[arista]

General Election 2015: Do you think your vote will be wasted? You could try swapping it with someone in a marginal seat




[Ben Little and Jonathan Rogers barely know each other. But, on 7 May,
each man will walk into a polling station in different
constituencies and cast their vote according to the other’s wishes.

The pair have agreed to swap votes – a form of tactical voting developed to increase
the power of individual votes cast under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) electoral system.
Neither man will be voting for his first preference, but both believe vote swapping will help
them to maximise the chances of those they want to see in power.
Mr Little is a Labour supporter in Chipping Barnet, a safe Tory seat in north London.
Mr Rogers is a Green Party supporter in the Labour target seat of Hornsey and Wood Green,
also in north London, where Ed Miliband’s party has a real chance
of unseating the Liberal Democrat incumbent. ]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-10187359.html


This was on SkyNewsHD papers review

[joeysteele]

I just think people should vote for who best represents them and their own views and hopes.
However, if this works for these 2, fine.

[arista]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

I just think people should vote for who best represents them and their own views and hopes.
However, if this works for these 2, fine.

Its more than these 2


This is about safe seats

[Josy]

Your vote is supposed to be your own to vote for who best represents you, as joey said.

I think this is stupid.

[waterhog]

if there is nothing on offer that appeals to you - go and make you voting slip invalid - by putting none of the above.

[kirklancaster]

What next: Advertisements for 'VOTES FOR SALE'?

[arista]

Originally Posted by Josy

Your vote is supposed to be your own to vote for who best represents you, as joey said.

I think this is stupid.

Sure
but there is a site doing it


No Cops have stopped it

[arista]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

What next: Advertisements for 'VOTES FOR SALE'?

Yes Labour members may do that

[Kizzy]

Just shows how desperate people are to unseat this lot.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Just shows how desperate people are to unseat this lot.

Yes And no one wants
New Labour /Labour /SNPism

in power

[Kizzy]

Joey and I do...

[arista]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Joey and I do...

we know

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes And no one wants
New Labour /Labour /SNPism

in power

Not quite sure no-one wants then in power Arista

[arista]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

Not quite sure no-one wants them in power Arista

Utter Anarchy

[Jack_]

Sounds fine to me, this is the problem with FPTP, people have to resort to tactical voting like this

[Northern Monkey]

I say if you're not happy with the current system then go for it.Nobody can really stop it happening.This is apparently a democracy after all.

[Josy]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes And no one wants
New Labour /Labour /SNPism

in power

Clearly they do.

[smudgie]

The politicians are happy to use an tactics to win, so the voters can feel free to do the same.

No way would I trust a stranger to cast a vote for me..how on earth can you trust anyone to carry out your wishes.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Josy

Clearly they do.

OK Josy



No One In Their Right mind wants
Labour/SNPism

as it will not work



But UKIP and Conservative
is ready for merge (PM says no way , of course )

[arista]

Originally Posted by Jack_

Sounds fine to me, this is the problem with FPTP, people have to resort to tactical voting like this

Its very normal nowdays
Jacki

[Livia]

No one's having my vote, ever. Appalling idea.

[bots]

Lol, never heard anything so stupid. There is no way to check that your partner has indeed voted as per your request. Sounds like an age old scam to me.

[Nedusa]

Utter nonsense............and probably illegal

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Josy

Your vote is supposed to be your own to vote for who best represents you, as joey said.

I think this is stupid.

Also, how could you ever really know the other person actually did so too.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Joey and I do...

I am finding a great many people do Kizzy,in England too,from the North to the Midlands.
It seems maybe one or 2 people possibly don't get out much.