AIBU to ask you why you vote the way you do?

[TheRealGussieFinkNottle]

Genuinely interested - e.g. if you vote Labour/Conservative/Lib Dem/Green/UKIP, why have you decided to? And if you're a swing voter, why?

(Promise I'm not a journalist. Have been on the site for a while as a regular user, and just really interested in politics and people's political views).

Tory. Could potentially vote for a Blairite Labour Party but would never, ever vote for a truly socialist party.

I grew up in a solid Labour heartland/family and have been a Labour voter. Last few elections, I have voted conservative and probably will again.
I dont see myself as a solid tory and am not loyal to any party, but I am slightly better off with them.

I could be a swing voter, I have considered Libdem in the past but never voted for them. I would not rule out voting Labour in the future, but not at the moment. I was turned off Labour by Blair/Milliband, but I find Corbyn equally as off putting, so not really sure what or who could make me want to vote Lab again.

I always vote. Usually Labour but currently Lib Dem because of Brexit. Never ever Conservative.
I grew up poor, was lucky to get through school and university without the horrendous loans of today (only about £3k). Not doing too badly now. I strongly believe in much higher taxes to support society, even if that means my family has to personally pay higher taxes.
Can't vote Labour until they change their policy on Brexit. Brexit will be an absolute catastrophe for the country, stopping it should be everyone's priority.

I voted libdem to get shot of our snp mp. It worked. Ideally I would like a green/ labour coalition. I used to vote green until they came out in favour of scottish independence. I would vote labour if I was in a constituency where labour had a realistic chance of getting in.

The cons economic policies are disastrous imo. They are in effect borrowing without it appearing on the national debt, as levels of personal debt haven't been so high for a very long time. Surely this is a ticking time bomb. We need thoughtful investment in training, infrastructure and research and incentives for private businesses to invest. Unlike many other countries our productivity levels haven't gone up.

I do think that the behaviour of a few party members shouldnt be the deciding factor of who one votes for - it should be their policies and likelihood of them carrying them through. (Otherwise you'd never vote Tory because Thatcher supported Jimmy Saville and Cameron admired Thatcher and May admired them both. You'd never vote Labour because Diane Abbott has 'political foot and mouth disease' and never vote Liberal because of Jeremy Thorpe or Cyril Smith. You can't judge the whole party on a few odd sockets - but you can judge them if they have policies that propagate unacceptable activities, comments or actions. The membership of most political parties us pretty wide.

In the UK I voted Conservative, since becoming a US citizen I vote libertarian.

As for my reasons, I believe in a small government and less tax. I want to be self sufficient.

I've always voted Labour.
I'm horrified by the policies of the current lot

Tory. I will vote Labour if their leader is not chosen by the fucking trade unions.

I'm ex-tribal Labour and voted Lib Dem at the last election, purely because of Brexit. I'd never vote Tory under any circumstances and Labour now is a disgrace to the movement, being far too focused on freebies for poshos and other middle-class concerns at the direct expense of working-class people. The current lot are also totally incompetent too. I've also seen far too much of the vile racism from Corbyn supporters to be under the delusion that the party is anything remotely approaching decent left-wing now.

Labour or Green depending on who is available & most likely to keep the Tory’s out.

I can’t bare the poverty, homelessness & cuts in important services that are so screamingly obvious around me. I don’t care if it might cost me personally a little more. I want to live in a country that actually cares & has a competent government that listens to the people. I would vote for a party in favour in staying in the EU, but I no longer trust the LibDems

I'm fairly centrist and have voted both Labour and Conservative in the past, though recently the Conservatives have seemed the least awful choice

Unfortunately I won't be able to vote Labour again while Corbyn/Momentum are in charge, but I hope to be able to again if they come to their senses and produce appealing policies and representatives

I live in one of the safest Tory seats in the country, so not much point voting, as I don't vote Tory at national elections, but I vote Libdem because I agree with more of their policies when I do the online politics tests than anyone else, and because I am 90% opposed to Brexit (though I do appreciate some of the concerns over unchecked immigration).

At county level I vote independent. At town/district level I vote Tory because I don't agree with the Libdem and independent views on local planning and housing development.

I'm in England, so Plaid, SNP etc don't field candidates here.

I vote labour. I couldn't vote conservative if my life depended on it. I care about other people who aren't as lucky as me.