Voting Behaviour and the Media

Introduction lesson to Voting Behaviour and the Media

This lesson introduces students to the concept of studying voting behaviour and examines factors which may affect voting behaviour.

The idea is that students are then given case studies to produce and present on an individual election.

Includes powerpoint on intro lesson which covers 1979 and 1997 key case studies as an overview of what happened in each election. Debate on the question “1979/1997 elections were lost by the government rather than won by the opposition” examination of Valence Voting and brief introduction of other theories.

Detailed statistic booklet on General Elections since 1979

Template sheet for students to make notes on each election during Presentations with example for 1945 Election.

PNG images for illustration only, files include fully editable powerpoint and word documents.