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Mind Map by dottydiva96, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by dottydiva96
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Different forms of
political participation:
Electoral participation
- Electoral participation
- Electorate - those who are
both eligible and registered
to vote in a given election
- Franchise - the right to vote
- In 1831, on 5% of over 18's
were able to vote. By 1969,
99% of adults had the vote
- Electorate - those who are
both eligible and registered
to vote in a given election
- You cannot vote in elections in the
Westminster Parliament if you are:
- A EU citizen from an EU
country other than Britain
or Ireland
- A member of
the House of
Lords
- A
convicted
criminal
who is in
prison
- Convicted of a corrupt or
illegal electoral practice
- Suffering from
severe mental
illness
- A EU citizen from an EU
country other than Britain
or Ireland
- Turnout and abstinence
- Low turnout is problem because
it brings into question the
governments legitimacy and the
strength of its electoral mandate
- When considering the turnout one
should remember three points:
- The national turnout figure masks
massive regional variations. Such
variation may result either from the
saliency of local issues or from the
extent to which voters in different
areas believe that their vote is
likely to make any real difference
to the outcome of the contest.This
variation is referred to as differential
turnout
- A number of factors may
account for differential turnout
- Whether people
think their vote will
count
- Local or national
issues and
controversies
- Media attenetion
- How marginal an individual
seat or election is (is there a
chance to make a real
change?)
- Whether people
think their vote will
count
- A number of factors may
account for differential turnout
- Turnout varies considerably
according to variables such
as age, gender, social class
and etthnicist.
- Turnout varies
significantly between
different types of
elections
- The national turnout figure masks
massive regional variations. Such
variation may result either from the
saliency of local issues or from the
extent to which voters in different
areas believe that their vote is
likely to make any real difference
to the outcome of the contest.This
variation is referred to as differential
turnout
- Low turnout is problem because
it brings into question the
governments legitimacy and the
strength of its electoral mandate
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