Gov and Politics - AS Unit 1 (Participation and Voting Behaviour)

Turnout figures in General Elections - how have they changed?

Other types of elections - turnout - difference?

Reasons for decline in voting

Important studies about political participation

Factors affecting Political Participation

Political participation = IMPORTANT

Political participation = NOT IMPORTANT

Social Structures Model

Party Identification Model

Rational Choice Model

Dominant Ideology Model

Voting Context Model

Social class and its impact on voting behaviour (PRIMACY FACTORS)

Class dealignment

Voting patterns of social classes at recent elections.

Gender and its impact on voting behaviour.

Voting patterns of gender at recent elections.

Ethnicity and its impact on voting behaviour.

Voting patterns of ethnicity at recent elections.

Region/Geography and its impact on voting behaviour

Voting patterns of region/ geography at recent elections.

Age and its impact on voting behaviour.

Voting patterns by age at recent elections

Religion and its impact on voting behaviour.

Voting patterns by religion at recent elections.

Party dealignment and its impact on voting behaviour.

Voting patterns by party dealignment at recent elections.

Issue voting

Issue voting and its impact on voting patterns.

The importance of issue voting

The election campaign and its impact on voting behaviour.

Voting patterns by the election campaign at recent elections.

The importance of leadership and its impact on voting behaviour.

The Dominant Ideology Model

The impact of the Sun Newspaper at General Elections.

The impact of the media at recent elections.

TV and its impact on voting behaviour.

Voting context model