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so, did anybody actually VOTE LibDem then?

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nearlytoolate · 07/05/2010 09:28

Or was it just a brief flirtation before going 'back to base' as it were?

Sorry if this has been discussed ad nauseam on the other threads, haven't checked in on those yet, but I have to say I'm gutted that there wasn't more of a breakthrough for LibDems.
Myself, I'm in a Lab safe seat, LibDems in second place. I contemplated voting LibDem as really wanted electoral reform and GB out, but didn't in the end because:

  1. Couldn't trust them not to do a deal with Tories
  2. Nick Clegg was even going soft on electoral reform last week - the one abiding reason to vote for them
  3. Not convinced they are strongly anti-poverty

Why did the rest of you not vote for them then?

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toccatanfudge · 07/05/2010 09:29

I didn't in the end - decision made after I got the Lib Dem candidate bumph through the door and discovered

a) he wasn't "local"

b) the bumph showed very little awareness of local issues.

I ended up voting "locall" rather than nationally

EricNorthmansmistress · 07/05/2010 09:29

11.5k people voted libdem in Hove. Stonking turnout but we still ended up with a Tory

CMOTdibbler · 07/05/2010 09:29

Yes, I did, and they came a very strong second to the Con candidate who was always going to win

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