenda
- 2017- 65% of minorites voted Labour
- Ethnic minorities are more likely to support Labour because of their multi-cultural agenda
- Important statistics
- Age has increased in importance over they years
- In 2010, there was a large difference among older voters with 44% of voters over 65 supporting the conservatives compared to 31% of voters supporting labour.
- In 1997, Labour won 50% of the skilled working class vote
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