Will you vote tactically?

[Scabutz]

Given that this GE is really a single issue election (the B word). Who plans on voting tactically? For the avoidance of doubt by tactical voting I mean voting for someone (party) you wouldn't normally vote who shares your view on Brexit so you vote for them.

I'm not going to share my brexit stance or my voting intentions but I am considering a tactical vote. In my constituency the current incumbent has a very narrow majority. The two top candidates have always been Con/Labour with Lib Dems and others having no hope at all.

The problem being is I dont want either Corbyn or BoJo as PM.

[Evercross]

I will vote tactically but for reasons other than the ones you have stated.....

[Don Roque]

It is encumbent on every decent man to vote how they must to stop Corbyn's communists.

[GetCarter]

I will, as always.

(I'm never in a constituency that will ever get my preferred candidate, so I have to try and stop the dark side from winning).

Edited by GetCarter on Friday 1st November 14:05

[JagLover]

Scabutz said:

Given that this GE is really a single issue election (the B word). Who plans on voting tactically? For the avoidance of doubt by tactical voting I mean voting for someone (party) you wouldn't normally vote who shares your view on Brexit so you vote for them.
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I'm not at all sure how this can be a single issue election. We are deciding the government for the next five years and Brexit (which will be drawing to a close if and when the WA on the table is agreed) is just one of the issues that government will be dealing with.

[anonymous-user]

Only a hung Parliament can save the UK from the disaster of Johnson and the disaster of Corbyn. My vote is in a mega Tory seat, but I will vote LibDem, with zero enthusiasm (the LibDems are mostly rubbish). I would vote Labour 97,0000 times over if Keir Starmer was in charge. This will never happen.

[S11Steve]

Breadvan72 said:

Only a hung Parliament can save the UK from the disaster of Johnson and the disaster of Corbyn. My vote is in a mega Tory seat, but I will vote LibDem, with zero enthusiasm (the LibDems are mostly rubbish). I would vote Labour 97,0000 times over if Keir Starmer was in charge. This will never happen.

O/t - Are you back in the UK now, or still island hopping?

[Tyre Smoke]

I'm a Tory party member living in a safe Tory seat.

I couldn't envisage tactical voting of I lived somewhere else though. It is an election that is more than just Brexit, but you can bet that everyone will focus on that and that alone.

If I lived in a marginalTory seat, I'd vote Tory.
If I lived in a Labour safe seat, I might vote TBP, but probably Tory.
If I lived in a safe LD seat (not a recent convert) I'd vote Tory.
If I lived in a marginal of any of the above I'd vote Tory.

I'm not convinced there will be a huge amount of tactical voting, but we will see.

I predict (and I'm often wrong) a 60+ Tory majority.

[Scabutz]

JagLover said:

Scabutz said:

Given that this GE is really a single issue election (the B word). Who plans on voting tactically? For the avoidance of doubt by tactical voting I mean voting for someone (party) you wouldn't normally vote who shares your view on Brexit so you vote for them.
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I'm not at all sure how this can be a single issue election. We are deciding the government for the next five years and Brexit (which will be drawing to a close if and when the WA on the table is agreed) is just one of the issues that government will be dealing with.

I think most people will be thinking about Brexit when they do vote though. Brexit has rattled on for years with no progress. Even if it happens quickly, it will consume government for a long while yet.

[JagLover]

Scabutz said:

I think most people will be thinking about Brexit when they do vote though.

I'm sure most will be thinking about it and it will be one of their most important criteria. What i'm saying is that it cannot be the sole issue because there is far more than Brexit that is being decided.

For example many Tories backed Remain over economic issues and most are unlikely to suddenly vote for the hard left merely to have a chance of revoking Brexit.

[anonymous-user]

S11Steve said:

O/t - Are you back in the UK now, or still island hopping?

Bit of both. Paying tax in two places but only get a vote in one. I will not be in the UK on 12 Dec, but will send a postal vote in. Now must dash, as getting on a flight to Blighty, yay!

[Dan_1981]

Dennis Skinner is my MP - I could vote tactically, I could nuke the area tactically, nothing would change. What's the phrase... vote for a pig with a red rosette on?

[sugerbear]

Tyre Smoke said:

I'm a Tory party member living in a safe Tory seat.

I couldn't envisage tactical voting of I lived somewhere else though. It is an election that is more than just Brexit, but you can bet that everyone will focus on that and that alone.

If I lived in a marginalTory seat, I'd vote Tory.
If I lived in a Labour safe seat, I might vote TBP, but probably Tory.
If I lived in a safe LD seat (not a recent convert) I'd vote Tory.
If I lived in a marginal of any of the above I'd vote Tory.

I'm not convinced there will be a huge amount of tactical voting, but we will see.

I predict (and I'm often wrong) a 60+ Tory majority.

I predict that the tories will have less MP's than they have today.

[JagLover]

Dan_1981 said:

Dennis Skinner is my MP - I could vote tactically, I could nuke the area tactically, nothing would change. What's the phrase... vote for a pig with a red rosette on?

Likely Tory Gain

The East Midlands is a key battleground and on current polling a number of Labour seats might go.

https://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2019/1...

[CustardOnChips]

I won't, but hope others do to wipe out the Labour Party.

[anonymous-user]

JagLover said:

... Brexit (which will be drawing to a close if and when the WA on the table is agreed) ...

If you actually believe that, may I interest you in these magic beans? Joking apart, the suggestion that Brexit will be drawing to a close if the most recently proposed deal is agreed after the election is plain wrong. There will be a lot of road still to travel, and also, as you may or may not be aware, the proposed deal could still allow for a so called no deal a year or so on. A no deal exit would, as again you may or may not be aware, would open up a protracted period of further negotiations. Brexit is not a thing that is just going to happen in the blink of an eye on exit day, whenever that day falls.

See again the famous Churchill line after El Alamein.

[anonymous-user]

sugerbear said:

I predict that the tories will have less MP's than they have today.

Fewer MPs. Less jam, fewer spoons!

[Tyre Smoke]

sugerbear said:

I predict that the tories will have less MP's than they have today.

Quite a claim to make, what are your reasons for this?

[JagLover]

sugerbear said:

I predict that the tories will have less MP's than they have today.

Do you mean the exact number they have now, after fifteen or so MPs have left the party, many in safe Tory seats.

Or less MPs than May achieved in 2017?

[anonymous-user]

I am curious about the apparent perception by some on the right that a Labour win would kill Brexit. Corbyn is a die-hard Brexiter (unlike Johnson who, if he has any views on the subject or indeed on any political issue of any kind, is a closet Remainer).

I think that the chances of Labour winning the election are negligible. I predict either a small but workable Tory majority, or a hung Parliament. If the latter happens, then further chaos may ensue unless Corbyn can be persuaded to step aside.

Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 1st November 14:42