Voting Behaviour

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Clues

  • Breakdown of allegiance/association of voters to a party. (11)
  • Elected representatives are accountable to the electorate (not happy with MP/local councils, citizens organise against them.) (11)
  • Held between general elections to fill a seat that has become vacant due to resignation, expulsion or death of an elected representative. (2, 8)
  • It involves people power or the elf-government of the people. Citizens make decisions themselves. (6, 9)
  • Moving from one social class to another (occupation) usually an upwards move. (6, 8)
  • Stable long-term feeling of positive attachment and identification with one of the main two parties. (12)
  • Such as the UK are representative democracies whose authority stems from the whole adult population voting in free and fair elections where there is open competition. (7, 11)
  • The division of individuals into district groups according to occupation, education and background (6, 5)
  • The tendency of some of the working classes with aspirations of social mobility to adopt middle class behaviour in terms of social outlook and voting. (15)
  • Voting is largely a products of the social situation/characteristics of the voter. (6, 11)

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