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Religions > Atheism |
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"maff" |
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03 May 2005 05:39:22 AM |
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OT: Switching sides: the myths and the reality |
Switching sides: the myths and the reality
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/election/story/0,15803,1475025,00.html
Tactical voting has been increasing in recent polls, but how
influential is it? And there is another wild card this time - the
protest vote
Philip Cowley
Tuesday May 3, 2005
The Guardian
Around 14% of voters claim to have voted tactically at the last
election. Although this has increased in recent elections (up from
just 4% of voters in 1983), it remains very much a minority activity.
One reason for this is that in many seats tactical voting is
pointless. If you live in Kensington and Chelsea, there's not much
point worrying about it. Your party is either going to win if you are
a Conservative, or lose (everyone else). A similar principle applies
for any voter located in Bootle. Since many voters don't have a clue
about the tactical situation in their constituency, it is difficult to
vote tactically in such circumstances even if you do happen to live in
a marginal seat; a supposedly tactical vote cast in ignorance is
likely to be wasted or counterproductive.
Tactical (voting OR vote OR votes OR voter OR voters)
http://news.google.com/news?tab=gn&q=Tactical%20(voting%20OR%20vote%20OR%20votes%20OR%20voter%20OR%20voters)&num=100&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&
http://www.google.com/search?tab=nw&q=Tactical+(voting+OR+vote+OR+votes+OR+voter+OR+voters)&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N
http://www.google.com/search?q=Tactical+%28voting+OR+vote+OR+votes+OR+voter+OR+voters%29&btnG=Google+Search&hl=en&cat=gwd%2FTop
http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=Tactical+(voting+OR+vote+OR+votes+OR+voter+OR+voters)&start=0&scoring=d&num=100&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&
Vote (swappers OR swapper OR swap OR swaps OR swapping)
http://news.google.com/news?tab=gn&q=Vote%20(swappers%20OR%20swapper%20OR%20swap%20OR%20swaps%20OR%20swapping)&num=100&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&
http://www.google.com/search?tab=nw&q=Vote+(swappers+OR+swapper+OR+swap+OR+swaps+OR+swapping)&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N
http://www.google.com/search?q=Vote+%28swappers+OR+swapper+OR+swap+OR+swaps+OR+swapping%29&btnG=Google+Search&hl=en&cat=gwd%2FTop
http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=Vote+(swappers+OR+swapper+OR+swap+OR+swaps+OR+swapping)&start=0&scoring=d&num=100&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&
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