Edexcel A-level Politics Paper 1 (9PL0 01) - 23rd May 2023 [Exam Chat]

I’m happy to send you the notes i have for global if you want them.

Hi guys I’m a politics student in year 12 and this is kind of off topic but I struggle a lot with finding recent news which my teachers recommend to use in our essays and since most of you will be sitting your exams very soon. Any tips? Or like places I can find news and key evidences that link to the spec and how do you revise for the exams?

I’m happy to send you the notes i have for global if you want them.

Is there any chance I could get a copy too please? 🙏

Here's a link to my GetRevising resources! I have Unit 1 (except core ideologies) and Global politics. Hope this helps!

https://getrevising.co.uk/members/madsteph

I definitely think there will be a liberalism question this year. And maybe something on referendums since they haven’t come up yet?

i really hope its liberalism to be honest. socialism is ending me

can someone pls explain to me What is the significance of the Elections Act of 2022 and how i would incorporate that into my essay based on electoral systems

omg same socialism is so confusing hahah

Here's a link to my GetRevising resources! I have Unit 1 (except core ideologies) and Global politics. Hope this helps!

https://getrevising.co.uk/members/madsteph

no i love socialism - my liberalism lessons consisted of us sitting on logs in the woods and the class collectively writing one guys personal statement last summer tho

Here's a link to my GetRevising resources! I have Unit 1 (except core ideologies) and Global politics. Hope this helps!

https://getrevising.co.uk/members/madsteph

can someone give me points for and against for this pls: Evaluate the view that opinion polls undermine the legitimacy of elections

The view that opinion polls do undermine the legitimacy of elections:

- One key reason why is that opinion polls that is provided by the newspaper company may have a political bias towards a party, or a decision that favours them, and thus go to a safe seat within the UK which guarantee a result that would benefit them. For example, the Sun news and Daily Mail have a political bias towards the Conservative party, and may collect their sample for the opinion poll from a Conservative safe seat to deter votes their way. For example, the Sun may collect their data from Hitchin and Harpenden Constituency, which has been a safe seat for the Conservative party for a long time.
Counter Arguments: Opinion Polls are also done by the BBC, who are under legal authority to act as unbiased and impartial when talking about political matters and issues most of the time, due to them having a large influence and audience. If they were not in any circumstance - could be penalised.
- Another key reason: Higher consumption of media from unreliable sources, corrupts the view of a voter. Due to the rise of use of social media, and the slow decline of use of newspapers and TV, there has also been a rise of unrealiable newsoutlets which can corrupt, lie to the reader or even deter the view of an individual to a higher extent and change or even corrupt their political views to extremism in rare cases. This of which has research to back up. Thus, the high pressure from certified newsoutlets and even some Governments applying pressure to large social media platforms such as the new META team who own Facebook and Instagram as well as Twitter to ensure they put Fact checkers to ensure the consumers do not get confused or lied to.
Counter Arguments: The Echo Chamber theory, only allows an individual to see whatever he wants, and is able to verify what they should and should not believe when going through social media.

The view that opinion polls do not undermine the legitimacy of elections:
- A key reason why opinion polls do not undermine elections is due to the fact that opinion polls a lot of the time, especiialy in recent history have not always gone as planned. This can be seen in referendum's more particularly than in elections, but it thus shows the idea that opoinion polls do not undermine the legitimacy of elections since they are both democratic means of making a decision. Thus, the best example of opinion polls not undermining legitimacy is the 2016 BREXIT Referendum, if we are looking for an election, we can use the 2010 General Election, which led to a coalition gov. between Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats, and David Cameron's Conservatives.
Counter Argument: It's more consistent to be inaccurate within referenda's than elections due to differences between direct and representative democracies, and the First Past the Post system being unproportional to the actual vote.
This is what I made from the top of my head, let me know if that's good couldn't be bothered to write a conclusion and introduction.

(IF YOU ARE USING A SOURCE QUESTION DO NOT USE THIS SINCE FOR SOURCE QUESTION ALL YOUR POINTS HAVE TO COME FROM THE SOURCE OF THE QUESTION AND THEN YOU ELABORATE ON WHY IT IS IMPORTANT)

Any other predictions? Or maybe some topics to focus on less whilst revising?