Edexcel Politics 2. Elections and Voting Behaviour

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The majority of seats held by the Conservative Party after the 1979 General Election

A major political story published by the Daily Telegraph in 2009

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

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

The word which could best describe the Conservative and Labour manifestos of 1979

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

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

Where the winner of an election receives more votes than all other candidates combined, i.e. at least 50%

The percentage vote for UKIP in 2015

A trend where increasingly fewer people identify with a particular class and thus class has a decreasing impact on voting behaviour

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Any electoral system which produces a result broadly in line with the number of votes cast for a party

A person who tends to vote unpredictably in different elections, and is liable to change the way they vote fairly often

The majority of seats held by Labour after the 1997 General Election

The voting system used in elections for the Mayor of London

The voting system used in elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly

The body that oversees and regulates referendums and elections

The four social classifications in the UK from highest to lowest

A form of candidate selection experimented with by the Conservative Party

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

Where voters without a strong party allegiance vote rationally by analysing the strengths and weaknesses of each party