Understand: The UK Election

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Adam Fleming unpicks some of the key elements of the UK election.

Adam Fleming, host of Newscast and AntiSocial, unpicks some of the key elements of the UK election.

4. Why do people vote the way they do?

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The UK Election: 4. Why do people vote the way they do?

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What can we tell about how someone will vote from their age, gender and ethnicity?

What does it mean to be a 'Mondeo Man' or a 'Worcester Woman'?

Understand the UK Election is a simple 10-part guide to everything that is going on in the election, hosted by Adam Fleming. 

In this episode, Adam looks at why people vote the way they do. What can we tell about how someone will vote from their age, gender, ethnicity and education? And what do labels like Mondeo Man, Worcester Woman and Pebbledash People really mean? 

This episode was hosted by Adam Fleming, from Newscast and Anti-Social, with Professor Jane Green, Director of the Nuffield Politics Research Centre at Oxford University, co-director of the British Election Study and President of the British Polling Council.   

Producers: Alix Pickles and Alex Lewis 

Production Manager: Janet Staples 

Editor: Sam Bonham

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Alex Forsyth and Adam Fleming unpick some of the key elements of the UK election.

Alex Forsyth, political correspondent and host of Any Questions, and Adam Fleming, host of Newscast, unpick some of the key elements of the UK election.

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