Grant(aka_eddy) Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Since the election campaign began who has been swayed to vote for, or been put of voting for a particular party? I suspect that very few people change their minds during this time so is the campaigning really worth it? P.s.It is only if you've changed your mind in the last 4 weeks or so, not since the last time you voted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Grant - can we have an option for stayed as they were? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrogers Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Nope not swayed, not in the slightest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Can I take it there are only 2 parties competing at this election. :? TBH, it seemed quite clear that labour would get back in before the election campaigning started, given their lead in the polls and the constituency boundaries that favour 'em Having studied politics (policy and party) at Degree and Masters level, and with one of those elements being the degree of voter swing during an election campaign, it has been generally found that the amount of swing from one party to another in any direction during the campaign could only be in the region of about 3% max (or thereabouts - bit rusty as it was 10 years ago now). The very great majority of people will have made their minds up before campaigning started which way they would vote. There is a very small minority (like i say, about 3% or so of the voting population - figure may have changed though in the last decade - dunno) who can be actively persuaded one way or another during an election campaign - the "floating voters". don't be fooled by the number of don't know's in an opinion poll. These people either do know and don't want to say, are not 100% sure but have a party in mind, or have no real interest and are unlikely to vote anyway. election campaigns mainly serve to reinforce which way voters intended to vote before the campaigning started. See our three election threads in sticky for an example of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lp_villa830 Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 Lib dems conservative and labour are pissing me off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant(aka_eddy) Posted April 23, 2005 Author Share Posted April 23, 2005 shhhh, this poll was so rubbish i was hoping it would slip off the end of the page. let's let it die gracefully please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Lib dems conservative and labour are pissing me off. so that leaves the Greens, UKIP, BNP, Veritas, some welsh and scottish national parties (depending where you live), and the Jam Wrestling Party. Or as Blandy has already pointed out, they could well be the CONSERVEatives in disguise ooops - sorry Grant :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NibblyPig Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Why has the Green Party not taken off in Britain? (Serious question!... I haven't lived in Britain since 1988... and the party seems to have at least had some semblance of support in other non-American OECD countries) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 thought you were going to bed :wink: anyway, erm ....... dunno really. i think they do ok, but are unlikely to win any seats in parleimant due to the first past the post constituency voting system that we have. I think nationally they would have a reasonable share of the vote. I'd hope it would be more than BNP, but i couldn't be sure ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NibblyPig Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 yeh... you're right... i should be in bed good night! (seriously this time!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted April 25, 2005 Moderator Share Posted April 25, 2005 I clicked "other" I was going to vote Liberal, but I dunno now. I might not vote at all, or spoil the paper or something. I think Kennedy has been very lacklustre, not really "selling" and what he has concentrated on is not altogether appealing (though still the "least bad" of the 3 main parties). Strewth it's depressing, all this stuff.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Bit concerned with some of the things labour are planning in the next budget and really don't believe this blackhole they hsve discovered. I voted Labour but if there was an election now I would vote Green. Given up on mainstream party's and hate reform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 (edited) 9 minutes ago, PaulC said: Bit concerned with some of the things labour are planning in the next budget and really don't believe this blackhole they hsve discovered. I voted Labour but if there was an election now I would vote Green. Given up on mainstream party's and hate reform. I am surprised at the surprise. Money was always going to be needed to be raised, that was no secret. The Tories made that very clear. It was also confirmed which taxes wouldn’t be used to raise this money, but an acknowledgment it would have to come from somewhere. We all want the NHS to be fixed, and for teachers and other public workers to get a fair pay rise. Plus we all want those pot holes to be filled in. It all needs to be paid for. Edited September 2 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 I voted Lib Dem to do my part in removing the worst government of all time. I absolutely have not changed my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 2 minutes ago, Genie said: I am surprised at the surprise. Money was always going to be needed to be raised, that was no secret. The Tories made that very clear. It was also confirmed which taxes wouldn’t be used to raise this money, but an acknowledgment it would have to come from somewhere. We all want the NHS to be fixed, and for teachers and other public workers to get a fair pay rise. It all needs to be paid for. It's choices they made. Train drivers substantial pay rise while they are already well paid while at the same time stopping the winter fuel payment for pensioners when only a few months ago Stsrmer was asking the tories the very same question. Guess can't judge them yet. Let's wait and see. But energy prices are going up by 10% soon and it's old people that suffer most in the winter. It's not a good move to choose cutting winter fuel payments or at least they csn raise thd bar so those they aren't just eligible for pension credit get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted September 2 VT Supporter Share Posted September 2 20 minutes ago, PaulC said: really don't believe this blackhole they hsve discovered. Why on earth would you not believe that? The greens really don't have a plan and would definitely send the country bankrupt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 2 Moderator Share Posted September 2 I'm quite happy that the LibDems have substantially increased their allocation of MPs and the Tories have lost an awful lot of their cohort The election went exactly as I thought it would I have not changed my mind, Labour are being exactly as I imagined them to be, which is why I didn't vote for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 3 minutes ago, sidcow said: Why on earth would you not believe that? The greens really don't have a plan and would definitely send the country bankrupt. To soften the blow. Quite true about greens but don't think there was a monster raving loony candidate in my constituency. I voted Labour because I was sick of 14 years of tories not because I had any faith in Starmer, Rayner or Reeves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 2 VT Supporter Share Posted September 2 No remorse. This is exactly what I expected. The alternative would have been far, far worse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 2 Moderator Share Posted September 2 Please use the normal party topics, this is a poll specific topic. Ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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