Anyone voting yesterday?

[PeteXXX]

At risk of ending up in The Other Place, a non-politic question re voting.
In our part of Hamtun, WNC, it's just police / fire / summat commissioner.

Any one bother with these folk?

I probably will but I don't expect to be pushing through the crowds to get in!

 

[Alex321]

Here in Wales, it is just Police commissioners as well.

Not sure whether we'll bother.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

If I have the opportunity to vote I always do if I can

so I will - and so will be my wife

If i don;t I don't consider I have a right to moan about "them" - although I don;t consider that I have any right to moan about other people if they think differently

 

[ianrauk]

Yep. In London for Mayor and London Assembly.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Oh - should have added
we get to vote for 3 things - sorry positions

a) local counsellor - easy because the one standing here has been helpful to me personally when I have asked questions and has done a lot of good stuff for the local community

b) Metro Mayor

c) Police and Crime Commissioner

comments about each one deleted to avoid the thread going all "other place"

 

[Time Waster]

If I have the opportunity to vote I always do if I can

so I will - and so will be my wife

If i don;t I don't consider I have a right to moan about "them" - although I don;t consider that I have any right to moan about other people if they think differently

Are you only voting so you can have a moan about them? No other reason?

 

[Baldy]

No, I live in Scotland. No elections here.

 

[Time Waster]

No, I live in Scotland. No elections here.

Not now there is no need for vote of no confidence!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Are you only voting so you can have a moan about them? No other reason?

Well no
I mainly vote so I have some (very small!) say in who gets to run things

but if I didn;t bother I would feel guilty about complaining that "the other lot got in and are not doing things the way I want"

In cases like this I also want to send a - again very small - message to the government

I reckon that I have very little power - but there are a lot of people like me and if we all vote then something might go the way I want

If we don;t vote then people who don't think like me might well vote and then things might be done that I do not approve of

or something like that

democracy is weird but if done properly it does seem to work

 

[Beebo]

I voted days ago.
I’ve had a postal vote for over 10 years.
It’s so easy that I don’t know why everyone doesn’t do it. Saves on actually having to go to the polling station.

 

[Emanresu]

Read about Duverger’s Law as it applies to choice. Apparently we all get confused if there are more than 2 candidates - a bit like going into Starbucks for a coffee.

 

[Time Waster]

@ebikeerwidnes I guessed that, it's just the way you posted that got me.

I think there's a lot who always vote with similar POV. I have found all parties who get in and stay in let us down. There's probably more voting against than voting for.

 

[DCBassman]

Postal votes, already done.

 

[Drago]

People voting for me tomorrow!

 

[Gunk]

If I have the opportunity to vote I always do if I can

so I will - and so will be my wife

If i don;t I don't consider I have a right to moan about "them" - although I don;t consider that I have any right to moan about other people if they think differently

I totally agree, my son will also be voting for the first time tomorrow.