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Edexcel Politics 2. Elections and Voting Behaviour

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A type of valence voting where people vote for a party based on their judgement of its' ability to manage the economy
Economic Voting
The majority of seats held by Labour after the 1997 General Election
179
The liberal idea that the government and how people are governed must have the peoples' consent
Government by Consent
A government whose members and supporters do not constitute a majority of the legislature
Minority Government
A type of rational choice voting where people vote based on the benefit to society
Expressive/Altruistic Voting
The percentage swing from Labour to UKIP of the C2 and DE social classes in 2015
18%
The percentage of the population accessing internet based news in 2013
50%
A term used to describe the current and increasing difficulty in distinguishing between fact and fiction in news and politics
Post-Truth Era
A close link between class and party support
Voting Attachment
The word which could best describe the Conservative and Labour manifestos of 1979
Moderate
The voting system used in elections for the Mayor of London
Supplementary Vote
A person who does not vote the way one would expect given their social characteristics, especially their class
Deviant Voter
Any electoral system which produces a result broadly in line with the number of votes cast for a party
Proportional Representation
A trend where increasingly fewer people identify with a particular class and thus class has a decreasing impact on voting behaviour
Class Dealignment
The percentage swing to the Conservatives in 1979
5%
The majority of seats held by the Conservative Party after the 1992 General Election
10
The number of constituencies in the UK
650
A person who tends to vote unpredictably in different elections, and is liable to change the way they vote fairly often
Floating/Swing Voter
The formal name for First Past the Post
Plurality in Single Member Constituencies
Where people vote for a party based on its position on one or many issues
Positional Voting
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