To think that if you voted Conservative you won't admit to it?

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My Facebook thread is chocca-block with 'anti Conservative'/country ruined/heath to the NHS' posts. Yet nobody has piped up to cheer that the Conservatives are winning.

AIBU to think that with such a majority, probabilities would suggest that a large proportion of my friends (in the loosest sense of the word)voted conservative but are sitting on their hands?

The clue is in the word 'conservative'

I'll happily admit that I voted conservative. I don't give a shit what people say. I voted for the party I believe will make the best job of governing the country as is my democratic right. Was fairly pointless voting Tory in Scotland as the local candidate had no chance but I voted for who I believed in. I did briefly consider a tactical vote but I felt it was wrong, and the candidate I would have been voting for I wouldn't have wanted representing my area in Westminster.

They've probably got the message that you're welome on mumsnet only if you're a labour voter.

There's a kind of irony in the posts spitting vitriol and personal abuse at anyone who did not vote labour while grieving for a future full of societal tolerance, love and fairness. (So long as you're a labour voter.). It's rather like being bashed by a nun snarling 'God is love'.

I voted Conservative and most folk on my facebook would know that without me shoving it down their faces. I'll happily discuss my choices with anyone, but it would seem rather uncouth to thrust it upon my friends on a social media site. I don't care to see other people's propaganda - so why would they wish to be bombarded with mine?

DH is Conservative, always has been and most likely always will be. He'd admit it to anyone. I'm not, and I'm equally as open as he is.

With all the outrage on social media you'd think it wasn't a democracy but, ultimately, for them to have won, millions of us must have voted for them. Political beliefs aren't shameful; it's like religion, you just feel it's right. I don't judge folk for voting Tory, I'd hope nobody on here would.

I voted Conservative because I believe they are best for the economy. Yes I want a strong NHS, good schools, good welfare etc., etc., but we have to be able to pay for it and I believe the Conservatives are best placed to ensure that.

I openly admit it and am not ashamed. Why would I be?

Ditto, quietly pleased they got in, but I'm not going to spill my views in public.
Agree with OP though, by far the majority of my Facebook friends are expressing sadness at the result this morning.

My younger brother is all smug on FB that the voters of UK did the sensible thing and stopped the stupid socialists getting it .

This is from a 23yo graduate who had to pay major tuition fees and has been unable to find a job for 2 years. Has recently got a zero hours min wage job.

There is no bloody hope.

I voted Conservative because I live in an area the had a UKIP MP until yesterday. I wanted to vote differently, but was genuinely concerned that Mark Reckless would hold the seat.

Quite rumble. I am getting quite sick of the strong Labour leanings on this site. It is a parenting site after all. We all have our views and we all voted for what we thought was best. This is not good vs evil as much as Labour voters seem to think it is. I'm not sitting here surrounded by money laughing manically.

I'm with you midnight, I don't understand the incessant need to share political choices. I take the same view about never discussing earnings.

To me, sharing political views is open season for abuse so much for democracy It must be very wearying to seek validation the whole time, so I don't bother. Often the case on MN and Fakebook, not that I'm on Fb.

Maybe the Tory voters aren't vocal on social media because they are busy running their business and working hard to put £££s back into the NHS and other public ally funded institutions by way of taxation.

YABU

My Facebook thread is chocca-block with 'anti Conservative'/country ruined/heath to the NHS' posts. Yet nobody has piped up to cheer that the Conservatives are winning

You assume the two things are mutually exclusive. Maybe they voted Tory because the alternative was even worse or thought there might be a coalition and aren't too pleased with the result too. Its merely a lesser evil.

Voted Conservative and my FB full of people happy with the result and happy to share it.

I think the fact that large amounts of left wing voters (not all) are happy to dish out the most appalling abuse to Tory voters is one reason the polls got it so wrong, as well as the reason for the silence on facebook. People just vote quietly and don't admit to it. I certainly wouldn't talk about politics on my facebook feed and I have hidden quite a lot of posts this morning.

Seriously? I campaigned for years for Labour and was over the moon when they got in, only to be devastated by the total fucking mess they made, which the likes of Ed M wouldn't even own up to so damn right I gritted my teeth and voted Tory this time. It's not a bloody game.

FWIW there was a particularly aggressive anti-Tory/UKIP post earlier this week which was threatening which I reported to MN and was subsequently deleted. It didn't help or encourage debate and to my mind would put people off admitting what they thought openly which isn't good for democratic process.

In truth if people had felt free to admit they intended to vote Tory or indeed UKIP, the pools might have been different and that might have affected the vote.

I do feel that the intimidation used by some Labour MN posters has therefore come back to bite them on the arse.

Oh and all those on other threads going on about the rich, privately educated, over privileged etc Tories, have you seen the Labour front bench recently?

I agree with a PP - my vote is a secret. Older people tend to think that way and are unlikely to say who they vote for on FB (and tend to vote Tory).

I think the fact that large amounts of left wing voters (not all) are happy to dish out the most appalling abuse to Tory voters is one reason the polls got it so wrong

^^ THIS - ABSOLUTELY ^^

One of the first replies nailed it re moral high ground.

This is about either taking the moral high ground vs those of us who are more pragmatic / realistic.

It's a lot easier to publicly shout "don't you care about the poor and vulnerable you are heartless" (ironically often before wishing suffering on someone they don't know beyond the Internet) than it is to shout "for goodness sake you lefties are so naive" and end up being accused of hating the poor.

The line that gets me is the "you're alright jack, the rich looking after themselves"

This rich, being the "1%" who somehow got a 37% vote.

Kitty you speak a lot of (very honest) sense.