2015 Elections : Who is voting for who and why ?

[OilSheikh]

Please share your views. And, please don't flame fellow Hexite voters.

[kalniel]

I've not finished my research yet, and little good it will do me, but I'll be looking for my local MP to support:

-positive campaigning (really annoys me when so many prefer to negatively campaign rather than have any confidence that what they stand for would be good enough)
-increasing affordable and family housing (housing supply is too low in the area, leading to vastly inflated prices and high density living, which creates its own problems.)
-more support for research in vital medical areas not well addressed by current pharma market conditions, eg long term research, mental health, dementia, GM.
-more aid for developing countries - the migrant situation in Africa is only our visible contact with the problems, but we can help more to make these countries stable and a place people want to live in rather than move away from.
-further support and rights for equality - whether that's paternal/maternal benefits, workplace or ethnic/other inequalities. (As well as being morally opposed to inequality, it causes a reduction of the skill pool available and thus is a form of self-hampering)

to name but a few...

[Smudger]

Not sure. My constituency is a fairly safe Tory seat, so it probably won't make any difference, but having said that, none of the parties is giving me a solid reason to vote for them. Just have to hope there's an independent standing...

According to this site: www.whoshouldyouvotefor.com, I should go for Labour/Greens. Hmmpht.

[Top_gun]

I live in a very safe Labour held constituency so I think I'll vote for the Green party. I'm struck by the lack of ideas by the mainstream political parties who are still pushing a so last century economics model. I'm also concerned by the social cleansing which is happening in London at the moment. Tottenham and the Heygate estate are some of the current examples.

So far the campaign has been clean. I was impressed by this entertaining campaign.

[Lanky123]

That Green campaign is entertaining, but after the Lib Dem debacle at the last election I don't think any party can spout wild 'no tuition fees' 're-nationalise this/that' promises without stating how they'll pay for it. Otherwise it becomes perfectly clear that they never fully expect to have to carry out any of their policies, just hope to grab a few seats and enjoy 5 years of making a nuisance of themselves and getting a soundbite in whenever they think they can score a political point.

Which is a shame, because the general principle behind some of the Green policies I could conceivably vote for and my constituency is probably Labour but with a threat from the Greens. I just don't feel at the moment that I can encourage the sort of campaigning where they promise the world and pull numbers out of thin air (on the rare occasion numbers even get a mention).

[Kovoet]

There is no party worth voting for. If I did it would be UKIP only for position against the others.

[Phage]

Lib dem. for their stand on the snoopers charter and they are only viable alternative in my seat.

[abaxas]

Choosing a party is easy.

Cons - you have a job
Labour - you dont have a job or are in a job where you can't be sacked.
Lib Dems - you are a student or teacher.
UKIP - you had a job but now live on a unfunded final salary pension.
Green - you are vegetarian.

[Dareos]

Anyone who lives in the constituency that Al Murray is standing for, do it

mainly so i can see the Guv'nor at Prime Ministers Questions

[MrRockliffe]

A mix of conservatives and UKIP would be my ideal. Maybe even UKIP without Nigel Farage? I wonder if much would change... That being said, none of the parties are offering any tangeable benefits this year for me personally. That, and the fact they're all numpties in my opinion.

[Zak33]

According to this site: www.whoshouldyouvotefor.com, I should go for Labour/Greens. Hmmpht.

and apparently, I should vote for UKIP... which is odd enough in itself

[Andy3536]

Not sure. My constituency is a fairly safe Tory seat, so it probably won't make any difference, but having said that, none of the parties is giving me a solid reason to vote for them. Just have to hope there's an independent standing...

According to this site: www.whoshouldyouvotefor.com, I should go for Labour/Greens. Hmmpht.

I came up with Greens too. But to be honest, that's only as they didn't ask the burning question which is in the Greens manifesto which i strongly disagree with.
They want to ban Rabbit hutches, which i'm sure you all agree is the topic that will seperate the nation .....

[Saracen]

and apparently, I should vote for UKIP... which is odd enough in itself

Not really. The quiz is pretty simplistic.

For instance, leave ALL questions at neutral, except :-

- renew Trident
- don't do HS2

and you'll get a UKIP recommendation. Other key triggers surely would work too, but I tested that method.

The problem with most of those voting guide sites is that it's very hard to gauge how important policies are in determining voting intentions. For instance, I would take both the above policy positions, and pretty 'strongly'. But they aren't what would determine how I vote.

And THAT is my problem this time. It's not that I haven-t decided who to vote for (though I haven't), but rather, I haven't even decided whether to vote positively for a small selection of key policies I ageee with, or whether to vote negatively against policies or parties I dislike.

And, if I vote positively for what I do want to see, the risk is that that lets in a candidate for a party I really don't want.

So to answer the thread question, who to vote for, and why ..... beggared if I know. Yet.

[kalniel]

And THAT is my problem this time. It's not that I haven-t decuded who to vote for (though I haven't), but rather, I haven't even decided whether to vote positively for a small selection of key policies I ageee with, or whether to vote negatively against policies or parties I dislike.

And, if I vote positively for what I do want to see, the risk is that that lets in a candidate for a party I really don't want.

So to answer the thread question, who to vote for, and why ..... beggared if I know. Yet.

I'm facing a fairly similar dilemma - there's one party who's manefesto best (though obviously not perfectly) aligns with my preferences.. but I'm not sure I like their track record or the people!

[abaxas]

Instead of thinking what is in it for you, vote for who you think would best run the country.

[kalniel]

Instead of thinking what is in it for you, vote for who you think would best run the country.

I think that's what everyone already does isn't it? Of course, their measure of what's best for the country might be determined by what's best for them.