2017 election

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Cards (32)

  • May called a general election but did not receive the expected result opinion polls gave
  • Result confirmed - class and partisan dealignment
  • Result confirmed - television debates and thus party leaders were influential
  • Result confirmed - campaign had significance
  • Result questioned - the power of the media because of negative press towards Corbyn
  • Result questioned - the issues and competence debate
  • Result questioned - the assumption that young people are disillusioned and apathetic
  • Result questioned - if Westminister is multiparty -> Cons and Lab had biggest vote share since 1970, 82%
  • Cons won 317 seats to Lab's 262
  • Election resulted in a confidence and supply agreement with Cons + DUP
  • Jeremy Corbyn - Lab, appealed to younger voters, bashed in media, succeeded Miliband following his inability to get elected in 2015
  • Theresa May - Cons, called the general election, succeeded Cameron, considered lackluster and emotionless -> Maybot
  • Arlene Foster - DUP, had confidence and supply agreement with Cons
  • Nicola Sturgeon - SNP, thought of positively, fought for a 2nd referendum
  • Campaign - "Conservatives ran the worst campaign in living memory" -> Rawnsley
  • Campaign - Cons campaigned under the assumption that the electorate would find Corbyn unlectable
  • Campaign - Labour's manifesto was more enthusiastically received
  • Campaign - Labour slogan, "For the Many, Not the Few"
  • Campaign - Corbyn had interview with JME to appeal to younger voters
  • Policies - Cons had dementia tax, wealthier pensioners would share cost of NHS homecare
  • Campaign - Cons campaign focussed on May
  • Policies - Lab's pledges -> abolish tuition fees, increase police spending, not increasing taxes for 95% of the population who earn less than 80K.
  • Class - class dealignmeny -> AB voted 38% Lab and 46% Cons, DE voted 41% Cons and 44% Lab
  • Age - 18-24 voted 67% Lab and 18% Cons
  • Age - 65+ voted 23% Lab and 59% Cons
  • the TO was 69%