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How important is class in voting behaviour?
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How important is class in voting behaviour? One of the main factors for voting behaviour is class but how important is it. Conventionally. Class is seen in the terms of occupation. Those who are in manual jobs are placed in the 'Working Class' and are expected to vote fro the labour party. Whilst those in non-manual jobs are to be found in the 'Middle Class' and are expected to vote for the Conservatives. The majority of people belong to the working class sector and therefore ideally if class was the most important factor then Labour would when every single election. During 1945 and 1970 elections, of course this did not happen labour was not elected at every election. As they were not elected either many working class people did not bother to vote or the was some cross-class voting, some manual workers voting for the conservatives. There is a theory...
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