General Election tomorrow question

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So, I did the MN survey and was a bit stumped by the question about who I would vote for if there was an election tomorrow. Like, at the moment, it's hard to remember whether we've still got a government from one day to the next. I know who I normally vote for but right now? Who knows! I'm not sure the results from that question will be all that representative of Mumsnetters normal political preferences.

LibDem, despite their position on women, because a strong anti Brexit vote is more important right now.

Me too .... if we had PR. As it is, I fear I'm in a constituency which will be Tories v Brexit party, with a slice for labour and Lib Dems nowhere.
And if the grim reality of first past the post is that my choice is between the current Tory mp (who was a remainer, I'm not quite sure what his stance is now) or a Brexit MP then I'd have to vote Tory.

Labour

Labour

Lib Dem

Not 100% sure

Its a very very very safe tory seat, not a hope in hell of any change to that

Probably lib dem even though i loathe some of their policys...maybe the independent if they look interesting

If only we had PR voting system. Then it would be so interesting and representative of people'a votes.

As it is, it is just so difficult for the middle ground to gain.

The reality is that the middle ground (no Momentum, no ERG) is what will turn the ship around to some kind of normality now.

But we are stuck with FPTP for the foreseeable, and guess which parties don't want to change that?

Labour aren't exactly doing anything to win over the female vote!

Highest proportion of female MPs
Close gender pay gap
State funded care (women tend to live longer,)
End tuition fees ( at the moment students debt is worse for women as they earn less and are more likely to take breaks from work)
Far more funding for NHS (they have by far best record on NHS)
Carbon neutral by 2030(this is massive)
Free prescriptions
£10 minimum wage from age 16

In fact I should have just started with the green policy. None of the rest really matters if we are all extinct in 100 years.

Those saying lib dem surely realise they can't win an election under for. They would need to have a massive majority to do that and there are so many seats that are staunch labour/conservatives that won't change.

The risk for me with lib dem is that this will lead to a hung parliament which means a coalition. A coalition led by Boris Johnson will not rule out brexit. Jo Swinson won't work with Jeremy Corbyn so how would a hung parliament even work?

Those saying lib dem surely realise they can't win an election under for

Well yeah...its a tory safe seat here

Labour for me

*sorry for should have said fptp.

Lib Dems will never win an election under fptp so will just split the vote and lead to Tory win or hung parliament. So if you want to remain it may seem counter intuitive but labour are your best bet.

I would vote labour anyway because I am a proud socialist but my point still stands.

If this was a safe Tory seat, I'd vote Lib Dem.
But if there's a brexit candidate I don't think it is safe from them.

may seem counter intuitive but labour are your best bet

Labour dont stand a hope in hell here

They do however stand a chance where ds1 lives...so he will probably vote labour

Our MP is Tory (quite a hard Brexiteer) but the only other party that could win here is the Lib Dems and I can't vote for them. Voting Labour would probably be a wasted vote so I'm really stuffed!

DD says all her student friends are Lib Dem and they're somewhere they've got a chance. They're the age group who were just too young to vote in the referendum and are pissed off about it.

errol

Ds1 joined the lib dems for the same reason

No idea what he will vote if left to his own devices but now it will probably be labour

RufusthebewiIderedreindeer they don't stand a chance here either. Only the Tories will win. They could put a stuffed toy forward as the candidate and they would win.

I often wonder if anyone cares about the democratic deficit that is FPTP.

I will probably be accused of Tilting at Windmills saying this....

But really does anyone admire the FPTP system at all? Well we all know that Labour and Tories will never change it now.

So much for democracy, when your vote doesn't count against a safe seat ever.

I find it disgusting. TBH.

Are we afraid to change the system or what? Democracy my ass.

Conservative. Never before and hopefully never again but a Corbyn government and the influence of momentum is petrifying

Whoever has the best chance of unseating the Tory MP

Answerthequestion could you explain what you are terrified of because your opinion genuinely baffles me. Is it the anti-semitism smears?

LD. Our constituency is always a toss up between Con and LD - and Con scraped in by the merest whisker last time.

I'd watch the polls and vote tactically. Anything but Tory. Always been a Labour voter, admire Corbyn a great deal but unsure why the Labour Party have chosen the VERY moment of utter Tory shambles to start fighting amongst themselves.

Lib Dem - from labour.

I feel I have to make my vote an honest statement against the tories and labour at this point. No point in tactical voting as I'm pretty disgusted with both. Tories for what they stand for and Labour for their total lack of opposition.

unsure why the Labour Party have chosen the VERY moment of utter Tory shambles to start fighting amongst themselves.

They haven't just started fighting among themselves now, they've been doing it for ages.