2017 election

• 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%