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Outfit associated with voters of British parties[edit]

Hello,

what kind of outfit is typical with voters of specific British poltical parties respectively?

Kind regards Sarcelles (talk) 05:16, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Derby hats and canes? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:39, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I mean the general unconspicuous outfit. Sarcelles (talk) 07:06, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There isn't really one, unless you want to get into correlated stereotypes (someone dressed for a shooting party is more likely to vote tory; someone in their nurse's/train driver's uniform is less likely to), or a suit with a tie in the party colour, which politicians will often wear. We don't go in for MUKGA caps. AlmostReadytoFly (talk) 09:23, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rosettes are worn mainly by politicians seeking to be elected and their campaign staff and volunteers, but I don't know any reason why an enthusiastic supporter of a political party couldn't wear one. Up through the 1930s, there were clothing items that mostly proclaimed a specific class identity (flat cap for workers, top hat for upper and upper-middle classes), but I'm a little skeptical that there's any simple and reliable correlation between clothes and politics today... AnonMoos (talk) 17:01, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Public Order Act 1936 prohibits political uniforms. DuncanHill (talk) 18:08, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The question was not about uniforms. --Viennese Waltz 18:50, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It was about outfits associated with political parties. A political uniform is an outfit associated with a political party. DuncanHill (talk) 18:55, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And… if enough of those in a particular political party all wear the same outfit, then that outfit becomes a party uniform (even if that “uniform” consists of nothing more than wearing khakis and a red polo shirt). Blueboar (talk) 20:56, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I always liked the idea of "Black Shorts" in a PG Wodehouse novel... AnonMoos (talk) 01:45, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

shooting party is more likely to vote tory; someone in their nurse's/train driver's uniform is less likely to), or a suit with a tie in the party colour, which politicians will often wear. We don't go in for MUKGA caps. This is the minority, who does so. I wanted to know about the majority of voters. Sarcelles (talk) 05:08, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The majority of voters don’t vote. Blueboar (talk) 12:39, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"The majority of voters don’t vote", Not true for national elections in the UK, but correct for local elections. See here. Xuxl (talk) 13:34, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If they don't vote, are they voters? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:46, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think we're talking about eligible voters. (As distinct from the illegible kind.) -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 21:55, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion, there is no such thing as a "typical outfit" relating to a particular political party in the United Kingdom. Voting along the lines of social class has not bee clearly defined since the 1980s (see Essex man, Islington set and Red wall for example). British people tend to dress rather similarly to everyone else in Western Europe. Alansplodge (talk) 12:44, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, of course there isn't! I don't know where the questioner comes from, but he may be asking if at election time we all go round in gaudy clothes featuring screenprints of the blown-up heads of party leaders, as in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere. We don't. I suppose a study might be done of lapel badges, and tie or dress colours worn by the policians themselves, but this rarely extends to the voters; at the moment the Ukrainian flag seems the most popular for badges. Johnbod (talk) 13:28, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your answers. Screenprints of the blown-up heads of party leaders are typical examples of such outfits, but not the general pattern. Sarcelles (talk) 22:45, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, of course such styles seem to be spreading in the US, but not here. I suspect we just aren't sufficiently enthusiastic about our political leaders. Despite having had big local elections just on Thursday, I was unable to find on google a t shirt with Ed Davey, leader of the UK's third (just about) biggest party. But you can get a mug. It's a different story with Keir Starmer, soon to be incoming PM, though many of these are unfriendly to him. The Sparkly ones with glitter have sold out apparently. Johnbod (talk) 12:30, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have found an example: boho chic. I want to indulge in fashion asthetic here. Sarcelles (talk) 17:43, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are colours of political parties. The Tories, Labour and the Liberal Democrats have well known colours each. The SNP uses the colour black for its chars since the mid-20th century. I can't say that I'm surprised the main German conservative party uses the same colour for its character and I have read somewhere, that black was used by unionists in Northern Ireland. Sarcelles (talk) 21:40, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]