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In what ways does the present Electoral Law in Britain affect Voting Behaviour?
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Ben Aston In what ways does the present Electoral Law in Britain affect Voting Behaviour? Over the past fifty years, political identity has been reduced as party politics has merged over the middle ground and formerly strong class partisan connections have withered away. This has made it increasingly difficult to attribute voting behaviour to a single source such as social class. What has remained constant throughout this period of change has been the electoral system. The current system has been in place for hundreds of years with little reform except for the extension of the franchise so provides a good constant in British politics on which to analyse voting behaviour. In this essay, the term electoral law is deemed to mean the current voting system in Britain, which, at time of writing is the First Past the Post system (hereafter referred to as FPTP). Voting behaviour can be interpreted in various different ways...
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