To think DD shouldn't vote the party that a quiz told her to?

[SallyScarlett]

DD1 is 18 and this will be her first time to vote. She did an online quiz that tells you which party you suit to vote for. AIBU to think this isn't the best way?

I'm guessing the quiz picked the party the op dislikes

I did that ans I should vote Sinn Fein (in true blue Surrey . but, it was very close amongst the majority of the UK parties - I side with all of the main ones between 70 and 75%. Switch it over to the US though, and I'm 90% democrat and 29% republican .

I've just done it, mine came out as Plaid Cymru. I don't live in Wales. But it was almost neck and neck with Labour, and I am a labour party member so fairly accurate. I like the breakdown/analysis of the choices. I think it's a fairly good way to decide if you're not sure.

OP is this the sort of quiz your dd did?

I think if your Dd is doing a quiz then she is showing interest and thinking so it is no bad thing, however I just did the quiz and got plaid cymru which is fine if I was living in Wales

Yes the quiz was like that. I think it might have been that. Well she got a party I won't be voting for.

Look she is a first time voter least she is showing interest and even if it isn't who you vote for.

Ah so it was because it wasn't a party you would vote for? She's entitled to vote for anyone she wants, that's kind of the whole point of it!

I actually think those quizzes (it it's a good one) are very worthwhile as so many people vote for the wrong people as they have a poor knowledge of their policies.

I found it useful when I moved to the UK - it's hard to see through all the press distortion and infighting to the actual party positions. I'm something mad like 89% Lib Dem, closely followed by the Greens and that I probably shouldn't vote Tory.

Well she got a party I won't be voting for.

Which is why it was important that she discovered for herself which party closely matches her actual closely held beliefs, instead of being misled by your prejudices.

Yanbu if she got UKIP

Just done quiz got me thinking of wider range of issues an came out with who I will vote for any way!!!

Mine came out with the party I am planning on voting for no 1 and the party I would vote for if I was voting tactically and party 1 wasn't an option as no 2.

It also said I was most similar to people in the next town along which was a bit weird as we're possibly moving there (not that I've mentioned moving to DH but it's an option!)

She only sided with them by 58%!!!

Why is it your business who she votes for? Genuine question.

I don't even know who my parents vote for, I could make an educated guess but that's their business and mine is mine, again I'm sure they could make an educated guess about me too.

Who did she get

Conservatives

I don't necessarily think it's my business, I just think it's nice to show an interest.

Oh dear wouldn't be my choice

Well what did she think to the result? It might be what she expected.

None of the parties have manifestos out yet, so any quiz available at the moment will be based on previous manifestos or policy positions. I'd wait until a more up to date quiz comes out.

I just did it... I got SNP. I live in Scotland and won't vote for them as i want another referendum like i want a hole in the head.

But independence aside, i do broadly have the same social democratic outlook (especially on nuclear weapons, university tuition fees) as the SNP, i just think independence at this moment is a spectacularly bad idea.

This shows the strengths and weaknesses of this kind of website: it makes it about policies, but doesn't 'weight' the policies for their importance to the party and their pitch for power. For example I doubt anyone voted BNP based primarily on their recycling policy.

This affects N.I. and Scotland disproportionately, where politics is fractured over a single issue. A Catholic Nationalist would probably find much to endorse in the DUP's policies, bar their policy on a united Ireland, which trumps almost every other issue.

Even so, most people casting a vote in the election know SNP favour Scottish Independence and that the DUP are a Unionist party and filter the results through that. After the SNP the website matched my views as being aligned to the Lib Dems, who I'd already decided I'll be forlornly voting for in June.

My results (discounting the SNP etc. who I can't vote for) were overwhelmingly for Labour & then Lib Dem.

Unfortunately on the one issue that matters most to me, conservatives are my only option.

And then there's the risk of Ed Balls.

Reassuringly, in the US, Republicans were right at the bottom of my list.

I just did the quiz that somebody posted upthread and should be voting Plaid Cymru or SNP. Problematic given I'm a Londoner.

I did that quiz with DD and had a really great chat afterwards about why i wasn't going to vote Green (which she thought I ought to) As well as the quiz the website gives you each party at a time and says what their answers are to key issues. I was able to explain to DD which areas i agreed with the greens and where i didn't and why. And we also discussed other things that might make you vote for a party like your overall confidence in their ability to govern, and tactical voting. I think that website is great and an excellent way to engage teens in politics.