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Politics AS Level Test

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Why do we have elections?
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Define 'Electorate'
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Give examples of the main forms of participation
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Explain the Party Identification Model
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Region as a voting factor figures
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Give some examples of issue voting
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Explain the term 'long term voting factor'
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Explain the Voting Context Model
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Reasons why Britain is a democracy (think one set for Mr R, and one for Miss F)
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What did the Parry et al. 1992 survey show?
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General Election turnout from 1997 onwards
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Arguments that the media do not play a big role
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Why is there less participation today?
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Explain the term 'short term voting factor'
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Why was Cameron chosen as Conservative party leader in 2006?
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Arguments that the media plays a big role
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Give figures for Partisan Alignment
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Explain the Rational Choice Model
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Give General Elections as evidence of class dealignment
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When were major constituency boundary changes brought in?
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25% of the population were involved to a significant degree, 50% participated and the remaining 25% were inactive
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Seen to unify the party, take them away from being the 'Nasty Party', was also young, eager and good-looking
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- Economy is said to be the biggest issue (Tony Blair's terms under good economic conditions)
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Everyone in Britain who is registered to vote, or on the electoral roll, and therefore everyone who has a say in who runs the country, through all types of elections
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1997- Blair- 71% 2001- Blair- 59% 2005- Brown- 61% 2010- Coalition- 65% 2015- Cameron- 66%
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Includes the dominant ideology, rational choice, and voting context models (media coverage, prospective and retrospective models, image of the leader, and protest voting/electoral volatility)
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- People expose themselves to media whose views they most agree with - only reinforces views, does not change them
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1979- Thatcher reached out to unemployed working class (Labour isn't working) 1997- Blair reached out to aspiring middle class with taxation policy
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1945 election- Labour and Conservative won almost 90% of the vote 2005- 13% of the electorate felt a strong support to one of the main parties
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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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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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- Decline in voting, can't be bothered, apathy/'hapathy' - Feel parties 'all the same' not representative - Reptutation of MPs decline, no trust, alienation - Post-materialistic society, no duty - Milbrath's Framework of Political Participation (1965)
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North-South divide. 31% of Northern voters voted Conservative, 12 points behind the rest of the UK
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- 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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- Agenda setter for politicians - Revealing interviews and exposees - Hidden bias can be seen - Changes people's minds, i.e Murdoch Press
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Includes the social structure and party identification model (class, ethnicity, gender, age, party, partisan alignment)
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Voting, pressure groups, writing to MP, joining a party, standing as an MP, canvassing, political discussion
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2010
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- Participation (referenda since 1997, pressure groups and single issue parties, turnout increase) - Our system is democratic (free and fair elections (?), open opposition, free press, checks and balances, protection of civil liberties)
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Partisan alignment plays a strong role, people will favour one party, and always vote for them- not so much anymore
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All time low of participation in a General Election
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Approximately how many people live in a constituency?
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How we are governed and by whom, the ways in which big decisions are taken concerning public affairs etc. including whether we are a democracy, dictatorship or whether we have tyranny or equality
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The idea that the candidate with the most votes wins, whether or not this constitutes an overall majority
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A group of voters who are disenchanted with the current political climate, but unlike apathetic voters, they take an interest. They might not see a candidate standing for what they believe in, or see politicians as corrupt
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Literally 'people power', the people govern. In the UK we have a representative democracy, because we elect representatives, another form is representative democracy as used in Ancient Greece, would be infeasible now
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A lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern for political matters, apathetic voters usually abstain from voting, because they fail to see the point or benefit
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The ability to get things done, whether through force or coercion. The ability to reward or punish, like the Government can jail people who break the law
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The idea that everyone should be treated equally, i.e given the same opportunities, provided there is no reason for treating them differently
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Society should be governed by a small group of elite (superior) people

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