TY  - BOOK
AU  - Denver,D.T.
AU  - Johns,Robert
TI  - Elections and voters in Britain / 
SN  - 9783030864927
U1  - 324.941086 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Basingstoke
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Voting
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Elections
N2  - "How do voters in Britain decide which party to vote for in elections? Have age and education replaced class as the social basis for voting? Are elections now ‘presidentialised’, with voters simply choosing between party leaders? What role do the media, new and old, play in all of this? The authors examine these and other questions in the fourth edition of this popular text. The core of the text is devoted to examining and explaining theories of party choice, including the debate about whether voters are driven more by issues and ideology or simply by which party and leader looks least likely to make a mess of things in office. The authors also devote separate chapters to turnout trends and patterns, the media, electoral systems, the geography of party support, and – new to this edition – referendums. Fully revised and with detailed analysis of the 2019 election and the electoral fallout of Brexit, the text incorporates the latest research on elections and voting behaviour, and includes analysis of recent trends and developments – such as the effect of digital media on electoral politics and where recent misfires leave the opinion polls."--
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