... age. I would certainly agree that these were influential factors because this determines what kind of life the person has, whether they are rich or poor, working or upper class, what education they had etc. In politics, these are all important as most people vote for the party which best represents their social class. For example, if a person is well educated and has had no trouble finding work they may not appreciate something like a benefit system to help the unemployed. For those who don't have a job or don't earn enough money, this is vital and this could therefore cause difference in the parties people vote for. This type of voting is less popular now because the class system is less prevalent than it was in, say, the 70's and earlier. At this time, manual workers made up the working class and non manual made up the ...

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