to feel irritated by 'I've not decided who to vote for yet'

[caravanstar79]

AIBU to be completely irritated by those who say they 'havn't decided who to vote for yet'? How much advance warning is needed to decide - is 100 days not enough? What's with all this wishy-washy, last minute 'not decided' nonsense - like do I pick sherbet lemons or cola bottles - except this is slightly more important isn't it, it's to do with who is running the country (in theory). Also, AIBU to get irritated by those that vote for the same party that their parents/grandparents voted for, because it's easiest and they can't be arsed doing their homework?

I think its fair enough, I was still undecided right up to the last minute, but not because I'm ignorant, but because I wasn't sure whether to vote for my quite good local MP who happens to be a member of a party that I think will cause massive problems nationally or for the alternative previously useless MP who is in a party I naturally would vote for. I get more irritated by people who don't vote at all.

I also did a swap my vote thing!

I think that for a lot of people who have decided last minute there has been a lot of thought put into the decision. Most people I know have spent a lot of time thinking about it and there have been a fair few who have deviated from the Party that they usually vote for. In the case of my Dad i think it is probably the first time he has voted for a different party to his usual vote and he is in his 70's.

DH decided finally 3 days ago (different to what he had said when he was polled by phone) and I bumped into a friend at the polling station. She too had a last trawling through of everything last night have spent weeks reading various things. We've all kept a close eye on what has happened in the last 5 years . I don't think spending a long time trying to evaluate the information available to you to try to make a fully informed decision is pathetic, but if it is, then more than happy to be pathetic .

Ever thought it might be a kind way to tell you to MYOB, OP? People don't always want to tell others how they intend to vote.

I voted at 8am this morning and it was quiet however when I drove past at 5.45pm this evening on my way home the polling station was heaving.

doing actually in was well informed. Which is why it's a hard choice. I do not agree more with new party. So I had to vote with what could live with. The fact that I was informed made the decision harder.

Bring informed doesn't always equal any easy decision

For a lot of people, it's not a choice between anything so palatable as sherbet lemons and cola bottles.

It's more a choice between Brussels sprouts and boiled cabbage - and knowing that you really should be choosing one of them - and eat it all up.