http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/2943/bethan-foweraker Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:33:14 -0400 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:33:14 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1111/a-report-on-electoral-turnout-in-the-united-kingdom-long-term-and-contemporary-factors-of-voting By Bethan Foweraker - Electoral turnout in the United Kingdom varies significantly from one election to the next, be that in a general election or in local elections.1 We originally wanted to discover the reasons as to why the public choose to vote or not. Having read research by academics such as Denver, we discovered that this question has already been asked on numerous occasions and therefore wouldn’t be very beneficial. For many years voting has been seen as irrational.2 To expand our idea, we decided to establish what persuades a voter when voting. We were curious to know what persuaded the voter in deciding... Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1111/a-report-on-electoral-turnout-in-the-united-kingdom-long-term-and-contemporary-factors-of-voting