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British General Elections Since 1964 - Diversity, Dealignment, and Disillusion (Paperback)
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British General Elections Since 1964 - Diversity, Dealignment, and Disillusion (Paperback)
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Despite a recent decline in voter turnout, British general
elections are still the centrepiece of Britain's liberal democracy
and their results make a real difference to every British citizen.
They command strong media interest long before their dates are
announced and even uneventful campaigns dominate the headlines. The
2010 general election saw the first direct televised debates
between the main party leaders, adding further interest to a battle
which was always likely to be close. The result was a 'hung
parliament' and the first British coalition government since 1945.
However, as this book shows these were only the latest
manifestations of a transformation in British elections which began
in the early 1960s. While some election rituals remain intact - the
counting of votes by hand, the solemn declaration of individual
constituency results and, most importantly, the peaceful handover
of power if the incumbent party loses, almost everything of
significance has changed. Voters have very different attitudes;
fewer of them have party loyalties which are more than skin deep,
and they tend to base their choices on 'short-term' factors such as
the perceived competence of the parties and the image of the
leader. The parties themselves are barely recognisable from the
institutions of 1964 - not least because their membership figures
have dwindled dramatically. Election campaigns are now heavily
centralised, and focus obsessively on a handful of target seats.
This book reviews the history of British general elections since
1964, charting the changes in voters and parties at every step. In
parallel, it shows how electoral analysts have responded to these
developments. The first book of its kind, it will be invaluable to
readers with a general interest in British politics, as well as to
undergraduate and postgraduate students of the subject.
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