+1 862 207 3288 There has been a great deal of argument over whether there has been dealignment or realignment of the British electorate since 1945. This has been mainly due to class and how society in Britain has been divided since the war. Loyalties to institutions have declined overtime for a variety of reasons, not least because those institutions have taken the peoples respect for granted. This is true of political parties as well, this was highlighted by the 2001 election where only 59.2 percent of the electorate turned out to vote.
The argument that the electorate has dealigned from the 1950s and early 1960s is based on the issues of social status. Party identification was very strong, therefore once a party represented a persons view it would be very unlikely that they would change who they supported….(short extract)
