Putting Voters in Their Place: Geography and Elections in by Ron Johnston, Charles Pattie

By Ron Johnston, Charles Pattie

Why do humans dwelling in numerous parts vote in several methods? Why does this modification over the years? How do humans discuss politics with buddies and neighbours, and with what impact? Does the geography of future health effect the geography of social gathering help? Do events try and consult all electorate at election time, or are they basically within the perspectives of a small variety of citizens residing in a small variety of seats? Is electoral participation in decline, and the way does the geography of the vote impact this? How can a celebration win a majority of seats in Parliament with out a majority of votes within the nation? placing electorate of their position explores those questions by means of putting the research of electoral behaviour into its geographical context. utilizing info from the most recent elections, together with the 2005 normal Election, the ebook exhibits how either electorate and events are suffering from, and search to persuade, either nationwide and native forces. tendencies are set within the context of the newest study and scholarship on electoral behaviour. The booklet additionally stories on new learn findings.

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19. The reasons given for not voting at the 2001 and 2005 general elections (percentage of all BES respondents reporting that they did not vote) Reason Voluntary non-voters Not interested Obvious who would win Party changed All parties the same Can’t trust politicians No real democracy TOTAL Involuntary non-voters Circumstances prevented 2001 2005 19 14 4 — — 6 43 23 13 4 12 19 — 71 42 33 Note: Respondents were allowed to give up to three reasons for not voting. Source: BES data Wles (2001 and 2005).

Three models were Wtted. The Wrst included six of the seven variables employed in the abstention analyses (omitting the party identiWcation question). The second added responses to three questions asking how well the government had handled the health system, the economy, and education.

Education, too, has been associated with voting patterns, although diVerences have not been strong in recent years. Until the rapid expansion in the number of students remaining at school until age 18, and also the number attending higher education institutions, educational attainment was closely associated with occupational class, with the children of middle-class parents very much more likely to remain at school beyond the oYcial leaving age (15 until 1969, 16 thereafter) to obtain qualiWcations such as A-levels, and then to attend universities.

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