Left and Right: Political Attitudes and Opinions Dr Justin Greaves Department of Politics and International Studies University of Warwick.

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Left and Right: Political Attitudes and Opinions Dr Justin Greaves Department of Politics and International Studies University of Warwick

So who am I? Currently teach first and second year students in PAIS Particular interest in British politics Interest in working across subject areas (‘interdisciplinarity’)

Political views People have different views about political issues One way of characterising such views is the ‘left/right’ political spectrum Originated from the time of the French Revolution The aristocracy sat on the right of the King, and the popular movements to the left

Do you agree? ‘Higher education should be free for all and there should be no tuition fees’.

Do you agree? ‘Rich people have worked hard to make their money and therefore they should pay as little tax as possible’

Do you agree? ‘Many unemployed people spend too much time watching Jeremy Kyle and not enough time looking for work. Therefore, we should reduce their welfare benefits’.

Left-right spectrum Right-wingers stress freedom or the rights of individuals to do as they please – free from interference from government Left-wings believe that such freedom is at the expense of the weak. Promoting equality is far more important. Therefore, a larger role for government

Why do you think people have different views on political issues?

Possible explanations Genes Upbringing (parents/friends) Financial situation/class/personal circumstances ‘Reason’ – rationally thinking through the issues?

The three main parties

The three party leaders

Difficulties may occur when people with different political views try to work together How does this apply to the Coalition government?

A fair reflection or not?

Broken promises in politics

‘Public Opinion’ You will have seen opinion polls in the media These may only interview 1000 people out of the whole population of Britain If the sample is ‘representative’ these polls should be accurate

Polls usually have a margin of error of + or – 3% 19 times out of 20 a poll should fall between this margin of error

What could cause an opinion poll to be biased or skewed in some way?

A few ideas An unrepresentative sample ‘Politically-correct answers’ (people like to come across to others as being nice!) Faulty memories Loaded (or badly worded) questions Key problem: polls measure attitudes and opinions not behaviour

Getting the answer you want This clip from Yes Prime Minister is very illuminating on opinion polls!

I hope you have enjoyed this seminar More about my teaching and research interests can be found at this link: ople/greaves ople/greaves Video of one of my undergraduate lectures on YouTube T-2w T-2w