so who am i going to vote for in may?

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I have voted since I was 18. Always feeling that my vote was worth something. That the person and party I voted for was worth something.

So now who do I vote for?

I am a little left if centre but don't want to vote labour. The Eds are not for me, they seem to miss the issues, chase headlines and are having a major knee jerk reaction to Nigel farage.

I believe in being part of Europe (am I a dying breed?) And fairness and equality but Clegg is an arse.

I think the NHS is a corner stone of our country. That the environment matters (and scientists tend to be more accurate than politicians here). That people should earn their place but that not everyone can. So I can't vote Tory.

That despite immigration being undeniably an issue for many, that the racism, bigotry, extreme right wing views of ukip mean I would rather drink battery acid than vote for them.

Greens are slightly further left wing than me but to be honest I don't know much about them. Just that, from a purely selfish point of view, dh and I have good salaries and much as we believe in social justice would like to feel some financial benefit from our work.

So I'm fucked aren't I. I have know idea who to vote for. Just feel depressed and for the first time worried about politics.

I could have written your post.
Except UKIP have a strong possibility of getting in here, so I'll vote for the most popular party after them.

I'm lurking as I feel the same.

Basically what mutton said. I'll be Voting Tory.

Have a look at this site:
voteforpolicies.org.uk/

Going by their results, if people voted for policies, most people would be voting for the Greens...

I'd urge you to find out more about the Green party. They've seen support grow and grow in recent years, but I knew very little about them before the independence referendum. They have seen membership swell in Scotland thanks to the increased political awareness here. I've been impressed by their policies - less wooly than I had expected, and a true desire for localism.

They need people to have faith and give them votes to be taken seriously. A good start would be for them to be included in the televised debates pre-GE15 but this is still an uncertainty. The fact that they are polling ahead of UKIP in places, but UKIP are being automatically afforded so much airtime, shows us the power of the media in politics :(

he fact that they are polling ahead of UKIP in places, but UKIP are being automatically afforded so much airtime, shows us the power of the media in politics sad

They are also polling ahead of the iib dems.,.

The problem is with the general election is that it is FPTP, so only the views of the majority are represented. I am a Green , but will be voting SNP in the election, as they have a far higher chance of ousting labour/Tories. I also don't particularly object to most of their policies, I could never bring myself to tactically vote for someone I loathed.

I'll be watching this thread too. I'll probably end up voting either Lib Dem or for whoever will keep UKIP out if it looks like being a close-run thing here. Can't bear the Eds (and don't trust them with either foreign policy - Iraq - or the economy - spending all the ££ last time the country was earning any), fed up with Clegg, object to lots of Tory policies, think the Greens need a reality check, and shudder at the thought of UKIP.

Oh I'll be voting SNP too It's, don't worry about that

In the same boat here .....
My local MP is standing down after many years with a good majority. I suspect many, and I was amongst them at times, have voted for HIM because HE did a pretty decent job of being a local MP, alongside having party appointments / national roles.
Now, I would never have been card-carrying for his party so voting for his party replacement is by no means an automatic assumption.

It's my real dilemma - the best local candidate does not always represent the party I'd wish to be running the country.

Will check out the local mp. Have moved since I last voted and have no idea what party(s) dominate round here.

Will have a look at the vote for policies site too.

I guess I can sympathise with those who say they feel disenfranchised. Just never thought that would be me. I didn't think my values and beliefs were unusual so thought there would be a party that at least partially reflected my views.

It'll be my first time voting and part of me really doesn't want to because I just don't support any of the parties enough to justify a vote. I absolutely will vote because I really believe it counts especially in the case of UKIP... I'm just really unsure!

Mehsmum that is exactly how I feel.

I seem to remember a French presidential election where the choice was between a very right wing or a right wing candidate. Voters walked through disinfectant. I shudder to think I may have to make the same choice. Much as I loathe so much about the Tories, the threat of ukip is just horrendous.

Yep, me too.

Did the survey and came out as mostly Green which tallies with my general views, although they are bit far to the left of me.

However, I can't vote for them either as I am in Scotland and do not want my vote to be claimed as in some way supporting independence.

So what to do?

Green here. I tried tactical voting previously to try and get rid of sitting MP - that didn't work and I really did feel I had wasted my vote... would rather vote with my heart nowadays.

Though - if tactical voting could keep a kipper out, I might be forced to reconsider!

Vote Green anyway - the pro-independence parties cant force through independence without another referendum.

If you agree with them on everything but that point I'd vote green anyway as their support for independence is not going to impact their other policies.

I could've written this post too but I live in a clear Tory majority.

I despair at the politicians. They have rarely lived in the real world.

Yrs, I suppose so.

I am just fed up of being told that by voting no, what I actually meant was that I want more devolution

And that increasing green support is because of independence.

Surge in membership of both Green Party and SNP was absolutely because of the independence referendum, not sure what you mean?

I'm going to vote for myself! According to that survey I should have a 50/50 split between Green and UKIP.

I don't like politics. Mainly because most politicians promise the earth and deliver nothing.

What I mean is that I am anti independence, but pro Green, I suppose, and don't like the two being lumped together.

I would like it if a vote for a policy/party could be just that and not a sign that you are really voting for something else.

Ok have done the vote for policies website.It was really difficult actually. Some stuff on the face of it sounded sane then when I read it again I would realise what they were actually proposing.

Of the policies I looked at I came out labour on Europe and welfare, green on education and health, Tories on the economy and lib dem on environment. Apparently I have a Tory mp but based on postcode the greens are slightly ahead on the website.

Interesting. Some of the policies are a bit naive, unfunded (unfundable) and pie in the sky aren't they.

Really: The former Green MSP Robin Harper wasn't pro-independence was he? But Patrick Harvie is completely behind the independence campaign. I won't be voting green for that reason.

I'm voting SNP, I wouldn't know what to do otherwise as I couldn't justify voting Lib/Lab/Con/UKIP. Greens support leaving the EU which is a shame, as they'd be a good alternative otherwise.

I didn't think they wanted out, just that they don't want financial stuff so high on the agenda. Like it or not, money makes the world go round.

In my experience, our toughest and most effective environmental legislation comes from Europe.

I'm voting Tory - voting for Greens is a wasted vote imo.