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voting behaviour + the media
2017 election
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politics a-level > paper one > voting behaviour + the media > 2017 election
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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
%
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