Anyone else getting fed up of..
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Nope. I'm praying for a hung parliament and for whatever coalition government we get collapsing 6 months down the line so we get another general election campaign this year 
Seriously, I don't understand why people are so apathetic about this. You don't have to read GD for too long to know there's a lot of anger and dissatisfaction with the way the country is run - this is your one chance to really have a say. Please, please get out of May 6th and vote. If you don't want to vote for any of the parties then still go and vote and spoil your ballot. Don't let them write off your feelings as voter apathy.
Seriously, I don't understand why people are so apathetic about this. You don't have to read GD for too long to know there's a lot of anger and dissatisfaction with the way the country is run - this is your one chance to really have a say. Please, please get out of May 6th and vote. If you don't want to vote for any of the parties then still go and vote and spoil your ballot. Don't let them write off your feelings as voter apathy.
I don't get this, if there's no one worth voting for why do people still want us to vote ?
MW
If you're one of the few people whose vote isn't worth 0.01 votes because of the unfair electoral system then the election coverage is great, however for the vast majority of voters whose vote counts for nothing the election is just another political event that they have no say in and the coverage is simply annoying. Every party has a dealbreaker policy anyway, so you're screwed no matter who you vote for.
Nope. I'm praying for a hung parliament and for whatever coalition government we get collapsing 6 months down the line so we get another general election campaign this year
Seriously, I don't understand why people are so apathetic about this. You don't have to read GD for too long to know there's a lot of anger and dissatisfaction with the way the country is run - this is your one chance to really have a say. Please, please get out of May 6th and vote. If you don't want to vote for any of the parties then still go and vote and spoil your ballot. Don't let them write off your feelings as voter apathy.
Spoilt ballot papers don't count for anything, so the only difference between that and not voting is whatever satisfaction it gives you.
I'm going to vote as a matter of principle, but I don't think my vote matters. It won't make any difference if I vote, don't vote or write a message on my ballot paper instead of voting.
Imagine there's a constituency of 50,000 people with the results as follows:
First place: Party A 15,000
Second place: Party C 8,000
Third place: Party B 4,000
Spoiled ballots: 200
Only 27k out of 50k people voted, but all is rosy for the candidate from party A, when asked about the low turnout he can just dismiss it as voter apathy and if you forced the other 22k people to vote the results would be roughly in the same proportions they are at the moment.
Now imagine if there were a significantly larger number of spoiled ballots than 200. Imagine if there were 10,000. The candidate from party A still wins but he is in know doubt that his constituents are not apathetic - they are active and annoyed that there wasn't any good competition against him. The best chance he has of being re-elected at the next general election is to work hard and prove to those 10,000 people that he is doing a good job representing them.
In short: lazy people get lazy politicians. An apathetic public plays very nicely into the hands of corrupt, amoral political elite.
Absolutely, you voted so that gives you a right to complain as much as you want, as loud as you want, about whatever you want. In fact like RDM says, it is encouraged...
But if you can't be bothered to vote, or you are too bored then no, you didn't exercise your vote so you have to live with the consequences in silence, in my opinion anyway...
Your vote isn't 0.01 votes - it is worth 1.0 votes but at a constituency, not national level.
I accept that some people live in constituencies that have large majorities for a particular party, and that's what the voterpower website is really getting at. At the end of the day though, the only way to increase your "voter power" is to get out there and vote for another party.
I repeat, apathy only benefits the lazy, corrupt and amoral political elite.
This is absolutely true, there is no amount of majority in a previous election that cannot be overturned by the electorate. Safe Seat Constituencies rely on voter apathy to maintain their majority stake. If the other 60% of eligible voters (those who say why bother, its always Labour/Conservative/Libdem around here anyway) went to the ballot box and voted then you would be suprised at the amount of safe seats that suddenely become marginal or have been lost to the encumbant entirely.
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I am fed up of it all
But if you can't be bothered to vote, or you are too bored then no, you didn't exercise your vote so you have to live with the consequences in silence, in my opinion anyway...
I don't vote but still moan, if they had a box for lack of quality parties than definitely I'd vote.
MW
Good point. It's all too easy to be apathetic, but people need to make themselves care. One reason I see the lib dems not getting in, is there demographic is too lazy/disillusioned to bother. It's a real shame, everyone should care.
Even if people can see their vote as a vote for the lesser of 2/3 evils then they should still vote. Voting is a privilege.