Edexcel Politics 2. Elections and Voting Behaviour

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The majority of seats held by the Conservative Party after the 2015 General Election

The number of constituencies in the UK

The percentage vote for UKIP in 2015

The voting system used in elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly

The percentage swing from Labour to UKIP of the C2 and DE social classes in 2015

Where the winner of an election receives more votes than all other candidates combined, i.e. at least 50%

16th September 1992, when Major's government was forced to withdraw from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism after a fall in the value of the pound against European currencies causing a huge financial loss and national humiliation

A term used to describe the current and increasing difficulty in distinguishing between fact and fiction in news and politics

The percentage of voters Ipsos MORI estimate voted tactically in 2010

The voting system used in elections to the House of Commons

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The voting system used in elections to the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly, and Greater London Assembly

A type of valence voting where people vote for a party based on their judgement of its' ability to manage the economy

The way in which people are classified based on occupation and to a lesser extent, income

A type of rational choice voting where people vote based on the benefit to society

The liberal idea that the government and how people are governed must have the peoples' consent

A government whose members and supporters constitute a majority in the legislature

Where people with similar views vote for a party based on their overall judgement of its' and its rival's governing competence

The percentage turnout in the 1997 General Election

What can be divided into instrumental voting and expressive/altruistic voting?

The percentage swing from the Conservatives in 1997