Voter Behaviour Activities

For the higher class: as promised in class here are the links and activities for you to do for your homework.  If you have any queries or get stuck than add a comment to the bottom of this post.

Access the presentation from this LINK.

Watch the highlights from the Leaders debates in 2010:

Debate 1

Debate 2

Debate 3

Task:

Click through the presentation by clicking on the arrow button at the bottom.

Note the first few slides show general information relating to the 2010 election, read through this, but you don’t need to take notes (unless you want to!) on this.

Image

 Make notes using the statistics for the graph on the following:

  • which party leader had the best image?
  • Is there a link between the image of a leader and their vote share?
  • What was Gordon Brown’s advantage?
  • Were the Debates a ‘game changer’

 

Rational Choice and Issues

  • Follow the instructions on the Prezi to help you take notes on Rational Choice

 

Activity for next Friday:

(we will discuss the plan for this a bit on Tuesday)

 * prepare an answer to the essay question shown at the end of the prezi:

 ‘Assess the influence of social class on voter behaviour.’

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