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- Title
'Camerons Problem with Women: The Reporting and the Reality of Gender-Based Trends in Attitudes to the Conservatives, 2010-2011.
- Authors
Mortimore, Roger; Skinner, Gideon; Mludzinski, Tomasz
- Abstract
In the autumn of 2011, there was significant discussion in the British press about the level of support among women for the Conservatives and for Prime Minister David Cameron, arguing that he had a 'problem with women' and suggesting that this had arisen since the general election the previous year. We examine the opinion polls over the period, and find that they mostly point towards an opposite conclusion. Further, there seems little to suggest that attitudes to David Cameron personally were damaging Conservative standing among women, as much of the coverage implied. We consider how the reporting came to give a misleading impression, and why it matters.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; POLITICS &; gender; WOMEN voters; WOMEN in politics; POLITICAL attitudes; CAMERON, David, 1966-; CONSERVATIVES; VOTER attitudes
- Publication
Parliamentary Affairs, 2015, Vol 68, Issue 1, p97
- ISSN
0031-2290
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/pa/gst031