Kyle Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 No - Stirling. I went for years without voting, as all of the alternatives were terrible, but I don't agree with that approach any more. I feel obliged to vote for the least bad option - that's probably the Greens at the moment. That's fair enough. I'm a floater. I voted Lib Dems whilst at in my first election (I was in one of the Edinburgh constituencies back then), Conservatives the last time (ironically to oust SNP from Perth ) and I'll be voting SNP in Glasgow Central this time. Horses for courses and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 That's fair enough. I'm a floater. I find it bizarre when people aren't. In fact it's quite ridiculous not to be a floating voter. Especially if, like the majority of Scottish voters, you aren't interested in secession. Everyone should review their options with each election. I've voted for 3 different parties at Westminster and 2 at Holyrood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 No - Stirling. I went for years without voting, as all of the alternatives were terrible, but I don't agree with that approach any more. I feel obliged to vote for the least bad option - that's probably the Greens at the moment. Fair enough. SNP are shoe ins there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Fair enough. SNP are shoe ins there I wouldn't say they were shoe-ins. They certainly have a good chance, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC92 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Clegg sounding extremely rattled by that survation poll in Hallam. "utter, utter bilge." Survation take a less robust approach to polling at constituency level compared to Ashcroft, to be fair. Ashcroft asks for a general voting intention and then a second seat-specific question. He's also polled Sheffield Hallam and found Labour well ahead in the first question but the Lib Dems narrowly ahead in responses to the second question. The remarkable thing about his Scottish polls is that Labour don't seem to be getting an incumbency bonus. In fact, in most seats it seems to be a hindrance. The Lib Dems get a 5% incumbency boost in Inverness and Gordon (apparently from Tory tactical voters) but they're still miles behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Survation take a less robust approach to polling at constituency level compared to Ashcroft, to be fair. Ashcroft asks for a general voting intention and then a second seat-specific question. He's also polled Sheffield Hallam and found Labour well ahead in the first question but the Lib Dems narrowly ahead in responses to the second question. The remarkable thing about his Scottish polls is that Labour don't seem to be getting an incumbency bonus. In fact, in most seats it seems to be a hindrance. The Lib Dems get a 5% incumbency boost in Inverness and Gordon (apparently from Tory tactical voters) but they're still miles behind. His main beef seems to have that it was commissioned by Unite. As you said would've been interesting to some polling outside the Yes heartlands in Aberdeen or Edinburgh, but hopefully that'll come in time. I've been presuming the likes of Anne Begg and Sir Bob Smith would have some form incumbency bonus, but I'm starting to doubt that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerwickMad Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I find it bizarre when people aren't. In fact it's quite ridiculous not to be a floating voter. Especially if, like the majority of Scottish voters, you aren't interested in secession. Everyone should review their options with each election. I've voted for 3 different parties at Westminster and 2 at Holyrood. Good post. I'm the same. I don't understand people who are staunchly loyal to one party tbh, hanging off every word they say and waiting to see what the party line is before telling people this is what they believe in.I voted Lib Dem in 2005, Labour in 2010, and both Lib Dem and Tory in council elections. I think it's important to look at the candidate as well as the party as a whole. They should all be made to work for your vote, not just expect it. Expect to be voting Green come this election. If not, between Labour and Lib Dem but I'll see how the candidates do in the run up to the election. Looking forward to the fight in a marginal seat and seeing how low they all go in attacking each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I'd consider myself a bit of a floating voter, I'd question anyone integrity who puts party loyalty before principals. Example being, all these Labour voters who claim to have been against the iraq invasion, yet continually back them without question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Utterly bizarre that all the Unionists seem to be running in their drones to vote for the Scottish Greens One thing I do think is that attitudes and principles and reliability is far more important than actual policy. If we were voting purely from a list of policies I'd be Labour or Lib Dem every time, but I'm voting SNP this year because I trust them to stick up for us more than those other two parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 The Greens are for folk who think the SNP are "too mainstream". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerwickMad Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 It's the 'Green Party of England and Wales' where I am anyway I think. The 'union' is pretty low down on my list of priorities tbh. I can't say the Iraq War ever came into consideration when I was voting either. I was quite happy with the Blair government in 2005, despite voting Lib Dem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crùbag Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 His main beef seems to have that it was commissioned by Unite. As you said would've been interesting to some polling outside the Yes heartlands in Aberdeen or Edinburgh, but hopefully that'll come in time. I've been presuming the likes of Anne Begg and Sir Bob Smith would have some form incumbency bonus, but I'm starting to doubt that now. Two of the areas Ashcroft covered were 60% No voting. Would've been interesting to have seen Fife though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC92 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Two of the areas Ashcroft covered were 60% No voting. Would've been interesting to have seen Fife though. All of them were in areas with an above-average Yes vote apart from Gordon, which is a special case because of Alex Salmond's personal vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Curran has got her own Facebook page now. As you can imagine it's not going the way she probably thought https://m.facebook.com/MargaretCurranForGlasgowEast/posts/1539944299591444 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crùbag Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 MPs supporting arms-dealers - Curran, Donohoe and Doyle were there. Evil barstewards. Labour for socialism and world peace? Evil Vince from the Libs there an aw. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/vince-cable-one-of-40-mps-on-guest-list-for-arms-dealers-dinner-in-london-10026302.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaikuHibee Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Good post. I'm the same. I don't understand people who are staunchly loyal to one party tbh It's not the party. It's ideas and concepts. Many folk want indy. Failing that, some change. Are you a federalist? Who'll change the system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 All of them were in areas with an above-average Yes vote apart from Gordon, which is a special case because of Alex Salmond's personal vote. It would be good if there was somewhere to view the referendum results by Westminster constituencies rather than the 32 council areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 MPs supporting arms-dealers - Curran, Donohoe and Doyle were there. Evil barstewards. Labour for socialism and world peace? Evil Vince from the Libs there an aw. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/vince-cable-one-of-40-mps-on-guest-list-for-arms-dealers-dinner-in-london-10026302.html Those Typhoons and machine guns won't sell themselves to Saudi Arabia on their own. Meanwhile, Raif Badawi faces a slightly more prosaic fate for exercising his opinion by being leathered fifty times each Friday until the total reaches 1000 or more likely, he dies. Je suis charlie Curran & Donohoe? Vous etes c***s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 It would be good if there was somewhere to view the referendum results by Westminster constituencies rather than the 32 council areas. Depending on the council, they were counted in different ways. Some counted them by Westminster constituencies, some by Holyrood constituencies. Fife refused to give anything other than a single total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin Taranbino Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Curran has got her own Facebook page now. As you can imagine it's not going the way she probably thought https://m.facebook.com/MargaretCurranForGlasgowEast/posts/1539944299591444 Oooft - she is taking a pasting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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