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Originally Posted by joeysteele
The SNP have managed to take 50% of the vote in Scotland,in a multi party election.
I accept that parties except in a freak election probably,cannot get 50% of the vote but the votes for the 2 parties have fallen every decade and now over the last decade in 3 elections,neither party has exceeded 37% of the vote and more to the point,both main parties have not even secured just 70% of the total votes cast between them.
It used to be called the magic 40% figure,for elections.
Neither main party has got even just a dead 40% since 2001.
I feel now, that is unacceptable and unsustainable and if the UK really wants people to vote more,then they have to see that their votes do count and that out of every 10 voters that vote, a govt; cannot be elected to absolute power,by actually taking less than 4 of those voters out of every 10.
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The only way to have a election system more reflective of % votes is through some form of PR system. To get 40% or more votes in multi party politics is going to be next to impossible.
I've said it before, the UK was given the choice of a new system and they said NO. To try and diminish that result by saying other issues were more important or whatever is not supportive of democracy .... again. Democracy is not something you can pick up and forget as it suits.
All that being said, we have a democracy, people can lobby for change, and if they get the required support it will change. But all i see is bleating, yes, i repeat bleating, because people can't accept the result of a democratic election. Its disgusting. If people didn't want something they wouldn't have voted for it.
In a democracy, it is everyones right to have their view respected. People voted for the conservatives IN THE MAJORITY - that is the will of the people