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Challenges facing the next government

Sir John Curtice outlines some of the challenges facing the next government, based on analysis from our latest British Social Attitudes survey.

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Apolitical Centrists

These are by far the least politically engaged of all voter groups. They don’t follow the news closely and don’t support any particular party.

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Left-Behind Patriots

The Left-Behind Patriots are markedly left-wing on economic issues but are decidedly conservative and nationalist in their social outlook.

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Urban Progressives

This voter group are typically university educated professionals, who lean strongly to the left on economic issues.

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Soft-Left Liberals

The Soft-Left Liberals are liberal on social issues though they are more centrist or ‘soft-left’ on economics.

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Affiliation with Party Politics

In this blog, we explain how party politics and attitudes to key policy themes factor in our classification of British voters.

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Middle Britons

This is the closest of all six voter types to being the ‘typical’ British voter.

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Well-off Traditionalists

These are a highly politically engaged and predominantly Conservative group of voters, with views that align closely with traditional values.

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