| General election voting 13:21 - Mar 2 with 4733 views | homer_123 |
Over the years, I've voted for three different parties at general elections.
I've never been one to 'vote X' regardless.
Whilst this forum isn't a representative sample of the UK - is there anyone on here who will only ever vote for 'one party'?
By the by, due to where I live, my votes are utterly wasted. |  |
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| General election voting on 19:36 - Mar 2 with 1585 views | GlasgowBlue |
Voted Tory at every election and council election between 1983 - 2017.
Didn't vote in the 2019 GE as I didn't want either an incompetent racist of a racist incompetent in Number 10. I had thought about voting Lib Dem but Jo Swinson got orse as the campaign went on so I didn't bother.
Have voted Labour in the last council and Scottish Parliamentary elections. [Post edited 2 Mar 2023 19:37]
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| General election voting on 19:36 - Mar 2 with 1609 views | DJR |
| General election voting on 18:06 - Mar 2 by Trequartista |
I don't really understand the logic of people saying their vote is wasted. Unless the second-place candidate is within one vote of the winning candidate, which hasn't happened in a General Election for over 100 years, your individual vote will make no difference to the result anyway. |
Good point but it makes you feel good if you back the winner. |  | | |
| General election voting on 23:18 - Mar 4 with 1316 views | jacobnikons |
| General election voting on 18:09 - Mar 2 by BlueBadger |
Is it the bigotry, the corruption, the criminality, the lying , the incompetence or the fact that you can say you vote for them in a pathetic attempt to look edgy that appeals most about them? |
Do you have to be so partisan? The same can be said of Labour too, in fact all the main a parties. Safe to say this forum is still full of rabid left wingers who are happy to berate anyone on the right by casually name calling or verbally abusing tories or anybody on the right at every opportunity but heaven help anyone who dare has a go back. |  | | |
| General election voting on 23:23 - Mar 4 with 1306 views | positivity |
| General election voting on 23:18 - Mar 4 by jacobnikons |
Do you have to be so partisan? The same can be said of Labour too, in fact all the main a parties. Safe to say this forum is still full of rabid left wingers who are happy to berate anyone on the right by casually name calling or verbally abusing tories or anybody on the right at every opportunity but heaven help anyone who dare has a go back. |
no room for whataboutery.
the comments from badger are about the tories and demonstraly true; not labour, not the lib-dems, not the snp etc.
saying all politicians are the same is a very trump-ian way of looking at things |  |
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| General election voting on 03:03 - Mar 5 with 1217 views | Zapers |
| General election voting on 23:23 - Mar 4 by positivity |
no room for whataboutery.
the comments from badger are about the tories and demonstraly true; not labour, not the lib-dems, not the snp etc.
saying all politicians are the same is a very trump-ian way of looking at things |
I'm not sure whataboutery is strictly true in this case. The comments made were as a result of me stating that I would only ever vote conservative, but when I lived in the UK, I rarely voted. I'm pretty center ground and was quite happy when Blair was PM.
The poster then goes on to accuse me of trying to make a pathetic attempt to look edgy.
Regardless of this Jacob is correct. Anyone who strays away from the TWTD norm is generally open to abuse by a few idiots on here. [Post edited 5 Mar 2023 3:06]
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| General election voting on 08:13 - Mar 5 with 1106 views | Devereuxxx |
I've always voted for whoever is most likely to beat the Tories, which was Labour in Waveney and Sheffield, and then a mix of Labour/Lib Dem in various London constituencies.
It's interesting as in my current constituency of Wimbledon, the tories are eminently beatable, as they only beat the Lib Dems by 700 votes in 2019, with Labour third by around 7000 votes. The seat has been Conservative since 2005, and the largest opposition vote share has swapped between Lib Dem and Labour.
This is the kind of seat which will be interesting in 2024. As conceivably both Labour and Lib Dem will believe the seat is in play and both will campaign hard. But, there's always a chance that if the vote share between them is split fairly evenly, the tories will sneak in again. Difficult one to call. |  | | |
| General election voting on 08:17 - Mar 5 with 1100 views | unbelievablue |
I have voted Labour and Green in General Elections, and see that trend continuing. I can't envisage ever voting for a Conservative candidate...I was more conservative and selfish as a yoof than I am today. |  |
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| General election voting on 08:17 - Mar 5 with 1093 views | ElephantintheRoom |
Hardly matters. Whoever gets in will be a minority government which leaves the majority of voters seething with indignation.
The only time I had a vote which might have made a difference was whilst a student in Bristol - and even then Tony Benn still got back in…. The other 45 years of voting were entirely wasted effort. Hence I dont mind my current status of not having a vote as a Brexit bonus. | |
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| General election voting on 08:50 - Mar 5 with 1068 views | DJR |
| General election voting on 23:18 - Mar 4 by jacobnikons |
Do you have to be so partisan? The same can be said of Labour too, in fact all the main a parties. Safe to say this forum is still full of rabid left wingers who are happy to berate anyone on the right by casually name calling or verbally abusing tories or anybody on the right at every opportunity but heaven help anyone who dare has a go back. |
I agree that there should be no abuse aimed at those who take a different view.
The only thing I would say is that the position on this forum might be reversed had we had 13 years of a Labour government. | | | |
| General election voting on 09:23 - Mar 5 with 1050 views | dickie |
In my younger days I voted Labour, Lib Dem and Green. Since accepting the shortcomings of FPTP I have consistently voted tactically against the tories (with little success sadly!) | | | |
| General election voting on 09:35 - Mar 5 with 1042 views | clive_baker |
No vote is a wasted vote. Even if your party of choice isn’t elected, it’s important to have your say. Parties want votes, and they’ll position their manifestos to appeal to what voters want. UKIP got 1 seat in 2015 but the fact 12.6% of the country voted for them probably went a long way to Cameron playing to them and offering a referendum on Brexit.
If 20% of the population voted Green but they didn’t win many seats, I dare say Green agendas would be much more prominent within the manifestos of other parties as a result.
Last election I voted green. I’ve also voted for Labour and Tory in the past. I don’t really have this tribal loyalty that some do. It’s not like a football team, just vote for the party that you think is in the best interests of the UK. And that ain’t Tory right now. |  |
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| General election voting on 10:42 - Mar 5 with 993 views | DJR |
| General election voting on 09:35 - Mar 5 by clive_baker |
No vote is a wasted vote. Even if your party of choice isn’t elected, it’s important to have your say. Parties want votes, and they’ll position their manifestos to appeal to what voters want. UKIP got 1 seat in 2015 but the fact 12.6% of the country voted for them probably went a long way to Cameron playing to them and offering a referendum on Brexit.
If 20% of the population voted Green but they didn’t win many seats, I dare say Green agendas would be much more prominent within the manifestos of other parties as a result.
Last election I voted green. I’ve also voted for Labour and Tory in the past. I don’t really have this tribal loyalty that some do. It’s not like a football team, just vote for the party that you think is in the best interests of the UK. And that ain’t Tory right now. |
Yes, I would always vote, no matter what. It's a hard-won right, that many countries in the world don't have. Indeed, for this reason I always vote in person because I feel it brings home to me the importance of democracy.
And fortunately, in the heavily Tory ward where I live, I am able to stand as a Labour candidate in order to give me someone to vote for in local elections. [Post edited 5 Mar 2023 10:56]
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| General election voting on 10:51 - Mar 5 with 988 views | DJR |
| General election voting on 09:35 - Mar 5 by clive_baker |
No vote is a wasted vote. Even if your party of choice isn’t elected, it’s important to have your say. Parties want votes, and they’ll position their manifestos to appeal to what voters want. UKIP got 1 seat in 2015 but the fact 12.6% of the country voted for them probably went a long way to Cameron playing to them and offering a referendum on Brexit.
If 20% of the population voted Green but they didn’t win many seats, I dare say Green agendas would be much more prominent within the manifestos of other parties as a result.
Last election I voted green. I’ve also voted for Labour and Tory in the past. I don’t really have this tribal loyalty that some do. It’s not like a football team, just vote for the party that you think is in the best interests of the UK. And that ain’t Tory right now. |
I think your last paragraph, and this thread, is proof that this forum is not a hot bed of left wing fanatics. Instead, the Tories have reached so low, that many traditional Tories, or people who have on occasions voted for them, have just given up on them. | | | |
| General election voting on 11:44 - Mar 5 with 931 views | dickie |
| General election voting on 08:50 - Mar 5 by DJR |
I agree that there should be no abuse aimed at those who take a different view.
The only thing I would say is that the position on this forum might be reversed had we had 13 years of a Labour government. |
It definitely would be reversed if we'd had 13 years of labour ineptitude instead tory ineptitude | | | |
| General election voting on 18:34 - Mar 6 with 784 views | rgp1 |
I'm afraid we need to drain the swamp. Politicians of all grades just spend their time gaslighting the population and with all the recent news it appears now obvious regarding the needless shutdown and wrecking of the economy ( backed by most opposition Politicians) was a terrible move on almost all levels, then why would you vote for anyone? I favour the Peter Hitchens option of ' none of the above!' | | | |
| General election voting on 18:45 - Mar 6 with 741 views | Herbivore |
| General election voting on 18:39 - Mar 6 by Swansea_Blue |
It’s happening! GlasgowRed  |
Think it's more a case of Labour blue.
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| General election voting on 19:07 - Mar 6 with 708 views | rgp1 |
The real tell tale sign of any general election is that if the tories lose rock solid seats like South suffolk or Central suffolk and North Ipswich, then any opposition victory could be the largest swing in history. | | | |
| General election voting on 20:39 - Mar 6 with 650 views | BlueForYou |
I used to vote Labour when I was younger, in fact I was a Labour member. I became disenchanted after quite a few years & voted Liberal in 92. I then voted for Blair but again became quickly disillusioned. Didn’t vote for anyone for a few years, then voted Conservative when I lived in Bournemouth, Toby Ellwood was my MP & I had a lot of time for him. Voted Conservative again for Johnson, as I was sick to the teeth of Corbyn & his cronies. No idea who I’m going for next time, it’s 50/50. Torn between our current MP who has helped me with a personal issue, or Starmer who might be worth a try. Very much a central, in the middle, common sense, guy here. |  | | |
| General election voting on 20:43 - Mar 6 with 644 views | fabian_illness |
I've never voted.
Im probably wrong not to have done. |  | | |
| General election voting on 20:45 - Mar 6 with 646 views | Herbivore |
| General election voting on 20:39 - Mar 6 by BlueForYou |
I used to vote Labour when I was younger, in fact I was a Labour member. I became disenchanted after quite a few years & voted Liberal in 92. I then voted for Blair but again became quickly disillusioned. Didn’t vote for anyone for a few years, then voted Conservative when I lived in Bournemouth, Toby Ellwood was my MP & I had a lot of time for him. Voted Conservative again for Johnson, as I was sick to the teeth of Corbyn & his cronies. No idea who I’m going for next time, it’s 50/50. Torn between our current MP who has helped me with a personal issue, or Starmer who might be worth a try. Very much a central, in the middle, common sense, guy here. |
You voted for Johnson, that is the opposite of common sense. | |
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| General election voting on 20:52 - Mar 6 with 636 views | BlueForYou |
| General election voting on 20:45 - Mar 6 by Herbivore |
You voted for Johnson, that is the opposite of common sense. |
No it wasn’t. It was the only way to sort out Parliament & Brexit after two years of stalemate when Corbyn couldn’t make up his mind to support a referendum result. That’s why many people did the same. Different next time around. | | | |
| General election voting on 20:56 - Mar 6 with 632 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| General election voting on 16:53 - Mar 2 by positivity |
i'll only ever vote for one party at a general election, otherwise it counts as a spoiled ballot!
less flippantly, i've voted for 4 different parties, always open to a tactical vote for the greater good... |
That might be the Tory's best hope if things haven't changed much before the next poll - people are so desperate to oust them they put a cross in every other box and it's a spoilt ballot. |  |
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| General election voting on 21:07 - Mar 6 with 626 views | Herbivore |
| General election voting on 20:52 - Mar 6 by BlueForYou |
No it wasn’t. It was the only way to sort out Parliament & Brexit after two years of stalemate when Corbyn couldn’t make up his mind to support a referendum result. That’s why many people did the same. Different next time around. |
Hmmmm, you think Brexit got 'sorted out'? That's some serious rewriting of history as well, it was Tory Brexiteers and the DUP that refused to back May's withdrawal agreement. Labour weren't in power. | |
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| General election voting on 21:24 - Mar 6 with 599 views | Swansea_Blue |
| General election voting on 20:52 - Mar 6 by BlueForYou |
No it wasn’t. It was the only way to sort out Parliament & Brexit after two years of stalemate when Corbyn couldn’t make up his mind to support a referendum result. That’s why many people did the same. Different next time around. |
They saw you coming |  |
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