Participation & Voting behaviour 0.0 / 5 ? Government & PoliticsParticipation and voter behaviourASAQA Created by: C TunleyCreated on: 02-06-17 09:28 Accountability Principle that ministers have an obligation to explain or justify their actions to Parliament 1 of 26 Apathy A state of passivity or indifference towards politics - generally seen to have a corrosive effect on democracy 2 of 26 Class dealignment The decline in the relationship between social class and voting 3 of 26 Canvassing Where local party activists go from door to door in an effort to assess the strength of support and win over floating voters 4 of 26 Democracy Rule by the people or people power 5 of 26 Differential turnout Where the national turnout figure recorded at a GE masks differences in turnout by constituency or region 6 of 26 Direct democracy Where citizens are given a direct input into the decision making process 7 of 26 E-democracy The greater use of the internet, mobile phones and other electronic media to encourage greater political participtation 8 of 26 Electorate All the people in the country who are entitled to vote in an election 9 of 26 Embourgeoisement People's changing perception of their own class and status in society 10 of 26 Floating voters Someone who hasn't decided how to vote yet or doesn't always vote 11 of 26 Franchise The right to vote as established by parliamentary statute 12 of 26 Hapathy Voters may abstain from voting as a result of happiness with the way in which they are being governed 13 of 26 Issue voting When voters cast their votes based on political issues 14 of 26 Legitimacy The legal right or authority to exercise power. A government claims legitimacy as a result of the mandate it secures at a GE 15 of 26 Liberal democracy A style of democracy which extends the right to vote among citizens 16 of 26 Mandate The right of the governing party to pursue the policies it set out in its GE manifesto 17 of 26 Participation crisis The view that declining levels of political participation in the UK threatens to undermine its democratic systems 18 of 26 Pluralist democracy A system of government that encourages participation and allows for free and fair competition between competing interests 19 of 26 Political participation Collectively refers to the range of ways in which citizens can involve themselves in the political process 20 of 26 Recall A device that allows citizens to unseat an elected official before the end of their term in office 21 of 26 Referendum A vote on a single issue put to a public ballot by the government of the day - offer a degree of direct democracy 22 of 26 Representative democracy Where citizens elect representatives to formulate legislation and take other decisions on their behalf 23 of 26 Subsidiarity The principle that decisions should be taken at the lowest tier of government possible 24 of 26 Tactical voting Voting for the candidate most likely to defeat the voter's least favoured candidate 25 of 26 Turnout The percentage of registered voters who cast a ballot in a given election 26 of 26
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