Partisan dealignment - ANSWERSRefers to the way in which the voters since the 1970s have abandoned traditional party loyalties and have instead made their voting choices based on the a range of factors including governing competence, the importance of core issues and economic self-interest
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Partisan dealignment - ANSWERSRefers to the way in which the voters since the 1970s
have abandoned traditional party loyalties and have instead made their voting choices
based on the a range of factors including governing competence, the importance of core
issues and economic self-interest
Class dealignment - ANSWERSSuggest that voters are much less likely to vote
according to their membership of a particular social class.
Valence Factor - ANSWERSRefers to the relative success or failure of a government's
policies. These people are making their decision on whether or not they are satisfied
with the Government's performance.
Governing competency - ANSWERSThe extent to which the Government is regarded as
having been capable and competent. If it is viewed as having failed in Government this
will encourage the public to vote for a change
Disillusion/apathy - ANSWERSThe number of people voting in general elections is
generally lower than it was up until the 1990s. In particular poorer voters significantly
less than the older and more prosperous because they can feel less engaged in the
political process
Manifesto - ANSWERSIn a general election each political party will launch this in which
it sets outs the policies it will introduce if it forms a government
Single Transferable Vote (STV) - ANSWERSA voting system in which voters express
their preference ranking candidates in order. To win candidates need to achieve the
'Droop quota'
Ordinal Voting - ANSWERSA vote cast in which the voter ranks candidates in order of
preference ranking as few or as many candidates as they wish
Supplementary Vote (SV) - ANSWERSA majoritarian voting system in which voters can
express two preferences
Referendum - ANSWERSA 'yes' or 'no' vote offered to the public on a single issue
Spoiled ballot - ANSWERSA ballot that is filled in incorrectly and therefore ignored This
may be unintentional or it may be intentional protest by the voter
, Marginal seat - ANSWERSA constituency in which the electoral outcome is not easily
predictable and could be won by one of a number of parties. Also known as a swing
seat
Safe seat - ANSWERSA constituency that is highly likely to be won by a specific party
at repeated elections
Coalition - ANSWERSA government created from two or more parties following an
election. They will normally have to agree and compromise on common policy goals in
order to make this successful
Confidence and Supply - ANSWERSRefers to the situations where a minority
government retains power by arranging with another party that it will support it in a vote
of confidence and on the vote of the budget. It is less of a formal arrangement than a
coalition since members of the smaller party do not sit in government and can vote on
against the government on some issues
Minority Government - ANSWERSA party which has less the majority but usually the
plurality if seats in Parliament and has chosen to form .a Government
Constituency - ANSWERSA geographical area containing voters who elect a
representative to act on their behalf
Single - member constituency - ANSWERSA area which is represented by just one
elected individual
First-past-the-post (FPTP) - ANSWERSA plurality electoral system used for UK general
elections
Additional Member System (AMS) - ANSWERSAn electoral system which uses two
votes one for the local representative and one for the regional representative with the
aim of producing a more proportional result
Majority - ANSWERSMathematically this is more than half or 50% + 1
Participation - ANSWERSThe act of taking part in a political process most commonly
through voting but other methods are possible such as pressure group activity or
educating oneself
Turnout - ANSWERSThe number, usually a percentage of eligible voters who took part
in an election
Mandate - ANSWERSThe power given to the majority party to claim the legitimate right
to implement the party's commitments and promises
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