why are you not voting today?

[Idris2002]

some see it as a duty to vote

i dont

i dont agree with any of the main parties ideas etc so dont see why I should vote for them.

hence today I will not be voting.

last election 80% of the vote was split (pretty evenly 41.8 con 40.3 lab) between Labour and Conservatives in my ward. and given that I really cant stand either of them I would rather just not bother.

I am not voting today because I live in Dublin.

 

[Lo Siento.]

Possibly. But no-one has suggested what the outcome of the loss of mandate might be? Where politics would go from there, and who would guide the country through the transition? If the authorities don't have any, do they just disappear or do they keep pretending they do for as long as possible? In my opinion if you're not voting because you don't believe in the system, it'd be nice to have an idea of what that might lead to next.

It's all pointless really. Abstention is pointless outside of a wider context of radicalisation, voting is just as pointless in the same situation.

Since it doesn't actually matter either way, everything is a fundamentally useless gesture with the sole purpose of making yourself feel better.

 

[danny la rouge]

The difference is a bit academic tbh.

Between what and what?

 

[editor]

1. Very unhappy with all three of the major parties' policies and track records.

Why not vote for another party then? I had quite a choice on my ballot paper.

 

[cesare]

Why not vote for another party then? I had quite a choice on my ballot paper.

For reason 3 in the post of mine that you selectively quoted from.

 

[Lo Siento.]

Why not vote for another party then? I had quite a choice on my ballot paper.

but why bother?

 

[Teaboy]

Why not vote for another party then? I had quite a choice on my ballot paper.

This seems to vary quite a bit. I only have tory, labour, lib dem, green, ukip, christian alliance or some ex copper obsessed with reform of the met.

Hobson should count himself lucky

 

[_angel_]

Why not vote for another party then? I had quite a choice on my ballot paper.

I didn't really.

The choices here are

Conservative
Labour = 3 different flavours of the same thing
Lib Dem

BNP = obviously not

Green = not really sure about