Tactical Voting

[Peter Parka]

Do you ever vote tactically? For instance, in the UK the three main parties are Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrats. Say we had a Conservative MP and I wanted him out. Labour have the best chance of beating him in the Election but I really support Liberal Democrats who are a minority where I live. I would vote Labour to give them the best chance of getting rid of the Conservative MP who I like the least.

 

[Reaver]

if was old enough to vote in the gore/bush election, i would have voted independent, instead of either one of those fuckheads. not that it would have mattered, since in the US, if you vote for something besides democrat/republican, you might as well not vote.

 

[Ria]

if was old enough to vote in the gore/bush election, i would have voted independent, instead of either one of those fuckheads. not that it would have mattered, since in the US, if you vote for something besides democrat/republican, you might as well not vote.

Yeah, it's a bit like that here too. I am sure they fix the votes too, I am not convinced it is all plain sailing as far as the counts are concerned (yes peter, I said counts, not what you say lol :jk ). I can understand why a lot of people just do not bother.

How old do you have to be to vote over there then?

 

[Maritxu]

No, I would never do that. Had the chance in the last election and chose against it. I want my vote to choose the best candidate, not to get rid of the bad guy... unless that bad guy is a mass murderer...:ninja