Educational Attainment

• Educational Attainment

  Social class plays a key role in deciding the educational quality and level of attainment of a person, impacting their political knowledge and understanding, influencing voting behaviour as a result

  Young people who live in poverty/in the lower classes are more likely to face issues that impact their ability and opportunities in school, such as adverse childhood experiences, or simply a poorer education quality than schools in more affluent areas, dominated by the middle and upper classes.

  Limits their ability to learn about political system/right to vote, making them less likely to participate in elections.
• Educational Attainment - EXAMPLE & ANALYSIS

  There was an average turnout of approximately 40% in the most deprived areas of the UK during the 2024 general election.

  This is in comparison to around 75% average turnout in the most affluent areas, showing that the people in areas of higher social class, with higher levels of education and better schools, are more likely to vote as a result of their stronger political knowledge and understanding.
• Educational Attainment - EVALUATION

  Therefore, differing levels of educational attainment across the UK significantly impacts voting behaviours by impacting the level of political understanding, and therefore likelihood to participate in voting.