Titlebook: Austerity and Political Choice in Britain; Harold D. Clarke,Peter Kellner,Paul Whiteley Book 2016 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Au

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Book 2016ng patterns varied across Britain. Finally, they discuss the implications of the election outcome for the future of the party system and British politics more generally. This book provides important insights into an election?which has permanently changed the political geography of Britain.

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Setting the Scene for 2015,ts to control immigration, NHS reform, Prime Minister Cameron’s promised referendum on continued EU membership, the 2014 EU parliamentary elections and the Scottish independence referendum. Widely publicized foreign policy decisions including the attack on Libya and the vote on military intervention in Syria also are discussed.

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Policy Performance and Political Payoffs,f widespread dissatisfaction about economic inequality, social justice and corporate greed. Labour was unable to profit from voters’ discontents because its ‘brand’ was badly tarnished, and many people did not believe that the party or its leader, Ed Miliband, could deliver on key issues

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Choosing to Vote and Choosing a Party,ip, party performance on important issues and party leader images are highlighted. Judgments about leader and party performance had powerful effects on party choice in 2015, with renewed economic optimism doing much to explain electoral support for Prime Minister Cameron and the Conservatives.

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Explaining the Election Outcome,eing crucial for the Conservative victory. Official election returns combined with census data and the results of Ashcroft polls’ indicate that leader images and economic evaluations had significant effects on constituency-level election outcomes.

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lso for the interested reader. It looks at the record of the Coalition government both in terms of its plans and performance, particularly in relation to the economy, as the starting point for understanding what happened. The authors go on to examine the campaign during the run-up to polling day and

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