Straw poll about students deciding which constituency to vote in

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This is purely out of interest, and I completely appreciate it's not a scientific poll(!), but if you have a DC who is a student living away in term time and who therefore has a choice whether to vote at home or at the university constitutuency, which of the following applies?

1. Your DC has considered where their vote will make the most difference (eg whether one is a safe seat and one is a marginal) and decided where to vote based on that.

1. Your DC plans to vote, but will decide where to vote based on other factors (eg where they happen to be on the day) rather than where their vote is likely to make most difference.

1. Your DC does not plan to vote.

1. You have no idea because you never discuss this type of thing with your DC!

I have a DS away at university and he has applied for a postal vote to vote at home because his university constituency is a safe seat wherease home constituency is more marginal. Several of his school friends live in an even more marginal constituency and so are deciding to vote at home rather than university for precisely that reason.

Interested to know whether my son and his friends are typical or more politically engaged than the average student. NB Would appreciate it if this thread could stay a thread about the approach of students to deciding where to vote, rather than turning into a furious debate about the merits (or otherwise) of the various political parties.

Where I grew up , the Communists got more votes than the Conservatives!

I think when I went to uni the constituencies were a bit more marginal but I am not sure I really knew. I just went and voted. That said, tactical voting has never been my bag.

1 - she's voting at uni, home constituency is safe Tory, uni is marginal lab/lib. Sounds like her peer group is mainly people who weren't old enough to vote in the referendum and are pro-remain - and numerate enough to know corbyn doesn't add up.

(I only know this from what she's told me, I wouldn't ask let alone advise on specifics)

Uni seat is safe Labour and home is marginal so DD registered for postal vote for home. She's very interested in politics, likes to know what DH and I would vote, but will ultimately make her own mind up.

Ds1 has opted for a postal vote. He is in a safe seat constituency at university while home is a marginal. He received his voting card a couple of days ago, followed by a letter from our current mp yesterday telling him to expect it soon.
Ds2 is a bit put out at the moment, although he is 18 he has had nothing from our local mp, both Ds1 and dd(15yrs) had letters from the house of commons reminding them to register for a postal vote. Dd was thinking of applying...

I’ve sent mine summaries of votes for the main contenders for both home and uni and suggested she decide where her vote would be most likely to be in line with her views and of course might make a difference .

I have sent them the letter they received today from Boris J as postal voters hoping to convert them to the Tory cause. Let us hope they see the light by next month. I can but try. However I am not sending their postal votes on as they have registered to vote in Bristol at univesrity...
ah here is his text in reply.. "Stop sending me Tory progaganda".. sounds like I have failed with that one.,, ah he's replied agin "I am not voting Labour" (thank good ness for that, anything but that. I expect he must be green or lib dem or something)

Dd got postal vote here today.

Boris? Who he? The only Boris we know is the aptly-named vom bucket Dd has in her student flat .

Look up the Alex, sorry Boris, story that Jeremy Vine tells about conference speaking. Says it all.

There has been a lot of advice/talk about using your vote tactically from the student political groups/university paper etc. As was the case when I was at college too.

Well , this is who my DS is attempting to tactically vote out:

thelincolnite.co.uk/2019/11/lincoln-conservative-candidate-karl-mccartney-faces-suspension-calls-far-right-retweets/

1 and 1 here. DD is definitely using her postal vote. DS1 I don't know which he is going for

Piggy well done to your piglet - a noble cause!

I am acting as DS2's proxy to vote at home as he is currently on a study abroad year.
In years 1 and 2 he voted at university even though our home is a marginal constituency.

Thank you for further replies. Just in case it's relevant to anyone's DC, thought it worth pointing out that there is still time (just!) to apply for a proxy vote if on polling day you are going to be away from the constituency in which you wish to vote. Deadline is 5pm on 4 December (save for Northern Ireland where deadline has already expired). Appears that process CAN'T be done online, so need to allow time for it to get there by post.
www.gov.uk/voting-in-the-uk#voting-by-proxy

DS should be voting at uni as it's a marginal and home is a safe seat. But he knows the opposition candidate at home and wants to vote for them so it's going to be a proxy vote.