It's voting for one of the options which has a realistic chance of representing me. Under PR I'd vote who I wanted and know that it counted for something. Under our current system it doesn't.Originally Posted by GB.
It's voting for one of the options which has a realistic chance of representing me. Under PR I'd vote who I wanted and know that it counted for something. Under our current system it doesn't.
I don't get your point - even if you don't vote for the person who wins, that person still represents you in Parliament.
My point is in our current system every vote for a candidate who doesn't win is, in effect, wasted. In the sense that it doesn't give you any representation. So while you can vote for a fringe party it is, IMO, a waste of a vote because there's no realistic chance of that candidate being elected. So my view is I might as well vote for one of the candidates who could realistically be elected. And in my area that only gives me 2 options. Others take a different view which is fine, each to their own. We have a pretty crappy system, under a different system I'd vote differently.
Er noWhich is fine, even admirable. But under the current system your vote was for naught. Your views are not being represented at any level.
That's not your fault, it's the system. But it's the only one we've got so until that changes (it won't) I'd rather vote in a way which has some chance of leading to representation which, in my constituency, leaves me with 2 realistic options. I'm not massively attached to any party and have voted differently in different elections. I have explained why I voted the way I did but I don't need to, it's a personal choice which we all have.
(apologies for the late reply, I couldn't get on here for a while. I thought they'd blocked me)
If people like myself didn't vote for who they believe in the Green party wouldn't have won a seat at the last election. Of course my vote counts.
If you believe you only voted for a local MP and that there are no wider issues attached then I have to tell you, you don't understand politics.
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