overview review of campaigns and analyses that led to the British general election in 2005
The article is an overview review of campaigns and analyses that led to the British general election in 2005. The book has two parts, part one comprising of the tactics and strategies employed by the parties involved during the election period and the outcome analysis results of various regions in Britain, especially Wales and Scotland. The dynamics provided in part one of the book include internet, media and the press, opinion polls, labor campaigns, liberal democratic campaigns, and the advancement of minor parties. Part two of the book incorporates leadership race, gender politics, issue agenda and voting, voter turnout, and the impact of the UK electoral system. Therefore, this paper talks about Britain Votes 2005 based on behavioral voter turnout, election, and the contribution of Britain votes in governance and politics in Britain.
The critical insight leading to the massive campaigns and elections, as described in the book, is the news coverage, the press, and the internet at large. This narrative is displayed in the chapter of the book as described. The internet played an essential role in airing manifestos and policies of major parties within the country. Also, online campaigns encouraged younger voter turnout. Despite media worries of losing its audience, press analysis by Peter Golding, David Deacon, and Michael Billig showed that election news in the region was very high in the area and that the British people followed keenly on the dynamics of elections.
In most cases, elections are games, and opinion polls make it so in the sense that it tries to keep score on who or which party is leading during the election. Through the opinion polls, the British citizens perceived the outcome results and that they were ready to get involved in the elections at any time. Sometimes the media amplifies the polls, but in this case, it motivated party workers, campaign planners, and voters during the election.
Labor and Democratic campaigns also formed the crux of the first part of the book. In this regard, the new labor victory was a microeconomic indicator towards the elections in the sense that the primary labor performance had no economic effect on the public domain. In this case, the new labor initiative provided financial future and competence, thus making the initiative a significant influence on voters’ perceptions and preferences. Besides, the public assessment on liberal democrats was positive in a manner likely to suggest that they would take some of their rival seats after the election. Charles Kennedy, the party leader, believed that they would clinch most seats and hailed his party members for the excellent job hence promoting electoral preference during the election.
The second part of the book focusses on the results after and during the elections. As described earlier, the results focused on Wales and Scotland, where there is a large number of campaigns and orientation on governance and politics. On the other hand, people in Northern Ireland termed opinion polls are unreliable to the public domain. Gender politics also stems out in the book in a manner likely to suggest that there were gradual improvements in equality for women through various positions in elections. The presence of women, in this case, facilitated power, politics, and governance among women who championed for some government agendas such as domestic violence, childcare, health, and parental and maternity leave.
In 2001 elections, labor was the root core for reforms during the elections and also influenced a crucial part in the 2005 general election. However, issue agenda and voting played a massive role in the elections in the sense that it identified party agendas and famous leaders while scrutinizing on the issues and values they can add in the society. In this prospect, individual leaders and parties were judged based on the importance of their agendas and issues in contemporary society. Therefore, the part two of the book embraces women, depicts the importance of topics and agendas raised by parties, and results based on voter turnout in areas such as Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.