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The 2010 Election: Three Important Questions?

The 2010 Election: Three Important Questions?. John Curtice Strathclyde University. Three Questions. Are we (still) disengaged? Where stands the Union – and the West Lothian question? What are the implications for the debate about the electoral system?. Trends in Turnout.

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The 2010 Election: Three Important Questions?

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  1. The 2010 Election: Three Important Questions? John Curtice Strathclyde University

  2. Three Questions • Are we (still) disengaged? • Where stands the Union – and the West Lothian question? • What are the implications for the debate about the electoral system?

  3. Trends in Turnout

  4. Trends in Civic Duty

  5. The Loss of Trust

  6. Did Expenses Matter?

  7. Scotland Goes Its Own Way

  8. Three Different Results!

  9. Rise and Fall of the Two-Party Vote

  10. Liberal Democrat Seats

  11. The Decline of the Marginal Seat

  12. Tory and Lab Britain Nudge Apart

  13. The Anti-Tory Bias

  14. How The System Now (Doesn’t) Work

  15. Three Answers? • There is still a problem of voter disengagement – the MPs expenses scandal may have negated the ‘closer’ election. • The West Lothian question is likely to become more pressing – but Scotland will need attention too. • Advocates of FPP are at risk of defending a system that no longer works.

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