UK Voting Behaviour
http://
www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/bitesize/higher/modern/uk_gov_politics/elec
Aspects which Influence
Voting Behaviour
• social class
• geography
• age and background
• issue voting
• media
Social Class
• A - upper middle class
• B - middle class
• C1 - upper working class
• C2 - lower working class
• D/E - temporarily or long-term unemployed
Geography
north/ south
divide
Age & Background
'If you are not a socialist by the time you are
25, you have no heart.
If you are not a Conservative by the time you
are 35, you have no head'.
G.B. Shaw
Issue Voting
Media
Link (BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour April 2010)
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b00s2n0z
10:00 TUE 27  APRIL 2010ʰᵗ
Woman's Hour
27/04/2010
To what extent is the way you vote determined by your parents' politics?
First 11 minutes 45 Secs approx.

Voting behaviour ppt