If Planes Are Safe Then Why Do...
ChatterBank3 mins ago
How many eligible voters are not going to turn out?
Anyone here eligible to vote and not going to? Any reasons why? What sort of party would you like to vote for?
Tomorrow is the first time I'm going to be able to vote in a General Election. I can't understand anyone not wanting to express their preference for who governs our country.
Tomorrow is the first time I'm going to be able to vote in a General Election. I can't understand anyone not wanting to express their preference for who governs our country.
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by QmunkE. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
It sounds naive but we should be voting for the 647 people we have the most faith in to do their best for the country, regardless of party. I remember years ago our local MP was a Tory even though his constituency was predominantly working class but he had a huge following because he was a genuine genleman. Personally I prefer the single transferable vote system to our first-past-the-post method of "democracy" where one party can get an overall majority with less than 40% of the total vote, leading to dictators like Thatcher and Blair having far too much power.
I also feel that voting, ie using the ballot paper in any way you like, should be made compulsory, with penalties for non-voters. What say others?
Johnathan Aitkin who was a cabinet minister in John Major's government pleaded guilty to perjury and did time for it!
Back to the original question most people who don't vote abstain because they don't think their vote will make any difference - and unless they're in a marginal constituency, they're right!
The only way to get people to vote is to make them believe their vote matters and the only way to make their vote matter is to give them a chance to actually vote for the Government directly and not just a constituency MP
I won't be voting and haven't since turning 18. The reasoning being that we have had different governments in charge over my voting ( and non voting ) life and neither rule ( conservative or labour ) have made the slightest difference to my life. So due to the fact that if I choose to vote, all I would be adding is a number to a final figure, it really does not make a difference who is in power. Labour = war ( so what, it hasn't had any bearing on my life at all ). Conservatives = industry and mining etc. again not one iota of difference. So if it is making no difference to my life, why vote? for someone elses life? they have their vote to use!
Aitkin was found guilty of lying in court. I was hoping for an example of apolitician who has lied during an election campaign etc.
As you can gather I don't belive they do lie as a matter of course. Dismissing all politicians 'because they are all liars' is just a lazy arguement usually from those who have not taken the time to find out what the politicians are really doing.
As you can gather I don't belive they do lie as a matter of course. Dismissing all politicians 'because they are all liars' is just a lazy arguement usually from those who have not taken the time to find out what the politicians are really doing.
-- answer removed --
If ICEMANSAV had put forward a brilliantly eloquent and well thought out reason for voting Lib Dem as they benefitted him and his family in lots of different ways then no-one would call him selfish : that's the whole idea behind voting. Supporting the party that is best aligned with your needs and ideals.
As politicians generally have a shoddy image of being parasitic and self serving he's perfectly entitled to use the same logic to vote for none of them.
As politicians generally have a shoddy image of being parasitic and self serving he's perfectly entitled to use the same logic to vote for none of them.
Doesn't everyone base decisions that they make on how it effects them? I will never involve myself in something so fragile as a pension scheme and pay for any health care I require. I drive on the roads and pay all the relevant taxes etc. I don't understand your argument that because I will not vote that I am automatically not contributing. It is not a question of being selfish, it is the reason you have been given the right to vote, to make a choice. If my viewpoint ( not a lazy viewpoint at all ) is that voting is pointless then I am allowed to act upon my choice.
Other points you have made i.e. education etc. I have paid taxes and contributed all my working life supporting other people as well as myself like most people. Therefore i reserve the right to do as i please with my vote.
I'm dead against compulsory voting.
Why should people who are too apathetic or stupid to have an opinion be forced to have a say over who governs the rest of us?
I applaud the non-voters for voluntarily removing themselves from the process and leaving the serious business of electing a government to those of us who give a toss.
Why should people who are too apathetic or stupid to have an opinion be forced to have a say over who governs the rest of us?
I applaud the non-voters for voluntarily removing themselves from the process and leaving the serious business of electing a government to those of us who give a toss.
Related Questions
Sorry, we can't find any related questions. Try using the search bar at the top of the page to search for some keywords, or choose a topic and submit your own question.