80% of working class voted labour and 80% of middle class voted conservative (strong class & partisan alignment)
Butler Stokes
1 of 22
Deferential voter = 1/2 of working class conservative vote (older, female, rural areas). Secular voters = working class, younger, urban,)
Mckenzie Silver
2 of 22
Linked emergence of secular voting to 'embourgeoisment'
Butler Rose
3 of 22
Their sample of affluent voters in Luton voted for Labour not because they're working class but for instrumental reasons
Goldthorpe Lockwood
4 of 22
Working class is influenced by the values of capitalist society. Middle class deviant voters voted Labour due to desire to serve the community
Parkin
5 of 22
The 79 & 83 GEs demonstarted a clear decline of class as a key determinist of VB due to class de-alignment
Crewe
6 of 22
The 79 & 83 GE could be explained by the impact of events: UK's victory over Argentina in Falkland's war & 'The winter of discontent'
Butler Kavanagh
7 of 22
Cynicism and disillusionment had resulted in working voters switching their votes to LibDem or not voting at all
Marshall Heath
8 of 22
Young people have a lack of knowledge and understanding of politics, lack of trust in politicians to tell the truth, keep promises and be accountable.
White Bruce Ritchie
9 of 22
Turnout at elections is lower for 18-24 year olds than older voters, being termed a switched off generation
Wilkinson Mulgan
10 of 22
Young voters have limited engagement in traditional forms of participation due to their focus on identity politics rather than conventional issues (not apathetic towards politics just cynical)
Fahmy
11 of 22
'Life tasks' that engage young people may be more important than political participation which comes later in their lives
Furlong Cartmel
12 of 22
Critical of Crewe- identified the influence of the media as key to the GE in 79 & 83- newspaper support for conservative & incessant attacks on labour
Stuart Hall
13 of 22
'Consumption cleavages'- more important than class in determining VB.
Dunleavy Husband
14 of 22
Identified a tendency for young women to be more left wing than young men
Inglehart Norris
15 of 22
Young women are more likely to vote labour than young men, also noted that older women more likely to vote conservative than older men
Childs Campbell
16 of 22
Voter apathy amongst the young was due to the fact that people's interest in politics tended to start only when they pay tax, household bills & mortgage
Park
17 of 22
Ethnic minorites = labour due to: ethnic minorites being working class, urban, & labour welcoming image
Russell
18 of 22
After Iraq war Muslim voters switched from Labour to LibDem in 2005 GE
Fieldhouse Cutts
19 of 22
Region is important in determining VB (urban = labour, rural = conservative)
Johnson
20 of 22
Increase in tactical voting reflective of some parts of the electorate being more politically literate than previous generations & the emergence of a multi-party system
Cowley Kavanagh
21 of 22
Older, blue collar working class vote UKIP & vote leave in EU referendum due to being left behind by socio-economic change & the policy convergence of the main parties
Godwin Ford
22 of 22
Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Deferential voter = 1/2 of working class conservative vote (older, female, rural areas). Secular voters = working class, younger, urban,)
Back
Mckenzie Silver
Card 3
Front
Linked emergence of secular voting to 'embourgeoisment'
Back
Card 4
Front
Their sample of affluent voters in Luton voted for Labour not because they're working class but for instrumental reasons
Back
Card 5
Front
Working class is influenced by the values of capitalist society. Middle class deviant voters voted Labour due to desire to serve the community
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