How will you vote?

ukcarper

tomterm8 wrote: »

The constituancy I live in was created in 1974; since that time it the conservative party has always won with in excess of a 20% lead. The local poll results are showing something like a 30% lead this time round. My vote is worthless. It will have no impact on who is elected in my constituancy.

whats the turn out though

Wheezy_2

I won't be voting as I'm not a UK citizen. Have been paying taxes for 10+ years though...but no, can't vote. :cool:
Not that I'm bothered as I would have a hard time choosing anyone this time around, it's like choosing between bad and worse.

Wookster

I voted Libdem, I'm not 100% sure it will be the Lib Dems but I suspect it will be.

I'm just not really totally convinced by the Tories and feel that they are too hell bent on being Conservative for Conservative's sakes rather than being pragmatic.

I am also deeply concerned at their unquestioning alliance with Israel.

thetrampledtaxpayer

Conservative for me. I am not dyed-in-the-wool, but I think they are the most likely party to at least slow the deterioration in the UK population dependency ratio (i.e those who contribute nothing outnumbering/outbreeding those who do), and give us our borders back.

I used to be a teacher, hummed along to 'The Red Flag' at NUT conferences and bought the Big Issue. But, the last decade has given me the political views of a taxidriver. I feel guilty about it in some ways, but then I turn on the telly and watch the news - crime, public sector pensions, EU red tape, benefits as a career choice et cetera and the real guilt I feel is about how I actually celebrated when these spiteful, inept, kleptomaniacs grinned their way into No. 10 in '97. Shame on me (then, not now).

tomterm8

ukcarper wrote: »

whats the turn out though

Just over 70% last election.

nickmason wrote: »

So on that basis, no one's vote has any impact. In which case how does the MP (Conservative or otherwise) get elected? Or is it that you, like them, have a very small share of the vote, but a proportionate one? It can be slightly depressing to realise that one has no more effect than that, but turned around, it would be anti-democratic if one did.

I, like everyone else in a strong constituancy, have absolutly no say. Even the political parties understand that there is no reason to turn up in my town. They don't campaign here. As for our system, it is not democratic. The only people who have any impact in our country are people who live in marginal seats.

immoral_angeluk

Conservative because it seems like the only realistic vote to get Labour out.

lostinrates

tomterm8 wrote: »

Just over 70% last election.



I, like everyone else in a strong constituancy, have absolutly no say. Even the political parties understand that there is no reason to turn up in my town. They don't campaign here. As for our system, it is not democratic. The only people who have any impact in our country are people who live in marginal seats.

But surely, we, those of u who vote are what makes the seat strong or marginal. If the 30% who don't get bother perhaps thinking their vote makes no difference, got up and got put it might make a difference.

I lived in Hampstead when Labour had a defeat, that might have been my vote. similarly, conservatives did better than ever before in our fairly safe Lib Dem seat last time. Big swings can and do happen. But not if people don't vote. It just strikes me that if peope voted and didn't ''win'' then there would be a stringer case for those who want proportional representation, atthe very least. Its painless, its free, it take moments...

triggerrabbit

immoral_angeluk wrote: »

Conservative because it seems like the only realistic vote to get Labour out.

:rotfl:Obviously! Thats like saying in America vote Democrat to get the Republicans out.:rotfl:

ukcarper

lostinrates wrote: »

But surely, we, those of u who vote are what makes the seat strong or marginal. If the 30% who don't get bother perhaps thinking their vote makes no difference, got up and got put it might make a difference.

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That’s why I vote if all the people who didn’t vote voted it could make a difference. It’s a bit like people not voting Libdem because they will never get elected if they did they might

drc

Lot of Tories on this board it would seem.

Can't remember whether I commented already but I will probably be voting Lib Dem as it is them or Labour where I live. And I really don't want Labour to win. I might not vote though. I might go and buy some chips and a sausage in batter instead to feed my cravings. Seems more worthwhile.