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Forms of Political Participation |
Simply being informed about issues Contributing to online forums or petitions Voting in various elections Joining a pressure group Taking part in physical or e-petitions Joining a Political Party Becoming active in a Political Party Standing for political office |
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Turnout in elections has, by large, been falling, but in more recent elections has in fact been rising |
1979 General Election Turnout: 76.0% 2001 General Election Turnout: 59.4% 2015 General Election Turnout: 66.1% |
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Party Membership has been declining |
1980: 4.12% of electorate 2010: 0.80% of electorate |
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E-petitions H.M. Government Site |
There were over 150,000 signatures by February 2012 on the 'Drop the NHS Reform Bill being legislated during 2012' e-petition |
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E-Petitions 38 Degrees |
The campaign to prevent large areas of national forest being sold to private buyers with a large e-petition, combined with many demonstrations and alliances with other campaign groups led to the plan being abandoned Autumn 2010 |
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Political Participation: Online Forums and Blogs |
Conservative Home Liberal Democrat Voice Labour List Total Politics (general) Guido Fawkes (generally radical) Iain Dale's Diary (normally right of centre) |
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Political Participation:Compulsory Voting |
Australia has compulsory voting, this may force citizens to make themselves aware of political issues, and also may give them 'ownership' of the outcome of elections. |
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Political Participation:Reducing the Voting Age from 18 to 16 |
Done in the 2014 Scottish Referendum on voting, ICM Survey revealed 75% of 16-17 year olds voted and there was an overall turnout of 84.5% which is a new record since universal suffrage began in 1918 |
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Political Participation:Making Voting Easier |
Introducing internet or text voting, extending the period of voting to several days instead of just one, or placing ballot stations in more accessible places such a supermarkets. However there are obvious problems with the security of internet or text voting, and there is little evidence extending the opportunity to vote will help |
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Political Participation:Teaching Politics in Schools |
Early signs indicate the citizenship lessons have not been successful |
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Political Participation:Electoral Reform |
Disillusionment with party politics may be combated if the electoral system were reformed to a more proportional system that made more votes count (STV for example) 2011 AV Referendum put this issue back, but after the results of the 2015 General Election being the most disproportional ever there has been calls from political commentators such as Henning Meyer for a more proportional system |
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Political Participation:New Social Media |
The spread of political forums, blogs, twitter, and other social networking sites can help generate interest in political issues Government could involve more people by asking them to take part in internet polls |
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Political Participation: David Cameron's Big Society |
Plans that are designed to encourage and help people become more involved in politics on a local level |
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Referendums 6 Examples |
Do you think the UK should stay in the European Community? 67.2% Yes, 64.5% Turnout, UK, 1975 - Labour Government split, PM Harold Wilson called to settle issue, decisive yes vote ensured the governments's survival Are you in favour of the government's proposals for a Greater London Authority made up of an elected mayor and a separately elected assembly? 72% Yes, 34.1% Turnout, London, 1998 Good Friday Agreement: Do you support the agreement reached at the multi-party talks on Northern Ireland and set out in Command Paper 3883? 71.7% Yes, Turnout 81.0%, Northern Ireland, 1998 - After 30 years of inter-community conflict this agreement held the promise of permanent peace. It was necessary not score not just a 'yes' vote, but a decisive yes vote. Should a congestion charge be introduced in the city centre? 74.4% No, Turnout 61.7%, Edinburgh, 2005 - Government couldn't make a decision as there were strong forces on either side, Environmentalists and the Motoring Lobby Should the system of Alternate Vote be adopted for UK general elections? 67.9% No, 42.2% Turnout, UK, 2011 - Liberal Democrats supported PR, Conservatives didn't so the compromise of AV was met Should Scotland be an Independent Country? 55.3% No, 84.6% Turnout, Scotland, 2014 |
