To think that someone must be voting Tory

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Hi, I know very very few People who admit to voting Tory. I’m from Scotland and from a working class background but do work in finance and have many middle class friends. But only two people I know have admitted voting Tory (and both are from England)

But clearly, someone is voting them in. Can I ask, why do people vote Tory? I just want to understand from the other side

Because they do not live in reality!

Amazing what billionaire tv owners, newspaper owners and business owners can buy.

Ugh

I don't think it's voting Tory to be honest - I think most were genuinely scared of voting for JC and if they voted for Brexit then BJ is trying to put through their wishes.
I am middle ground (have voted for all three in the past).

It's people voting against JC.

ABC.

Because we don’t want another sodding independence referendum! And in marginal seats, the Tories are the best hope of kicking out the SNP.

The Tories really rely on people from relatively modest backgrounds who are aspirational. Honest to god there's almost an unconscious status thing about voting Tory. Its people who believe they are doing well for themselves and that Labour will make them poorer. Often its people who either don't realise truly wealthy are in a different league. Or people who dont think it through in terms of realising how actually rely on the welfare state.

The labour Voters on my fb are so viscous that I don’t mention it on there. That and I think fb should be kept light.

I don’t believe that so many people are stupid. There must be a reason people are choosing to vote for them, even if I can’t see the reason

I voted Tory and I’m not stupid

I'm Scottish too and know zero Tory voters. I think some people just believe the lies

@TryingAndFailing39. I’m not saying you are stupid. Can I ask why you vote Tory?

But we have just given you a reason - they were genuinely frightened of JC getting into power. It's that simple. It's not a win for the tories but a massive loss for labour.

Well if you go by social media the exit poll would be be the other way around

Tories win far more elections

They have lost three elections in 40 years

If JC wasn’t the leader, Labour would have walked it.

If David Miliband has been leader - I doubt Boris would have won.

Uncosted manifesto and hard left policies killed Labour's chances with the ordinary people. AntiSemitism doesn't help either. Labour needs to drag itself into the left of centre politics to make a comeback. Someone like David Miliband. But the unions won't let that happen.

I voted Tory for the simple reason that there is no credible opposition. If there was my vote may have been different. As much as it pains me to say so, the same may occur next year in the U.S. with Trump. We need a seismic change in politics otherwise we're stuck on a treadmill

The fact that you have to ask the question says everything about you. And explains why people vote Tory.

You’re welcome.

The people voting Tory are mainly in England I think. I'm in Glasgow and know no-one that doesn't hate them.

I agree with Paddy. It’s a vote against JC

My grandma and mum both did.

Age 72 and 48 respectively. Both working class. My nan worked as a personal carer on min. wage all her life. Her husband, my grandad, died last year after a battle with cancer including 2 rounds of chemo & a stay in a palliative care unit - all paid for by the NHS, obviously. My mum works part time and is pretty much destitute after my dad left (large property but no income to look after it). Can't find a better job even after applying for over 100 and doing additional qualifications.

I love them but they are both idiots who won't hear otherwise.

I voted Tory because I believe they are the best party to run the country.

Presumably you feel the same about whoever you voted for?

My right to vote was hard won - I appreciate it hugely and use it as I see fit. Just like everyone else.

I think Corbyn had some nice ideas, and some frankly terrifying ones. I don’t believe enough of the nice ones would have materialised, and I do believe that some of the scary ones would.

HTH.

For me, i read both manifestos and agreed most strongly with the conservative one. Not on everything to be fair. I'm a remainer, a huge supporter of the nhs (but do believe parts of it could be privatised without it being the end of the world), i believe in social care but didn't see vast differences in the amounts being promised, but the decider for me came down to each parties approach to crime. The conservatives recognise a requirement for more prisons and labour's intention to scrap prison sentences under 6 months in length was frankly ludicrous. The idea that Corbyn will piss and whine about knife crime but happily see anyone caught carrying receive nothing more than a stern chat had me firmly place my X in the blue box.

@Antigonads. I’m sorry, but I really don’t understand your answer.

I’m not on here to Torybash, but to understand the other perspective. I know that JC isn’t popular, but we’ve had a Tory government for most of my life, so I don’t think JC is the reason historically for people voting Tory

Also, for the Tories to win an overall majority shows that the majority voted Tory surely? Not rocket science surely?