to have no idea who to vote for.........................

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-Not conservative because they have a callous and ill-informed attitude to people who are genuinely struggling.
-Not labour because I just can't see Ed Miliband as a PM.
Not Social Democrat because they are wishy washy.
Not UKIP because they divide and stigmatise groups of people.
Not the Greens because they are pie in the sky ..............................................................

Well, it gave me 80 odd % labour, and though I've voted for them in the past, I'm not I sure I can this time around.

I'm still floating..........I agree it's picking the 'least worst' option this time around.

Where I live is a Tory stronghold unfortuantly.

I agree with UKIP more than the Tories. I agree with 78% of Labours policies.

Oh I'm offended because its the lib dems. Although I should be glad it wasnt UKIP.

Yup - could have been a lot worse

What would being able to vote "none of the above" actually achieve? Would much better political parties suddenly appear? Rather unlikely.

H E L P. I have done three of these quizzes and they all come out as supporting UKIP.

Bad luck Pas

"None of the " above would provide me with the means to make a protest vote without having to always select the least worst option. Without having to vote for a party I am still less than comfortable with because of how crap all of the alternatives are.

That is the way I feel at the moment. I very much doubt that better parties would suddenly appear, but clearly there are people who do want an alternative means to register their protest. People who spoil their ballot papers may be in need of such an option. I don't believe spoiling ballot papers is a good option, but I understand what drives some voters to do it. Another option on the paper is perhaps needed.

I just did that quiz again and I'm still Lib dem, now I'm at 83%. Also I'm considered Authoritarian in my political views.

My fear is the shadow of Alex Salmon. England was slated in the reforendum last year. (I wish they had won the yes vote and then seen how they would have coped with the collapse in oil)

A vote for labour it would appear is a vote for a labour/snp colliation which troubles me greatly

Whilst I have reservations about the conservatives I do feel they are delivering and feel that economic progress is more likely under them than Labour

The issue and treatment of the non doms is complex and needs to be handled carefully as a hand fisted approach could damage London which is the engine of our economy. Labours proposal of immediate tax changes is like approaching the repair of an intricate clockwork mechanism armed with a pair of pliars and a hammer

I think if you're left of centre vote Labour. It's a shame the moderate left vote gets split so many ways. I usually vote Lib Dem but in such a close election I'm voting Labour as I really disagrees so strongly with Conservatives. Ignore Ed Milliband. He's note very polished but better than more of the same and he will improve.

Pasithea which areas did you agree with UKIP on? They are basically a single-issue party so if you don't agree with the EU withdrawal/immigrants go home shtick, it doesn't really matter if you agree with their policy of reducing VAT on sanpro for example.

I don't like that quiz. They told me as my politics seem to be at odds with my constituency I should consider moving house! They also called me authoritarian when I'm kind of used to being assessed as fairly strongly libertarian. And finally, it shows I apparently agree with UKIP on a couple of social issues. (Not on EU withdrawal or immigration though, obviously.) Still, nobody's wrong all the time.

I think if you're left of centre WTF does that even mean? All this left and right goes over my head.

Crudely:

Right wing = govt should do minimal activity and should have a minimum taxation outlook overall; core essential govt activities are physical security (police & military), but rest is up for discussion.

Left left = govt exists to make people's lives better; govt. has an important role to redress social inequalities; taxes are important want to achieve those ends, and taxes should fall heaviest on the wealthiest.

And a whole spectrum in-between. Both wings end up tolerating the priorities of the other wing, they have to honour previous spending commitments sometimes, for instance.

There's also the authoritarian-libertarian axis way to think about political philosophy. e.g.: communists are left wing authoritarian, fascists are right wing authoritarian.

taxes are important ways* to achieve...

According to some thinkers, many so-called right-wing goats are anything but conservative; Thomas Frank argues that American Republicans for instance set out to deliberate spend as much govt money as possible and to deliberately undermine govt authority, so that when left wing party (Democrats) get into power, the Democrats don't have any money to spend and can't effectively impose any regulations (or run services like disaster response). Frank goes into a lot of detail why American Republicans want to deliberate wreck the federal govt, I think it comes down to them being in the pockets of big business that doesn't want anything to limit its profit margin.

oops... not goats, I meant govt... Maybe all politicians should be thought of as goats, though.

UKIP is probably not a conservative party in its spending plans.

A spoilt paper with an explanation as to why is a valid choice OP.

I did that long online quiz yesterday because I really couldn't think who to vote or.

My results were:

Lib Dem 30%
Labour 20%
Green 20%
Conservative 10%
can't remember 10%
Ukip 10%

What I would have liked is that within the long lists of policies for each, there should have been a 'tick box' alongside each statement so that you could see which of the individual statements you agree with, not just which overall set of policies had the most statements you agreed with.

I would love to see proportional representation, closing loopholes, resources to support vulnerable people and a really viable plan for environmental and animal protection - I also liked that some of the policies had plans for veteran car and stronger measure to protect people from crime.

Some of the policies and statements were really confusing, if it were taken back to issues and questions just around the specifics, the government - whichever one - would get all the answers it needs from the electorate.

I plumped for Labour in the end, just because I don't think Lib Dems can secure the votes (crazy, I know) so possibly an endless Labour/Conservative merry-go-round.

Try reading the manifesto's not doing some biased on line shit.

Me too.

I won't vote Labour because they introduced tuition fees.

But I am concerned about the use of food banks etc, and I don't think the Tories will help matters.

I don't agree with right to buy.

The lib dems lied and have no fixed principles.

UKIP are bigoted and xenophobic.

The things important to me are free education, affordable housing, fairer taxes

I agree with the benefits cap and would lower it.

gingham... what patronising twaddle. Since when did any manifesto actually manifest itself as being reality? When they're legally binding, come back then.

The things important to me are free education, affordable housing, fairer taxes

Those are all Green Party policies, WitchesGlove