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Pearson Edexcel
Level 3 GCE
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reference 9PL0/01
Politics
Advanced
PAPER 1: UK Politics and Core Political Ideas
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• –There are two sections and you must answer three questions:
in Section A answer either 1(a) or 1(b) and then either 2(a) or 2(b)
– in Section B answer either 3(a) or 3(b).
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SECTION A
Political participation
Answer ONE question from EITHER Question 1(a) on page 2 OR Question 1(b) on page 3
and then answer ONE question from EITHER Question 2(a) OR Question 2(b) on page 10.
EITHER
1 (a) Source 1 concerns the use of opinion polls in UK politics. Part of the extract comes
from a House of Lords report into the recent impact of the use of polls. The second
part of the extract is a more positive view of polling from Peter Kellner in The Evening
Standard.
Source 1
Opinion polls influence voters and parties. They can deflate turnout if they show
one party way ahead. Opinion polls cause voters to vote tactically. Opinion polls can
influence the demand to call a general election and for parties to abandon principles
in order to gain popularity. In the Scottish independence referendum, a poll showing
that ‘leave’ was in the lead made all the parties work harder to change the outcome.
The core issue is that they mislead and do not give an accurate reflection of the
voting preferences across the UK and as such they damage democracy.
The 2017 polls were not all wrong. They successfully reflected changing opinions
during the campaign. Theresa May’s rating tumbled, while Jeremy Corbyn’s rose.
Social care was the issue that caused Conservative support to fall. They correctly
showed the Liberal Democrats had stalled, with UKIP support collapsing, and a
significant switch from the SNP to the Conservatives in Scotland. They showed how
Labour’s manifesto gained them support while the Conservative manifesto put voters
off. In a close contest, opinion polls can improve turnout. Opinion polls are part of
a free media and integral to a healthy representative democracy.
(Sources: adapted from https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/
ldselect/ldppdm/106/10605.htm#_idTextAnchor010, and
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/general-election-
polls-how-the-pollsters-got-it-wrong-a3560936.html)
Using the source, evaluate the view that opinion polls bring more advantages
than disadvantages to elections and referendums.
In your response you must:
• compare and contrast different opinions in the source
• examine and debate these views in a balanced way
• analyse and evaluate only the information presented in the source.
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Do not answer Question 1(b) if you have answered Question 1(a).
OR
1 (b) Source 2 depicts two letters with differing opinions printed in a newspaper concerning
the importance and scope of the manifestos of political parties.
Source 2
Dear Editor,
In the 2017 General Election both Conservative and Labour parties made explicit
manifesto commitments. MPs should always obey the policies in their party’s
manifesto, and not vote against them. They are trustees of political parties and
should follow the policies on which they stood. MPs should faithfully represent the
constituents who elected them. Our democracy relies on clear manifestos, one of
which is converted by the winning party into a legitimate mandate for government.
MPs are also expected to implement the outcomes of referendums.
Dear Editor,
Manifesto promises and referendum decisions should be subject to change when
facts or public opinion change. Democracy is bigger than any mandate, manifesto
or referendum. Edmund Burke in 1774 told his electors in Bristol: ‘Your representative
owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you,
if he sacrifices it to your opinion.’ Democracy must mean that MPs are free to change
their minds. MPs can or do swap parties or change allegiances. On certain issues
they have a right to vote according to their conscience. Political parties have had too
much power for too long and democracy should allow greater freedom.
Using the source, evaluate the view that in a democracy MPs are free to ignore
referendum results and their own political party’s manifesto.
In your response you must:
• compare and contrast different opinions in the source
• examine and debate these views in a balanced way
• analyse and evaluate only the information presented in the source.
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