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To ask non-voters

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BewtySkoolDropowt · 11/06/2017 07:50

Sorry, this is another politics one. It is not however intended to be a goady thread, or a thread to give anyone a hard time, so please people that feel strongly about people that don't vote, this is NOT a place for you to harass people.

I'm genuinely curious. With so many constituencies with just a handful of votes needed to change the result, and worth the prospect of a tory/DUP agreement OR a minority labour government (pick whichever one you dislike most), if another general election was called within two weeks, would you vote?

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Zampa · 11/06/2017 07:52

I've voted in every single election in which I've been able to vote. I'd be seriously tempted NOT to vote if there was another one within a fortnight.

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BewtySkoolDropowt · 11/06/2017 08:03

Lol! Can't say I blame you. I'm in Scotland. We have had 6 votes in 3 years. It's all getting a bit silly...

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OuchBollocks · 11/06/2017 08:09

DH wouldn't, he hates them all and won't give any of them his vote and therefore his support. In our constituency Conservative won by over 25k votes with 73% turnout. If there had been 100% turnout and none of the 27% voted Conservative our MP still would have won, so in this instance it really wouldn't have made any difference to the end result. Different story if we lived in Fife :)

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BewtySkoolDropowt · 11/06/2017 08:14

I'm in a constituency where its a bit like that too. I'd consider changing my vote to one of the two main players (the one I align myself more with) if I thought it would make a difference, but neither is likely to get in here.

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impossibledreams · 11/06/2017 08:18

Really? There were some huge swings against the expected results, if anything I'd say that should encourage non-voters to vote anyway even if they think their seat is safe as they don't know what the rest of the electorate will do!

glenthebattleostrich · 11/06/2017 08:20

I know a couple of people who don't vote because they don't see the point and believe they are all a shower of shit.

Jellymuffin · 11/06/2017 08:27

Would have hated either party in, didn't want to be complicit! It was a choice between the devil and the deep blue sea for me.

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BewtySkoolDropowt · 11/06/2017 08:43

Impossibledreams, I'm not sure who your post is aimed at.

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impossibledreams · 11/06/2017 08:56

BewtySkoolDropowt I guess the posters that mentioned being in a 'safe seat' as justification for not voting. Even though I'm in a safe seat it was no effort for me to put a vote in the post and actually it could have easily been swung the other way based on voting patterns. Voter apathy based on their perception of what is safe has been blown out the water in this election I think!

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BewtySkoolDropowt · 11/06/2017 09:30

Oh absolutely. That was why I was wondering if any non voters would turn out next time. They are fairy quiet on the matter so far though. I can understand that though tbf.

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LedaP · 11/06/2017 09:37

In the last GE our area moved from labour to conservative. Its been labour forever. A very safe seat. But our MP was useless to all of us and threw it away.

The conservative MP won again by 2000 votes. If everyone voted she could easily lose.

I would vote again in two weeks to keep her. This is my issue. My Mp is great. I want to keep her but not have a tory government. Its not an easy decision.

I have never been one of these that berates people for not voting. But someone at work complained about tory cunts before mentioning he started watching a box set and got distracted and 'forgot to vote'. That did piss me off.

People who dont vote but wuick to complain about the result really do need to step up and get involved.

Livelovebehappy · 11/06/2017 09:44

I always vote, but mainly because I have a big interest in politics, so I research and place my vote according to who I think will be best at running the country. But I genuinely believe a lot of people have no interest in politics whatsoever, and I know some adults who would struggle to name the leaders of all the parties. Therefore I guess a number of people just don't feel informed enough, or interested enough, to vote. So I don't really think it's through laziness or apathy, but just due to people feeling they can't choose because they don't feel they have the knowledge to make an informed choice.

streetface · 11/06/2017 09:49

Jellymuffin I am SO with you on that.

I did vote BUT...
If you voted Tory you were a right wing, racist, disablist nasty person.

If you voted Labour you'd be called a leftie, liberal, idiotic snowflake.

If you didn't vote you'd be accused of being lazy, ignorant, selfish and reminded how many women died for the vote.

If you voted anyone else it was 'wasted'

Politics has become nasty, divisive and intolerant. I can understand why people no longer want to be involved.

I voted but felt very grubby afterwards. Would vote differently or perhaps not at all if another election was called.

Mrsglitterfairy · 11/06/2017 09:50

I have never voted and actually wanted to this time round. We were away at the time and I thought that I could have voted where we were, it was only a few days before we went that I found out I couldn't and by then it was too late to apply for a different way of doing it. So yes I would definitely vote next time. Although saying that my vote wouldn't have made a difference this time as in my constituency Labour (who I wanted) had more than double the votes of anyone else

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