We thought we would engage in a little exercise to see what people's views are regarding the upcoming General Election slated for 6th May.
The poll can now be found at the top right of the site and it consists of the main runners and riders. Obviously there are others who will run in certain locations, such as the LPUK, but as they will only be in limited amounts and in places that are largely unknown (in addition to there being a lot of them that) you can simply choose 'other'.
What we're after is the general views of how people plan to vote. It will be up for two weeks, it may get a lot of input, it may not.
A lot of discussion has gone on here about voting recently, spoiling the papers etc, so I think it will be interesting to see how this pans out.
EDIT: In a bid to understand people's thoughts and reasons please feel free to email us in addition to your vote (link found under the header). In addition if you vote 'other', send as a quick line about who it would be for. Privacy will of course be respected.
We will then include these views when we do a piece rounding this up. We welcome your emails anyway of course, so if you have a view on something then get in touch.
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
A General Election Poll
Posted by Kevin Boatang at 12:33
Labels: general election, poll
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An independent, any independent. Maybe UKIP, but they've pissed me off recently.
Great effort in the poll so far guys, thanks for getting involved. 50 votes so far and counting. Lovely stuff.
I went UKIP btw.
Redo the poll to include anti-votes. This coming General election I will be voting for whoever stands the best chance of keeping the NuLabia candidate out.
//BKR
Tactical voting then? Well who is best placed to do that in your constituency?
It would be more interesting to ask people their reasons for voting as they intend. This should include the most important question, "in your view does the party for whom you intend to vote have a realistic chance of winning in your constituency?"
Those answering "no" could then be offered a course of counselling for their emotional problems...
lol
not a bad idea for a further poll, Mr Rob.
Bit worrying that 1/7 voters so far indicate a preference for the BNP.
This is a libertarian blog, you know!
Aaaargh....very difficult choice facing me on polling day.
On the one hand, the need to get Labour out at all costs approaches the level of a national emergency. I suspect that, for most constituencies, this means voting Con, as it's a two-horse race at the end of the day, let's face it. I would kick myself if I let Labour retain any amount of power due to the opposition vote being split.
On the other hand, I don't want to vote for a pro-EU "Blu-Labour", which is what Cameron's crew seem to represent these days.
OK, prioritise...First priority, get Labour out at all costs. At this stage, I truly don't give a monkeys about who is running what's left of my country, as long as it is not the swine-shit of Labour. I can moan about the Con's later on, if they prove no better. (And if the BNP looked to be the best chance of defeating Labour, then sure, I'd vote for them, no problem. Spout the tired old "racist"/"nazi" chants at them as much as you want; they couldn't possibly fuck the country up any worse than Labour has done, they just couldn't).
Bit worrying that 1/7 voters so far indicate a preference for the BNP. This is a libertarian blog, you know!
I suspect certain other "libertarian" bloggers would get much more than 1/7 if they put up this poll. Wonder what Guido's readership would make of all this?
For me the real disappointment is the comparatively large number of "Conservative" votes. I understand and agree that we need to get Labour out, but replacing them with a party that has identical policies (where it has policies at all)... well, that just reinforces the stranglehold of the social democrats, doesn't it?
I'm in an odd position. My constituency is one of the few Scottish constituencies that the Tories are hoping to take from Labour. As a result I think I may have to bite the bullet and go Tory. My decision is a preliminary one; I’m going to hang off making a definite choice until I get a chance to interrogate the party reps when they appear at my doorstep. Particularly looking forward to the BNP and Labour visit……
I'm going to add an edit to the post, but just to double up here: I thought that those that are voting 'other' could email us with the party and reasons.
Privacy would be, of course, respected, and it would give an insight into what people's thought are.
I'm currently "represented" by Harman. According to last GE results the nearest candidate was a libdem.
Harman is sitting in one of NuLabia's safest seats - majority of 13K last time out.
It is possible for her to have a Portillo moment but unlikely.
The priority is to get NuLabia out and I will vote accordingly. Given a freer vote I'd go UKIP. We need to free ourselves from the millstone that is the EU and renegotiate treaties to bring us back into EEC levels of cooperation.
//BKR
The BNP vote doesn't represent the desire for them to form a government, but a need for a voice in parliament raising the subjects that the others ignore.
I live in a full blown tory stronghold that has more chance of having the moon land on it than the standing Tory losing. Which happens to be Boris's little bro....
The BNP vote is a dangerous one. You are drawing attention to what some would see as issues and others would see as 'issues', but you are also rubber stamping the extreme views of neo-nazis.
I would rather chop my cock off than vote BNP to make a point.
When using any weapon there is the is always the possibility of someone getting hurt. Libertarian supporters can rail from the sidelines but the reality is that they are going nowhere. I'd rather cut off my nose to spite my face in order to stop the current cosy cartel from constantly shitting on it.
I live in a Labour held marginal, fancied by the Tories. But the Tories can suck my dick. So I'm UKIP.
Anon at 9:11 lives in Peckham, which does indeed have a lib dem presence.
I would, in this instance, go with them. They are hopeless, but at least not traitorous like the Tories.
I am in pain, and the wall and my forehead are staring to look surprisingly similar.
Please, everyone who says it is imperative to get Labour out, do any of you believe that there could be any other possible winner (save a hung parliament and another GE in the near future) than the Tories?
If not, what significant difference do you think a Tory government would make? Please, do let us know the details.
And JD, if the contest in your constituency is between Labour and Conservative, why are you voting UKIP? Does the idea of a "protest vote" make you feel all warm and satisfied - that'll show 'em? Yeah, Lab/Con really take a lot of notice of voters don't they?
It's not a game, you know.
Well, I went Ukip, but i'd be tempted to vote BNP were I convinced they had a chance of winning here... or any other anti-EU party come to that. That's -to me, anyway- the most important issue. Unless we leave the EU it doesn't matter if Dave or Gordo or my pet fish or Jesus Christ live in number 10 as it won't make any difference.
@wh00ps
OK, so leaving the EU is imperative. I agree. Will either the Tories or Labour take us out of the EU? Nope. Will they if an anti-EU party happens to be elected in your constituency? Nope.
So face it, we're not coming out of the EU under the next government - it's not an achievable aim. So, is there any chance with the government after next? Not with Labour, and not with the Tories if they have already been in power for five years. So, any ideas?
Mr Rob, what are you on about?
I'll vote UKIP because Cons and Labour are shite. UKIP have better policies. It's simple really.
Should it not be noted that most people who trott the great blogosphere are in fact right-wing so whatever happens the poll certainly wont be representative.
Oh, I don't think it will be representative for a moment.
Not of the wider public, at least.
Of blogland, and libertarian land in part, it is. I think the results so far make a lot of sense in the circumstances.
"Mr Rob, what are you on about?
I'll vote UKIP because Cons and Labour are shite. UKIP have better policies. It's simple really."
JD, you say you are in a Lab/Con marginal - so one of them will win the seat. You will vote UKIP, because Cons and Labour are shite. UKIP are unlikely to win the seat, even if they do win the seat they will not form the government - their policies will not be put into effect, so whether they are better or not is utterly irrelevant. As will be your vote.
It's simple really.
But surely marginally less irrelevant than voting Labour and Tory, who are demonstrably useless?
A UKIP MP or two (highly unlikely of course) would put the cat among the pigeons in Westminster and get a bit of a debate going. No MPs, but a stark rise in overall UKIP vote would do roughly the same sort of job.
Sounds like a reasonable way forward to me.
I'm not in any way tribal to any political party these days, but boy do I detest the Tories and Labour.
"boy do I detest the Tories and Labour"
Yes, so do I. Strange though that you have decided to help perpetuate their dominance. Do you agree with Hitch's position on the Tory party JD? If not, let's see your reasoned argument against it.
"A UKIP MP or two (highly unlikely of course) would put the cat among the pigeons in Westminster and get a bit of a debate going. No MPs, but a stark rise in overall UKIP vote would do roughly the same sort of job."
Yeah, it will have the entire liberal/socialist establishment both inside and outside Parliament quaking in their boots. I am very surprised that you believe this. Opinion polls clearly showed a large majority (not an increased but still small minority, but a majority) in favour of a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. That had a big influence didn't it? Likewise a clear majority (not...ditto) against the invasion of Iraq. That had a big influence didn't it? Likewise a clear majority against continued involvement in Afghanistan - you know what comes next, don't you?
That's why the hard left win JD, they don't delude themselves, they just do whatever is necessary to produce the desired result - however long it takes. Hitch knows that, being an ex-Trot, and so does anyone else who used to have such leanings but saw the light.
I have read so many times on many blogs, people saying they don't think the Tories will be in any major way different to Labour, but they "just couldn't bring themselves to vote Labour" even if it meant the Tories might collapse.
Well, the political enemy can and do bring themselves to do such things for the longer term aim - that is why they are winning, and will continue to do so.
Living in a place that has been Labour since 1936 (and before that Liberal mostly) it's predictable that it'll stay the same.
Or will it? The SNP have done a pretty good job of moving from being the 'Tartan Tories' to an alternative to Labour under Salmond.
I'm going to vote SNP simply to see if there may be a swing of enough to get our sitting MP out - he is David Cairns, who quit his junior Minister post under Brown when he thought there was a coup in the offing, so given it's safety and his disloyalty there will be less party funding here.
The potential spanner in the works is the Liberals who gained the council two shots ago, but fucked it up royally (election leaflets saying no more closed door meetings then had the first meeting under locked door).
What category does LPUK come under?
Spoilt/NOTA or Other?
"What category does LPUK come under?
Spoilt/NOTA or Other?"
I guess other, where other may be defined as 'a vote for a party that will score roughly 36 votes in any given constituency it stands in".
Mr Rob. Convincing. Very convincing.
But take your logic to its conclusion, and what you have is a big mandate for Labour, and therefore left wing policies. The Tories would just play catch up and keep tabbing left.
The notion of a Tory party 'collapse' seems fantastical. I seriously cannot envisage it. It is desirable, but beyond a shifting to the right within that party (plausible), what possible indicator is there that the Tories would a) collapse, b) reform into something more gutsy and right wing and c) entice the sorts of politicians required to help things move in that direction?
Look at the raw materials you are dealing with here. I've worked with and met many wannabe politicians. They generally come from the same sorts of backgrounds, they are by and large useless and disconnected from the people.
The entire political system needs changing so the game attracts the right players.
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