[lbo-talk] Brit politix

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Jul 26 15:26:02 PDT 2008


On Jul 26, 2008, at 5:37 PM, Steve Palmer wrote:


> At the 1992 and 2005 elections, the vote split like this:
>
> 1992 2005
> Middle class
> Labour 9% 17%
> Non-labour 32% 40%
>
> Working class
> Labour 26% 19%
> Non-labour 33% 24%

Wow. I keep forgetting how small pluralities can turn into big parliamentary majorities. Labour got 36% of the vote in 2005?

Doug



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