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T_i_B

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4. The system in EU elections may be hard to game...

Reply to Denzil_DC (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 24, 2019, 12:28 AM

Apr 2019

....but that's the approach a lot of people appear to be trying to take in these elections. FPTP habits clearly die hard. Trying to encourage tactical voting for remain parties when it's difficult to see what the tactical choice actually is.

Voting or against individual candidates is only relevant with the top individual on the party list, as that's the only one with a chance of being elected. Interestingly enough, both Greens and Liberal Democrats have prominent Sheffield Councillors at the top of their regional list for Yorkshire. This means that in both cases I can vote for those parties in the hope of electing an individual I would want

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(opinion) Britain will have its second referendum - at the EU elections on 23 May [View all] nitpicker Apr 2019 OP

I took the figures from yesterday's YouGov poll, tried to divide them up as Leave and Remain muriel_volestrangler Apr 2019 #1

Expect Farage's brexit pity party to do well T_i_B Apr 2019 #2

That's a dangerous and counterproductive line. Denzil_DC Apr 2019 #3

The system in EU elections may be hard to game... T_i_B Apr 2019 #4

I found a list of the lists for each party and region muriel_volestrangler Apr 2019 #5