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Politics AS Level Quiz

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1. Give some examples of declining participation




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2. Why is there less participation today?




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3. Define 'Politics'




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4. Give statistics of class voting




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5. Define 'Electorate'




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6. Arguments that the media do not play a big role




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7. Arguments that the media plays a big role




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8. Define 'Equality'




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9. General Election turnout from 1997 onwards




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10. Reasons why participation does matter




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11. - Live in a democracy, lets people have say - Legitimacy for the gvmt, holds them to account - Allows us to recruit MPs




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12. People will look back at what has happened recently, and think forward to what the parties are promising and make an informed decision. I.e Conservative Party campaign 2015 "long term economic plan"




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13. Society should be governed by a small group of elite (superior) people




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14. - Participation (low in local elections, EU elections and referenda, single issue parties do not win power, FTPT system means all votes not equal) - Not a d-cratic system (HoL unelected, erosion of CL, presidential government, increase in QUANGOs)




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15. People will be most influenced by what is directly going on around them, like safe seats, marginal seats or protest voting




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16. Voting, pressure groups, writing to MP, joining a party, standing as an MP, canvassing, political discussion




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17. 25% of the population were involved to a significant degree, 50% participated and the remaining 25% were inactive




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18. The ability to Government to direct their citizens towards a goal because the majority of people accept their right to rule. Implies that force will not have to be used, 'power cloaked in righfullness', like the Government's mandate to rule




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19. 2015- 27% Conservative vote 18-25 y/o increases to 47% among the 65+




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20. 2001- 59%





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