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.
Route 1 define electoral behaviour (Plano & Riggs) → social + economic form the base, political works upon it
Route 2 claim holds substantially → identity + material conditions anchor the vote
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)
Banerjee: caste, religion, ethnicity still matter strongly → economics has not displaced identity
Route 1 no single set governs → interaction decides
Route 2 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.
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