How do voters in Britain decide which party to vote for in elections? Have age and education replaced class as the social basis for voting? Are elections now ¿presidentialised¿, with voters simply choosing between party leaders? What role do the media, new and old, play in all of this? The authors examine these and other questions in the fourth edition of this popular text. The core of the text is devoted to examining and explaining theories of party choice, including the debate about whether voters are driven more by issues and ideology or simply by which party and leader looks least likely to make a mess