Weighing Things Up

[poliphilo]

This is the Tunbridge Wells constituency. In 2010 the Conservatives took 56% of the vote. It's a safe seat for them and always has been. Opposition is provided by the Lib Dems who took 25% last time round. Labour doesn't have the ghost of a chance.

So my vote isn't going to change anything. It'll be nothing but a protest vote.  And so I think I might as well go with what I really believe- and vote Green. 

Comments

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

Here in good old Texas, with our winner take all electoral college, Texas will go for the Republican, no matter who it is. And my congressional district has been so Gerrymandered that it will elect a Republican representative, no matter who it is. Similarly, other states and districts always vote Democratic.

Single party rule is always bad, and always leads to bad things. Always.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Elections in the USA and the UK are decided by what happens in a few swing States and marginal constituencies. Those who don't live in these places might as well not bother to turn up.

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

Why is there, from what I can see, virtually zero discussion of even attempting to end the wretched FPTP system in the US? I remain quite perplexed.

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

Probably because we don't know what FPTP means.

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

First past the post, winner takes all. Versus proportional representation, et al.