poltical inequality is a complex multidemsional phemonena manifesting itself in multiple spheres of society

Britain today, as it stands, is a democracy, however, within this so-called democracy, there is still a vast electoral inequality by age, class and educational level. This is due to many factors such as belief in the system which many working-class individuals have lost faith in Britain’s political system seeking the ruling class party only out to help the most wealthy of the population.

There is a divided democracy in today’s society, the young and least affluent are far less likely to vote than others in society, this makes the government less likely to think about the needs of that group this undermines the idea of democracy. Looking at graphs you are able to see the inequality of voting and the party polarisation of voting.

looking at the types of voting due to educational levels, those who have not gone past GCSE are more likely to vote conservative and also more likely to vote for UKIP, this is due to educational socialization of students, they are far less likely to learn about politics and civilization while in compulsory schooling. Socially privileged individuals are more likely to have a larger voting turnout.  When an individual tries to figure out their political identity, those who are lower educated are more likely to vote for parties the same as who their family vote for, this is due to the socialisation of politics get forced down on them from parents, when they reach university level or higher they are more likely to have their own political identity and have been more open to different political parties views.

When looking at income and voting, individuals are more likely to vote for conservative the more money they are earning, also looking at social grades, the voting turnout of C2 and DE are far less likely to go into the voting by the higher earners, the higher earners are more likely to vote and to vote conservative, however thoose who are from the lower classes, are less likely to vote and if they do are most likely to vote labour. However, for individuals in the lower class to turn out to voting, political parties need to focus on what the whole population need rather than the majority voting, if they do this then more individuals are more likely to vote, however, if labour does implement the compulsory voting, this will make democracy true to what it should be rather than what it is.

turnout drops after the first voting experience at the age of eighteen, and that only around the age of thirty-five do citizens bounce back to their first-time turnout levels. This can be linked to the theoretical expectation that life-cycle events experienced during early adulthood influence the development of political interest and political participation (Neundorf, Smets, and García Albacete 2013).

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in conclusion, it has been shown that due to political socialization, this shows how people are voting and participating in politics, within the change of the social class, due to those who do not think that the parties are going to help them, therefor they are disinterested in politics and engagement as they feel that it won’t benefit them, therefor they isolate themselves from the political side of things. Also looking at educational levels and voting, those who voted for labour were either highly educated or not educated, however, it was also shown thoose for conservative, it shows the major polarisation of politics in the UK