History A-Level
Electoral strategy
What Electoral strategy means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Electoral strategy
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Reference: AQA
The realignment of the Labour Party combined with Conservative weaknesses, aided by strategic media endorsements like The Sun, securing the 1997 landslide victory.
Topics that use Electoral strategy
- 2S The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007 – Towards a new Consensus, 1987–1997 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Black Wednesday
- Ideological shifts
- Party leadership
- Political modernisation
- Approach to Northern Ireland
- Conservative divisions
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