Poll: General election voting round 5 (final one)

[DJMK4]

That's it, im voting labour

That thing is vile

 

[Efour]

Well that UKIP candidate hidden camera about putting bullet in rival if he wins is a bit shocking, you cant say stuff like that, think of all the press who are out to get a story, they just got it

"Refreshing" to hear the guys true motives

 

[Freddie1980]

When it's implemented properly, you can pretty much eliminate coalitions with PR. The problem is our terrible system of FPTP and voting for candidates instead of parties.

Under PR doesn't the biggest party get an extra number/boost of seats to aviod this? In the UK I take it that would mean the largest party got an extra 50/60 seats.

 

[Freddie1980]

some inspiration for the undecided.

To be fair if you get Labour your likely to go to the other extreme and replace Hopkins with Sturgeon. Lose, lose situation.

 

[Cosimo]

That's it, im voting labour

Are you sure?

That thing is vile

 

[Mr Jack]

Under PR doesn't the biggest party get an extra number/boost of seats to aviod this? In the UK I take it that would mean the largest party got an extra 50/60 seats.

That's, by definition, not proportional representation.

Some continental systems do use a system like that but it's very rare to have single party government in most European countries. If we had anything that is approaching PR we'd almost certainly have coalitions most of the time.

 

[Tunney]

Well that UKIP candidate hidden camera about putting bullet in rival if he wins is a bit shocking, you cant say stuff like that, think of all the press who are out to get a story, they just got it

Four days since the last suspension.

 

[Mr Jack]

I still haven't decided who I will vote for... but I have sussed that if I did want the Conservatives to win (who haven't got a hope in hell in Bristol West), I'd have to vote Lib Dems to keep Labour out... how backwards is that?!

You might be better going by polling than previous result - Ashcroft polling here - which suggests you should vote Green

 

[scorza]

Labour are a threat to Landlords in Scotland

Sounds like another good reason to vote Labour north of the border to me, especially if you're young and struggling to get on the housing ladder.

 

[Mr Jack]

Ignoring the fact you were talking about the SNP and not Scotland. We get about 9% of the seats. Hardly a massive over respresentation.

Scotland gets both more MPs per head than the rest of the UK and powerful local representation through Holyrood. That doesn't seem entirely balanced, does it?

 

[Cosimo]

Four days since the last suspension.

What a race to the top of the suspension league. Clear winners there...

 

[ThePirateHulk]

When it's implemented properly, you can pretty much eliminate coalitions with PR. The problem is our terrible system of FPTP and voting for candidates instead of parties.

Only if you have a 2 party system.

 

[joeyjojo]

You might be better going by polling than previous result - Ashcroft polling here - which suggests you should vote Green

Amazing really how convincing the "don't vote for them they haven't got a chance here so it's a wasted vote" argument is. Once again, IMO people should vote the way they want and see what happens after the dust has settled.

 

[scorza]

Amazing really how convincing the "don't vote for them they haven't got a chance here so it's a wasted vote" argument is. Once again, IMO people should vote the way they want and see what happens after the dust has settled.

Exaclty. I wonder how many so-called "safe" seats would still be safe if there was a >95% turnout in that constituency.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Exaclty. I wonder how many so-called "safe" seats would still be safe if there was a >95% turnout in that constituency.

Make voting a legal obligation and the ensuing high turnout would end the concept of safe seats in a heartbeat.

 

[scorza]

Make voting a legal obligation and the ensuing high turnout would end the concept of safe seats in a heartbeat.

And that's why parliament comes over all "human rights" and "civil liberties" when this issue is raised.

 

[Mr Jack]

Make voting a legal obligation and the ensuing high turnout would end the concept of safe seats in a heartbeat.

There's little reason to think that's true. Moreover, forced voting encourages an extremely negative approach to campaigning.

 

[McBain]

To be fair, Sweden's Lefties are uber Left. Dingbats.

Any other Conservative voters here wonder whether they may have actually voted for Dave Miliband?

I actually think I would have voted for that guy.

Nope.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Perfect reason not to vote the tories back in.



http://www.mirror.co.uk/usvsth3m/9-reasons-not-vote-tory-5643267

 

[Trifid]

Perfect reason not to vote the tories back in.



http://www.mirror.co.uk/usvsth3m/9-reasons-not-vote-tory-5643267

One could easily replace those gifs with this picture.