Class voting (20TH CENTURY)

Explanation of voting.

At some point in the development of industrialism and of democracy, economic class becomes the single most important factor in voting.

Members of the working class tend to vote for left wing parties, those of the middle classes for right wing parties.

Were this theory an adequate account of voting, all governments would have been socialist.

Source:
Patrick Dunleavy et al., eds, Developments in British Politics 3 (London, 1991)

Voting is a method for a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, in order to make a collective decision or express an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns. Democracies elect holders of high office by voting. Residents of a place represented by an elected official are called “constituents”, and those constituents who cast a ballot for their chosen candidate are called “voters”. There are different systems for collecting votes, but while many of the systems used in decision-making can also be used as electoral systems, any which cater for proportional representation can only be used in elections.

In smaller organizations, voting can occur in different ways. Formally via ballot to elect others for example within a workplace, to elect members of political associations or to choose roles for others. Informally voting could occur as a spoken agreement or as a verbal gesture like a raised hand or electronically.

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