TY - JOUR
T1 - People, attitudes, milieux and votes
T2 - an exploration of voting at the 1983 British General Election
AU - Johnston, R. J.
AU - Pattie, C. J.
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - Traditional models of electoral behaviour in Britain see political attitudes as a function of class position, which in turn are reflected in the voter's choice. Recent analyses have suggested that the link between class and attitudes has become much weaker and that voters are more volatile in their party choices. At the same time, there is evidence of a growing spatial polarization in electoral behaviour, which suggests links between place, attitude formation and voting, independent of class location. This paper explores those links in 1983, and shows that in some cases milieu was a significant influence on voting behaviour. -from Authors
AB - Traditional models of electoral behaviour in Britain see political attitudes as a function of class position, which in turn are reflected in the voter's choice. Recent analyses have suggested that the link between class and attitudes has become much weaker and that voters are more volatile in their party choices. At the same time, there is evidence of a growing spatial polarization in electoral behaviour, which suggests links between place, attitude formation and voting, independent of class location. This paper explores those links in 1983, and shows that in some cases milieu was a significant influence on voting behaviour. -from Authors
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0024160538
SN - 0020-2754
VL - 13
SP - 303
EP - 323
JO - Transactions - Institute of British Geographers
JF - Transactions - Institute of British Geographers
IS - 3
ER -