maplesyrup Posted June 10, 2004 Report Posted June 10, 2004 Strategic Voting? In 2001 I covered Tony Blair's re-election in the UK. An interesting sideshow was the campaign Billy Bragg, the great pop singer, ran to coordinate strategic voting against the Hague Tories. He ran an internet website so people could trade their best guesses about which, between Labour and the Lib-Dems, a voter should support in his riding if his goal was to keep the Tories from getting back in.I'm surprised I haven't heard about something similar in this campaign. Is anyone aware of organized net-based campaigns to coordinate voting against the Tories — or the Liberals? Paul Wells usually has interesting things to say. Quote An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France
Bryant Posted June 10, 2004 Report Posted June 10, 2004 Only you!!! maplesyrup-with your see through Pro Tory Anti Liberal Postering that"s all I've noticed on the Net.....it"s so blantantly obvious.....your trying to influence your Tories into office.....I'm surprised you only heard of strategic voting now---It"s Old news and has been done for years......but I respect your choice and opinion on issues afterall that's what a forum is. Quote
Motoro Posted June 10, 2004 Report Posted June 10, 2004 Maplesyrup is as far from a Tory as you can get, Bryant. I'm new here but even I knew that. Quote
Argus Posted June 10, 2004 Report Posted June 10, 2004 Only you!!! maplesyrup-with your see through Pro Tory Anti Liberal Postering that"s all I've noticed on the Net.....it"s so blantantly obvious.....your trying to influence your Tories into office.....I'm surprised you only heard of strategic voting now---It"s Old news and has been done for years......but I respect your choice and opinion on issues afterall that's what a forum is. Maplesyrup a Tory? I think this Bryant guy is just Joseph13 under a new nik. Except he's using dots instead of dashes between sentences. Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
takeanumber Posted June 10, 2004 Report Posted June 10, 2004 Strategic voting cost the PC's 1 percent and the NDP 1 percent nationally in the 2000 election. Source: Blais et. al., Anatomy of a Liberal Victory. Strategic voting really doesn't come into play in Canada. Why? Because partisans are over confident, and non-partisans often lack the local (or even national) knowledge that is required to pull off a strategic vote. Quote
idealisttotheend Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 Strategic voting cost the PC's 1 percent and the NDP 1 percent nationally in the 2000 election. If this is true why does the NDP always poll higher than it recieves in votes. If this is true why is it (or is it still?) illegal to publish poll results on the day of the election. I don't have a source handy but why do people argue that a good number of the people who voted Yes in 95 did so not because they wanted to seperate but because they wanted a "better deal" from Ottawa. One could easily argue that all voting is strategic. Quote All too often the prize goes, not to who best plays the game, but to those who make the rules....
Slavik44 Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 Only you!!! maplesyrup-with your see through Pro Tory Anti Liberal Postering that"s all I've noticed on the Net.....it"s so blantantly obvious.....your trying to influence your Tories into office.....I'm surprised you only heard of strategic voting now---It"s Old news and has been done for years......but I respect your choice and opinion on issues afterall that's what a forum is. which leads me to my next point children do not do crack cocaine. Quote The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. - Ayn Rand --------- http://www.politicalcompass.org/ Economic Left/Right: 4.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.54 Last taken: May 23, 2007
August1991 Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 This is a silly thread because it is based on the absurd assumption that NDP voters and Tory voters want to get rid of the Liberals at all costs. In the UK, with Labour and Lib-Dems, it made sense to join to get rid of the Conservatives. That's not the case here. Many NDP voters would prefer a Liberal victory to a Conservative victory. I don't know how many Tories would like to see a Liberal minority supported by the NDP. Quote
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