Voting Behaviour

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How many federal questions did Swiss Citizens vote on and between when?
100 between 1995 and 2005
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How many parties took part in the 2017 TV debates?
7
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How many referendums have there been since 1975?
11
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Where and when was a recent protest march against Brexit?
Leeds, March
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When was the HRA passed?
1998
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Who appoints the judiciary?
Judicial Appointments Commission
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Name a quango
Forestry Commission
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Name a law that has eroded Civil Liberties
Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015
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How many votes were wasted in 2017?
22 million
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Why didn't students vote according to a 2005 Uni of York survey?
36% said they didn't because they thought their vote "wouldn't make a difference."
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What did Blair say about the Sun's support in 1997?
it "really did make a difference"
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What was the Sun's headline after the 1992 election?
"It's the Sun wot won it"
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In 2017 the readers of which Tory newspapers mainly voted Tory?
Daily Mail, Sun, Times
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What % of the Guardian readers voted Lab?
73%
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Has many years has the Sun backed the winners for?
Over 40
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What did the Sun call Corbyn?
a 'Marxist extremist'
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What % did television influence in 2017?
42%
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What % of the Sun readers voted Lab in 2017?
30%
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What did Burke say about participation?
"evil would triumph"
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What did Stuart Mill say about participation?
debate political issues to get to the truth
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How many local seats did the BNP have and how many do they have now?
Once had over 50, now have none.
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What did the Hansard Society predict in 2015?
BME, renters and low incomes among least likely to vote
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What figures did Clarke note for 'very strong' party identification?
45% in 1964, 13% in 2001
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Pulzer's quote on class
Class is the basis of British party politics; all else is embellishment and detail.
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Where did Labour win in 2017 showing link between age?
Canterbury
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Who was the BBC accused of not giving enough coverage?
Lib Dems
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What had a higher turnout than the 2017 GE?
Brexit
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How has voting for main parties changed statistically?
!950s = 90% voted Cons/Lab, 2017 = 82%
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What happend to May's 'strong and stable'?
Turned weak and wobbly with 3 uturns
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In 1992 how many made up their minds in the last week?
21%
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Why did the young like Corbyn?
End of uni fees and increased minimum wage and anti recession message.
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Why was May liked?
Strong Brexit, "no deal is better than a bad deal", increased employment
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2015 election?
EU referendum, Miliband's leadership, economy, immigration
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2010 election?
Economy after Great Recession, TV debates = Cameron energetic, Brown tired
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2005 election?
Iraq, Lab lost Muslim vote, dreary, Euro for Tories
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2001 election?
little interest, "a campaign that changed nothing", John Prescott punch egg = no impact on Lab
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2017 election?
Hard vs Soft Brexit, Britain's Got Talent got more viewers than "Corbyn vs May", NHS, poverty
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What did a 2010 poll show about leaders?
Just as important as party policy
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What was the shock poll of 2017?
By Prof. John Curtice, New Statesman Article "is the exit poll wrong?"
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What % of the AB class voted Tory/Lab 2017?
Tory = 45%, Lab = 38%
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What % of the DE class voted Tory/Lab in 2017?
Tory = 40%, Lab = 44%, UKIP = 4%
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1997-2005 AB class CLASS DEALIGNMENT
2Over 50% vote Lab or LD
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2005-2017 DE class CLASS DEALIGNMENT
less than 50% vote Lab
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2015/2017 AB class CLASS ALIGNMENT
Over 45% Tory
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1997/2001 DE class CLASS ALIGNMENT
Over 50% vote Lab
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Age alignment 18-29yos
64% vote Lab 2017
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Age dealignment 18-24yos
2010 30% vote Cons and 31% vote Lab
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Age alignment 60+
64% vote Cons 2017
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Age dealignment 65+
1997-2010, less than 45% vote Cons
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Gender 2017?
women 4% more likely to vote Lab
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Gender 2015?
Only 1% difference between men and women voting Cons
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2014 Local Elections and UKIP
win 150+ seats from the main parties
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2017 Local Elections LD?
gained 75 seats
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2014 Local Election turnout?
35%
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2014 European Election turnout?
34%
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2014 European Election UKIP vote share?
27%
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2010 GE turnout?
65%
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1950 GE turnout?
84%
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London Mayoral Elections 2016 turnout?
45%, Greens and UKIP both get 2 seats
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SA turnout 2016?
56%
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SNP vote share 2016 SAEs?
46%
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WA turnout 2016?
45%
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Plaid Cymru vote share?
21%
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Statistics on how 2017 election changed opinion?
38% = worse impression of May, 40% = more positive of Corbyn
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Conservative vs Labour membership?
124k vs 500k
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What % were members of the 3 parties in 2017?
less than 2%
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2017 GE turnout?
69%
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Why doesn't MP link matter?
2013 poll = 75% can't name their MP
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What would have happened if PR was used in 2015?
Cons would have been well short of a majority
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