PYQ Vault · Paper 1 · Party System & Electoral Politics
Electoral behaviour of voters is governed more by the social and economic factors than the political factors. Explain.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
*®!_:~«define electoral behaviour (Plano & Riggs) → social + economic form the base, political works upon it R2 claim holds substantially → identity + material conditions anchor the vote
Body flow
social factors deepest (caste / religion / region → Morris Jones: caste-politics reciprocity → Kothari's politicization of caste) → economic factors rising (informed, performance-conscious voter → jobs / inflation / welfare → Kohli, Gupta & Panagariya → Vaishnav: economics up, identity entrenched) → political factors not passive (leadership / campaign → 2019 social consolidation over caste arithmetic)
Counter-view
Banerjee: caste, religion, ethnicity still matter strongly → economics has not displaced identity
Conclusion routes
®! no single set governs → interaction decides R2 voter weighs identity + welfare + leadership + performance together → claim partly true; interaction the truer reading
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
