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Politics and Core Political
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Politics
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PAPER 1: UK Politics and Core Political Ideas
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Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, centre number and
candidate number.
• –There are two sections and you must answer three questions:
in Section A answer either 1(a) or 1(b) and then either 2(a) or 2(b)
– in Section B answer either 3(a) or 3(b).
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided
− there may be more space than you need.
Information
• The total mark for this paper is 84.
• –Theusemarks for each question are shown in brackets
this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
• Good luck with your examination.
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SECTION A
Political participation
Answer ONE question from EITHER Question 1(a) on page 2 OR Question 1(b) on page 3
and then answer ONE question from EITHER Question 2(a) OR Question 2(b) on page 10.
EITHER
1 (a) Source 1 concerns the use of opinion polls in UK politics. Part of the extract comes
from a House of Lords report into the recent impact of the use of polls. The second
part of the extract is a more positive view of polling from Peter Kellner in The Evening
Standard.
Source 1
Opinion polls influence voters and parties. They can deflate turnout if they show
one party way ahead. Opinion polls cause voters to vote tactically. Opinion polls can
influence the demand to call a general election and for parties to abandon principles
in order to gain popularity. In the Scottish independence referendum, a poll showing
that ‘leave’ was in the lead made all the parties work harder to change the outcome.
The core issue is that they mislead and do not give an accurate reflection of the
voting preferences across the UK and as such they damage democracy.
The 2017 polls were not all wrong. They successfully reflected changing opinions
during the campaign. Theresa May’s rating tumbled, while Jeremy Corbyn’s rose.
Social care was the issue that caused Conservative support to fall. They correctly
showed the Liberal Democrats had stalled, with UKIP support collapsing, and a
significant switch from the SNP to the Conservatives in Scotland. They showed how
Labour’s manifesto gained them support while the Conservative manifesto put voters
off. In a close contest, opinion polls can improve turnout. Opinion polls are part of
a free media and integral to a healthy representative democracy.
(Sources: adapted from https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/
ldselect/ldppdm/106/10605.htm#_idTextAnchor010, and
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/general-election-
polls-how-the-pollsters-got-it-wrong-a3560936.html)
Using the source, evaluate the view that opinion polls bring more advantages
than disadvantages to elections and referendums.
In your response you must:
• compare and contrast different opinions in the source
• examine and debate these views in a balanced way
• analyse and evaluate only the information presented in the source.
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➔ [Question Paper:
Pearson Edexcel A-Level
2021] Politics Paper 1: UK
Politics and Core Political
Ideas
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Please check the examination details below before entering your candidate information
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Pearson Edexcel
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Paper
Time 2 hours
reference 9PL0/01
Politics
Advanced
PAPER 1: UK Politics and Core Political Ideas
You do not need any other materials. Total Marks
Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, centre number and
candidate number.
• –There are two sections and you must answer three questions:
in Section A answer either 1(a) or 1(b) and then either 2(a) or 2(b)
– in Section B answer either 3(a) or 3(b).
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided
− there may be more space than you need.
Information
• The total mark for this paper is 84.
• –Theusemarks for each question are shown in brackets
this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
• Good luck with your examination.
Turn over
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SECTION A
Political participation
Answer ONE question from EITHER Question 1(a) on page 2 OR Question 1(b) on page 3
and then answer ONE question from EITHER Question 2(a) OR Question 2(b) on page 10.
EITHER
1 (a) Source 1 concerns the use of opinion polls in UK politics. Part of the extract comes
from a House of Lords report into the recent impact of the use of polls. The second
part of the extract is a more positive view of polling from Peter Kellner in The Evening
Standard.
Source 1
Opinion polls influence voters and parties. They can deflate turnout if they show
one party way ahead. Opinion polls cause voters to vote tactically. Opinion polls can
influence the demand to call a general election and for parties to abandon principles
in order to gain popularity. In the Scottish independence referendum, a poll showing
that ‘leave’ was in the lead made all the parties work harder to change the outcome.
The core issue is that they mislead and do not give an accurate reflection of the
voting preferences across the UK and as such they damage democracy.
The 2017 polls were not all wrong. They successfully reflected changing opinions
during the campaign. Theresa May’s rating tumbled, while Jeremy Corbyn’s rose.
Social care was the issue that caused Conservative support to fall. They correctly
showed the Liberal Democrats had stalled, with UKIP support collapsing, and a
significant switch from the SNP to the Conservatives in Scotland. They showed how
Labour’s manifesto gained them support while the Conservative manifesto put voters
off. In a close contest, opinion polls can improve turnout. Opinion polls are part of
a free media and integral to a healthy representative democracy.
(Sources: adapted from https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/
ldselect/ldppdm/106/10605.htm#_idTextAnchor010, and
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/general-election-
polls-how-the-pollsters-got-it-wrong-a3560936.html)
Using the source, evaluate the view that opinion polls bring more advantages
than disadvantages to elections and referendums.
In your response you must:
• compare and contrast different opinions in the source
• examine and debate these views in a balanced way
• analyse and evaluate only the information presented in the source.
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