My vote has never resulted in my chosen candidate being elected to Parliament.brewster wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 3:38 pmDon't you mean the other way around? At least there your vote for a minority party might accomplish something. Here it's thrown away til we get ranked voting. I've rarely cast a vote without holding my nose, that's just the way it is. But to me there was never a question of supporting any D over any R because of the entire system of govt they represent, and who they will bring to DC and appoint to the various benches, especially SCOTUS. No matter what else Hillary did, I'd have been satisfied with her SCOTUS choices because that's the D brand. The R brand is appointing foxes to watch the henhouses, putting people in charge of Departments like EPA, IRS or SEC that don't believe in the agency's mission. I vote against R as much as for a D.Montegriffo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 3:04 pmIf I were eligible to vote I couldn't have supported either of them.
Same reason I have never voted for the Tories or Labour.
Pragmatism over idealism.
The Liberal Democrats are the most likely to get my vote next time around.
I've only ever voted Green and they have only ever had one MP elected (in Brighton).
The area I live in (East Anglia) generally elects Conservatives in the majority of the constituencies.
My vote has therefore always been thrown away (we have a first past the post system).
What the increasing Green vote has done over the years is elect some local councillors (local government officials with no seat in Parliament) and led to the main parties adopting some environmental policies in order to retain their votes.
The Lib' Dem's, while on the rise, are very unlikely to win enough seats to form a government. They may well be in a position to join a coalition government most likely with Labour this time (David Cameron's 2010 govt was a Tory/Lib' coalition).