Edexcel Politics 2. Elections and Voting Behaviour

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The voting system used in elections to the House of Commons

An issue that is instrumental in determining how people will vote

Those voters who will invariably support one of the main parties

A type of rational choice voting where people vote based on the benefit to society

The number of constituencies in the UK

The headline in 'The Sun' in January 1979 which much damaged James Callaghan, though he did not actually say those exact words

A constituency where the results of past elections suggest the result of an election will be close

The body that oversees and regulates referendums and elections

A geographical area used to determine those people an elected representative represents, usually roughly equal in size

A major political story published by the Daily Telegraph in 2009

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The majority of seats held by the Conservative Party after the 2015 General Election

Where people with similar views vote for a party based on their overall judgement of its' and its rival's governing competence

The number of candidates generally put up for election per Northern Ireland Assembly constituency by each party

Where a petition from the citizenry, signed by a certain threshold of voters triggers a referendum

16th September 1992, when Major's government was forced to withdraw from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism after a fall in the value of the pound against European currencies causing a huge financial loss and national humiliation

The way in which people are classified based on occupation and to a lesser extent, income

The percentage of voters Ipsos MORI estimate voted tactically in 2010

A usually yes or no, and usually non-binding vote on a single issue or proposal

Where voters who used to be strongly attached to a party and always voted for it, detach themselves from that relationship in ever greater numbers

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