http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2005/04/22/who-should-you-vote-for/ Observations and questions from Nic Price Wed, 3 Dec 2008 08:55:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2005/04/22/who-should-you-vote-for/#comment-617 wendy Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:41:04 +0000 http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2005/04/22/who-should-you-vote-for/#comment-617 I scored 90 on Lib.Dem and 88 on Greens so really the questionnaire hasn't really helped a lot with the dilemma I have. Having been a Labour voter all my voting life it was interesting to see that I only scored 9. I could have predicted -31 for Tories - in fact surprised it wasn't more! Interesting exercise - feel some of the questions could be further refined as I found myself pressing neutral when I genuinely didn't really know what I thought. And I'm not sure neutral is the same as don't know. I scored 90 on Lib.Dem and 88 on Greens so really the questionnaire hasn’t really helped a lot with the dilemma I have. Having been a Labour voter all my voting life it was interesting to see that I only scored 9. I could have predicted -31 for Tories - in fact surprised it wasn’t more!
Interesting exercise - feel some of the questions could be further refined as I found myself pressing neutral when I genuinely didn’t really know what I thought. And I’m not sure neutral is the same as don’t know.

]]> http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2005/04/22/who-should-you-vote-for/#comment-580 Jo Fri, 22 Apr 2005 20:21:55 +0000 http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2005/04/22/who-should-you-vote-for/#comment-580 I got Lib Dem 54, Green 40 and UKIP 6, the others negative. I have always voted Green in the past (and we've always lost), but known that I'm a Lib Dem at heart. Bit worried about my secret partiality for UKIP, but hey, they're great fun. I think that people who don't vote should be given more respect though. In fact non-voters should be factored into constituency results so that it would be possible to return Nobody if non-votes beat the votes for an otherwise winning candidate. This would reduce taxes because there would be (mercifully) fewer MPs. There would also be fewer lies, less hot air, a reduction in sleaze and, most importantly, a downturn in political complacency. MAKE IT HAPPEN! I got Lib Dem 54, Green 40 and UKIP 6, the others negative. I have always voted Green in the past (and we’ve always lost), but known that I’m a Lib Dem at heart. Bit worried about my secret partiality for UKIP, but hey, they’re great fun.
I think that people who don’t vote should be given more respect though. In fact non-voters should be factored into constituency results so that it would be possible to return Nobody if non-votes beat the votes for an otherwise winning candidate. This would reduce taxes because there would be (mercifully) fewer MPs.
There would also be fewer lies, less hot air, a reduction in sleaze and, most importantly, a downturn in political complacency.
MAKE IT HAPPEN!

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