Analysing Voting Polls and why
Labour won in 1997
Created @December 2, 2022 7:05 PM
Topic Politics
Gov and PM Conservatives Major
Type Classwork
Conservatives known for being the praty of 30% as normally there is a set 30% of the
British population which would always vote and support the Conservative Government.
If the % of votes drops below 30% = trouble as key voters are being lost (and would
essentially go to Labour)
In Major’s case the lost voters formed part of the homeowner middleclasses due to the
previous rise of negative equity at the beginning of Major’s premiership.
From 1990-1997 the votes did not drop below 30%, but also didn’t really go above a
31% so it wasn’t stellar - later this would have earned him a mere 165 seats in the 1997
election, being collosally defeated by. Labour with more than 400 seats
Do people care about the sleaze and the scandals?
Sense of responsibility, how would someone who is not responsible in his own life be
able to hold accountability in the public
If Major didn’t do the derrogatory speech it could have been a bit more understandable
Damaged reputation
Gaps in relations as the scandals came frenquently in small doses by the press so it
could be a long painful stab, and people would be exposed to the scandals as much as
possible without being forgotten
Conservative Sleaze and Scandals
Analysing Voting Polls and why Labour won in 1997 1
Labour won in 1997
Created @December 2, 2022 7:05 PM
Topic Politics
Gov and PM Conservatives Major
Type Classwork
Conservatives known for being the praty of 30% as normally there is a set 30% of the
British population which would always vote and support the Conservative Government.
If the % of votes drops below 30% = trouble as key voters are being lost (and would
essentially go to Labour)
In Major’s case the lost voters formed part of the homeowner middleclasses due to the
previous rise of negative equity at the beginning of Major’s premiership.
From 1990-1997 the votes did not drop below 30%, but also didn’t really go above a
31% so it wasn’t stellar - later this would have earned him a mere 165 seats in the 1997
election, being collosally defeated by. Labour with more than 400 seats
Do people care about the sleaze and the scandals?
Sense of responsibility, how would someone who is not responsible in his own life be
able to hold accountability in the public
If Major didn’t do the derrogatory speech it could have been a bit more understandable
Damaged reputation
Gaps in relations as the scandals came frenquently in small doses by the press so it
could be a long painful stab, and people would be exposed to the scandals as much as
possible without being forgotten
Conservative Sleaze and Scandals
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