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To What Extent Is Social Class An Important Factor When Considering Why People Vote The Way They Do? At first glance, an attempt to explain voting behaviour is a near impossible task. The British vote is a secret ballot, in which voters have free choice where there is no compulsory reason making a voter vote for one candidate above another. Therefore it is the task of political scientists (Psephologists) to look for trends or patterns in voting behaviour. Therefore many different theories, or models, have been thought up to try and explain this mystery which is voting behaviour. One explanation of voting behaviour is the social structures model, which as an overview states that the main reason voters vote the way they do is because of social factors. The aim of this essay is to conclude whether one of these factors, social class, is the main factor when voters decide whom to...

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