I've just done a political 'what party to support' survey and I'm horrified!

I'm my heart I think I am Co-op (a sister party to Labour) and Green, the only thing stopping me voting Green is that I passionately believe GM crops are a key part of global food security.

niceguy to his shock, my husband got BNP too as one slice of his results. I think it was some of the welfare-to-work policies he ticked (he is unemployed). Nothing to do with immigration, etc.

1st Tory
Joint 2nd green and bnp
4th lib dem

Although I think this is skewed as it doesn't have any snp policies and that's who I vote for!! I will never vote Tory ever ever ever.

Well it could never be accurate because people don't actually vote for the party whose policies they most support due to our ridiculous first past the post, geographic constituencies system. The Green Party has the policies I like best but I would absolutely vote labour or lib dem in a marginal seat that might go to the Tories. Depending on where you live, you can end up voting defensively rather than voting for smaller parties that you actually prefer. That said, I now live in an utterly safe labour seat, so I can vote green (and it won't make any difference to anyone).

I did questions on all policy areas and here are my results.

44.44% UKIP
22.22% BNP
22.22% Lib Dem
11.11% Labour

That's a really interesting test. Thanks for the link. I'm actually shocked!

75% Green
25% Lib dem

I live in a rabid tory area.

My vote doesn't count for shit.

I always thought that one of the big criticisms of Labour at the moment is the fact that they are very policy light - and havn't really nailed their colours to the mast.

Tactical voting is perhaps the worst type of voting - you end up with a whole mash of what no-one wants.

Getting into power is also a case of a party having the will to want to lead and be in power

above was to Niceguy

Well if you agree with the BNP/UKIP policies [which knowing you a bit on here Id say you do!] then it must be accurate?

55% LibDem
22% BNP (aaargh!)
11% Con
11% UKIP

Well I have voted LibDem since I was 21 so quite nice to see that I actually do agree with their policies

Went off Labour in a big way after T. bLIAR

Unfortunately people will still vote for personalities not policies, no matter what you do. Our MP is A Lansley and although he's done some bad stuff to the NHS, he's actually a really good local MP and very active here. I'd vote for him myself if it wasn't for the fear of being smote by my dead granny's hand

According to it, I should vote BNP closely followed by UKIP.

Given that I'm an immigrant I have probably more than most to fear from the BNP and I really don't want the UK to leave the EU.

I'm not sure how accurate this survey is.

I think the reason a lot of people are coming out high on the Greens is that because they are never likely to form a government they can be a bit more idealistic with the policies, especially the ones which are NOT environmental. I came out Green on NHS and Immigration probably because I believe in a state controlled large well funded NHS (as most left wingers do in theory!) and relatively free immigration. In reality these things are hard to afford and, in the case of immigration, not always popular with the grass roots of the Labour party. But if you're playing fantasy manifestoes they are attractive.

Ironically I actually came out Labour on the Environment!

The problem is that it ignores the fact that some policies are "nice to have" and some are "deal breakers". I wouldn't vote for Conservatives because of their social policies, but prefer some of their educational policies (if they didn't pair them with budget cutting). It would be better if you could put a weighting on each issue.

I came out:
Labour 44.44%
Green Party 33.33%
Lib Dems 22.22%

I'm not surprised to be honest. I usually vote Lib Dem but am probably in a lifelong sulk with them. I would, somewhat reluctantly, vote Labour if there was an election tomorrow. I'm not keen on Ed Milliband though and still pretty disgusted about the way New Labour was when in power...

'And I went for policies that seemed realistic'

Then how did you get 40% Labour????

I didn't do all the categories, but got 60/40 LibDem/Labour. Problem is, even if I agree with a lot of LibDem policies (and actually have a LibDem MP), it's useless if they are just the minor party in a coalition - their policies are irrelevant. And I went for policies that seemed realistic, otherwise I'd probably have got a bit of Green party in the mix.

56% Green
33% Lib Dem
11% Conservative (on the economy!)

I have often voted Green in the past, so no surprise there. I have often liked the viewpoint of the Lib Dems, but I would hesitate to vote for them, now, considering their actions within the coallition.

78% Green, 22% Labour.

Not surprised, Green are about the most leftwing of the mainstream parties I think. I generally vote Labour but have voted Green in Europe.

always voted lib dem or green. came out 80 labour 20 green. not that surprised really.

80% Green.....not happy, no revolutionary party??????

Democracy ? Green Party
Economy ? Green Party
Education ? Green Party
Health / NHS ? UKIP
Welfare ? Green Party

ouryve

Yes I agree re the screening at 5 one. very vague.

It was definitely a matter of picking the less worse on a few of them actually.

and there is only so much "no more forrigners" you can do when you are writing a policy about crime, education, health etc. So I'm not actually that surprised that some people are coming out as part-BNP or part-UKIP

I think they managed to wedge in everything being the fault of immigration rather well! Im amazed that people didn't recognise them as their policies TBH.

And I think Labour need to take note that their policies at the last election were too much rooted in winning back daily mail readers, rather than appealing to their natural voters.

It's an interesting test. I haven't done it, but have done similar ones in the past where I, somewhat to my surprise, came out far more Green than I ever expected.

It's good to make people think a bit more about what they actually believe politically. The biggest problem in the UK political system is the fact that an entire election, in which maybe 20-30 million people vote, is decided by a couple of million votes in the marginal seats. You could put the fabled "donkey in a red rosette" up in Doncaster and it would win - similarly, a donkey in a blue rosette in parts of Surrey and Sussex.

It frustrates me how politically tribal people are. They treat parties like football teams. Most people already know how they are going to vote in the 2015 general election, and have in fact known since they were 18-20 years old.

50% Green , for environment and NHS
25% UKIP welfare
25% Conservative Immigration

Amberleaf - we made the exact same choices!

And agreeing on the SEN/education one. I chose the least worst - the only one that recognised that not all children with SN have the same needs, though I didn't agree with the proposed solution.

The screening at 5 is pure bluster. There was no mention about what would be done for the ones who "failed" the screening.