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I showed this (relatively old) video to my Politics students on Friday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7lsRbDKOXg
A lot of them were just outraged that people are so unwilling to countenance other views (it's Tottenham, they're almost all either Labour or undecided, with the seemingly obligatory token young Conservative from an atypical background who still believes they're a meritocratic party and that we are a meritocracy).
One of them came up with the idea that voters choose their party based on policies alone, and don't get to find out which party they have voted in until the next day, like a kind of blind date scenario, which I quite liked.
I wonder who most people in the country agree with across a range of policies, rather being swayed by the big single issues, family, social and local voting patterns, and the personality/perceived image of the parties and candidates. I think I've still just about got enough faith in human nature to think it would be Labour.