Libdem...why are you voting for them?

Electoral reform

Pretty much always vote LibDem.

My politics are middle of the road. I'm a compromiser and conciliator by temperament and conviction. If I actually thought that either Tories or Labour had politicians of any calibre, I might be tempted to vote either way. I live in a true blue Tory safe seat and I want to register my protest about the arrogance and complacency of our sitting MP. Oh yes, I also agree with more of the LD proposals than I do either Con or Lab.

oh fantastic!!

I'm sure there will be lots of envelopes to stuff...

I couldn't agree more, LeninGrad. Especially in light of all the previous posts (which I expect was the point you were making).

If the Lib Dems win, they will overhaul the electoral system to make it fairer and more democratic - there will be no more of this "well there's no point voting for so-and-so, they won't get in". We will actually have proportional representation in government, and each and every vote will count.

The point is, if everyone votes Lib Dem, they will win. And I truly believe that they are the party for 21st century Britain.

Unprejudiced, unpatronising, straightforward attitude to the individual, public services and business.

Emphasis on effective lawmaking (and decentralisation) rather than heavy-handed Labour-style rule by scheme and programme, or the similarly heavy-handed "encouragement" that Cameron seems to be fond of. Civil liberties and the attitude that the end doesn't justify the means.

I actually joined before I voted Lib Dem IYSWIM - I joined in 2003 but there wasn't an election until the Euros in 2004. It was Iraq that first drove me to the Lib Dem website, but it was the down-to-earth policies on public service provision that got me interested (I stayed up into the small hours reading policy papers) plus the attitude to small business - regulatory simplicity, anti-monopoly policies etc.

The whole thing was a bit of a revelation to be honest - I'd previously only picked up (with half an ear) on what to me sounded like populism, so was fascinated to find out what the philosophical underpinnings were. Also I'll freely admit that I wasn't Kennedy's biggest fan (nice guy but...) so it was good to find out that they had a lot of other good people.

I was an activist until we moved abroad a few years ago - since then got totally out of touch but getting back into it now.

I will be voting either Liberal or Plaid Cymru as there is pretty much no chance that any of the other candidates will get in.

I just haven't decided which one of the two to vote for yet...

We don't have a Raving Monster Loony Party candidate in my area, else it would be very very tempting...

I have a dislike of pretty much all politicians on the basis that they all seem very narcissistic and some of them are more spin then substance.

I probably dislike the LD less than the others.

Because I live in a constituency where there is no chance in a million years that anyone other than the current candidate will get in.

So I have no way of influencing who the next government is.

Voting for LibDem feels like a small way of registering my protest at the worthlessness of my vote.

I haven't decided yet, but in previous years I have voted LD for strategic reasons.

There's less and less to choose between C & L - not to mention that they're both full of power-hungry, image-is-all, spindoctors. It wasn't that I particularly like LD, but they were the next biggest party, and not a special-interest party, so if I voted for them (rather than, say Raving Monster Loony Party) we might edge a little closer to a truely multi-party system, and gain a bit more freedom of choice.

I did once vote for them deliberately, and that was because I was very impressed with their candidate in our constuency. She did a consistently good job, but I have since moved and no longer have any idea what she's up to.