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Edexcel Politics 2. Elections and Voting Behaviour

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A constituency where the results of past elections suggest the result of an election will be close
Marginal Seat
A geographical area used to determine those people an elected representative represents, usually roughly equal in size
Constituency
A major political story published by the Daily Telegraph in 2009
Expenses Scandal
The voting system used in elections to the House of Commons
First Past the Post
The percentage of voters Ipsos MORI estimate voted tactically in 2010
10%
The working class percentage swing to the Conservatives in 1979
10%
A close link between class and party support
Voting Attachment
The number of votes wasted in the 2017 General Election according to the Electoral Reform Society
22 million
The voting system used in elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly
Single Transferable Vote
The winter of 1978-79 during which large-scale strike action was taken, against a backdrop of high inflation, unemployment, and falling growth, seeing polls change from a 5% Labour lead in November 1978 to a 20% Conservative lead by February 1979
Winter of Discontent
Where people with similar views vote for a party based on their overall judgement of its' and its rival's governing competence
Valence/Competence Voting
The number of constituencies in the UK
650
The headline in 'The Sun' in January 1979 which much damaged James Callaghan, though he did not actually say those exact words
Crisis? What crisis?
The smallest UK constituency, with 21,000 voters in 2015
Na h'Eileanan an Iar
An issue that is instrumental in determining how people will vote
Salient Issue
The percentage vote for UKIP in 2015
12.6%
The way in which people are classified based on occupation and to a lesser extent, income
Social Class
a constituency that is highly unlikely to change hands during an election
Safe Seat
The majority of seats held by Labour after the 1974 General Election
3
The percentage swing from Labour to UKIP of the C2 and DE social classes in 2015
18%
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