Scottish Elections who do you think will take the majority of Seats?

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As a Scot I genuinely have no idea who to vote for.

I dont trust the SNP and find John Swinney completely incompetent. I wouldnt trust him to run my household budget let alone the countries so he is out for me. I cant stand labour, the tories well are not my cup of tea, lib dems and green would never get my vote.

However i dont seem to be alone in having no idea who to vote for which leaves me wondering who will take the majority of seats across Scotland. What do others think will happen?

im voting Libdem cause they are the only party that haven’t annoyed me. My DH is going to spoil his ballot paper.

unfortunately there’s a mega poll that’s been published which projects SNP with an overall majority and reform in second place. - both of which sadden me.

The SNP will win the largest number of seats. That's a given, surely, I don't think much wondering is required.

I'm almost glad that as a Scot living overseas I don't have the right to vote, because I think they are all dire.

I think I would have to hold my nose and vote labour - purely from previous, vaguely socialist, loyalty.

I think people are going to put the SNP back in, with a heavy compliment of Greens. Female voters in particular: it's like turkeys voting for Christmas. I could be wrong but I don't think the single sex spaces / women's rights issues have broken through: everyone I meet / know is still being very performatively 'kind' and 'nice' about this - minds so open that their brains appear to have fallen out. And those that aren't are still too scared to say so openly.

I don't actually have an opinion on independence. It appears to be primarily an emotional decision so tbh the financial / legal / other arguments for and against it are irrelevant and can be presented to support either side.

Looking in from the outside, the political talent pool is very shallow in Scotland - it's how numpties like Ross Greer / Maggie Chapman / Patrick Harvie etc keep rising to the surface.

I will probably spoil my vote too. Highly depressing times we live in.

I think SNP will get the most seats, despite an appalling record while in government. There is too much party loyalty in Scotland.

There is too much party loyalty in Scotland.

I agree!

The longstanding party loyalty towards Labour didn't serve Scotland well, nor does the SNP's longterm governance.

However, I think it's up to individual parties to provide an alternative that people want.

There's so much unhelpful about politics at the moment generally, exacerbated in Scotland by the independence question.

I suspect reading all this SNP will get the majority of seats although most woman i know have said they wont be voting for them as they are uncomfortable with certain policies.

Where are Reform expected to get a hold in Scotland?

I'll vote SNP because I really want Scotland to be an Independant Country and free of Westminster rule.
If we do become independant I'd probably vote Lib Dem in the new independant election.

I think other parties have shot themselves in the foot by becoming absolutely unionist parties (other than the actual Conservative and Unionist Party!). They've reduced the votes they could get from those who might vote for independence if the question was asked, but for whom it's not an everyday concern.

There's quite a big chunk of Labour voters I think who would vote for independence, and if Labour's policy was one of not having a side they might be more successful.

I also remember watching part of a conference way back where a Scottish Lib Dem speaker said they weren't that committed against independence, and that the party should leave people to decide that for themselves and concentrate on what mattered on an everyday basis.

I can't disagree. Because right now the union vote is split between three big parties, and now a fourth, diluting the vote share further. It seems mindless to keep going and expect a different outcome after all these years!

The available choices are all absolutely dire.

SNP - incompetent and nuts. How anyone can vote for them after seeing their performance/financial incompetence/being led by the nose by activists is beyond me.
Scottish Greens - embarrassingly inept and bat shit. Actual environmentalists have fled the party in horror.
Labour - mealy mouthed fence sitters without any sense of the courage of their own convictions
Lib Dems - basically Tory - lite for the lanyard class who agree with Tory policy but can't quite admit it to themselves, with an aching ballsack of a Leader
Tory - no.
Reform - obviously no.
Smaller parties - pointless.

It's gone from voting for someone/a party which filled you with hope for the future and who will you hope will do a good job representing the needs of their constituents to trying to work out who will fuck up the least.

I'd like to see a kind of cross party party of all the competent MSP's but that'll never happen.

Labour - mealy mouthed fence sitters without any sense of the courage of their own convictions

Lib Dems - basically Tory - lite for the lanyard class who agree with Tory policy but can't quite admit it to themselves, with an aching ballsack of a Leader

Oh God, yes, nail on head!!!

Either of these parties could get their act together and become coherent alternatives to the current set up.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

And to answer the question in the OP, depressingly probably the SNP who, despite almost two decades in power, have started their usual pre election bribes for votes in the form of offering the moon on a stick, but not actually following through on it once re-elected.

I'd like to see a kind of cross party party of all the competent MSP's but that'll never happen.

I'd vote for that!

This pretty much sums up my views on all the large parties. SNP in particular have annoyed me because they do seem to be getting led by a small number of activists rather than looking at what the average Scottish voters wants and needs.

I'd like to see a kind of cross party party of all the competent MSP's but that'll never happen

How would we select them? What does competence look like?

i just can’t understand why Scottish people, who I tend to think of as fairly sensible, keep voting for absolute loons. Is it because they are too polite to tell these people they should walk away from politics and never come back?? Do they feel sorry for them?

I think SNP will have the majority of seats. The party I'm most disappointed in, is Labour. I'm a traditional Labour voters but the party is Westminster focus only and offers nothing solid for Scotland.

My ideas for a new political party, called the 'we're not a bunch of proper numpties', which would hopefully be a beacon for competent MSP's -

Party standards -

• no whips. MSP'S vote with their conscience.
• no undue influence from lobbying groups/activists - everyone gets the same amount of access to meetings/panels with MSP's.
• Any personal/professional affilations to be declared. Transparency as a guiding concept.
• More cross party working in the form of working groups to address specific issues
• No power sharing deals with parties with basically 0% of the public vote

It's not going to happen, but I can dream...

SNP will win, they always do, because the unionist vote is so split.
Yet the majority of people who vote for SNP don't do it for independence, despite what the SNP may say. They just want to protest against the other parties.
People vote Green and Reform for the same reason.
Its a shit show. Sensible voting no longer exists.

I have struggled for years to find a party to vote for so I have taken to asking who is best in opposition. The only people that stand up and argue against the SNP are the tories and a free independents. You don’t have to want them in charge to want them in opposition. All the others just go along with the snp. Just a different way of looking at it!

I will spoil my vote with “none of the above”
with regret

Independence would be an unmitigated disaster for Scotland. Responsible political is CANNOT endorse it and keep the respect of those that see the reality of the situation, in the same way that Labour would never endorse scrapping prisons. They haven’t be the grown ups in the room protecting the interests of the wider public.

What do you want to see Labour offer Scotland?

Where did I say anything about endorsing it?

Il be voting for the tories. I think Russell Findlay is doing a good job for them and im in full agreement with their headline policies.

It goes without saying that snp will get the most seats. I dont think they will get a majority though and I hope that remains the case even if they were to suggest another collision with the even more terrifying greens.

I wouldnt consider labour after their stance on women's rights. Lib dems always feel a bit meh to me and whilst I agree with some of what reform stand for, i wouldnt want them in Charge

Lib Dem’s are FAR worse for women’s rights than Labour. Far worse! Scottish Labour have done a half about turn on the GRA support. The Scottish Lib Dem’s are still going all in with their support with letting blokes in frocks into women’s single sex spaces. Terrifying.