General Election 2024....

[AuroraSaab]

If you're in Clacton Labour why would you bother running a campaign next time? If you vote Labour in Clacton, why even turn out?

It's unsurprising people don't want to engage with politicians. Low turn out predicted for the GE.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/voter-general-election-low-turnout-b2559156.html

 

[albion]

Low turnout is what gave us Brexit
Lesson not learnt?

 

[AuroraSaab]

I think it's just a sign of how unenthused people are with anything that's on offer. Perhaps talk of a landslide win for Labour makes people not as bothered as they might have been.

 

[Deleted member 159]

Low turnout is what gave us Brexit
Lesson not learnt?

The biggest vote in UK history

 

[presta]

There's nowt so pointless as voting here, it's a safe seat, which is presumably why we never see any canvassers. The swing it would take to get Cleverly out of here is greater than the swing needed to put Starmer into No 10, so my vote makes no difference whatever happens. It never has, the only way I can affect an election is move to a marginal constituency.

Current prediction for Braintree:

Demographic for this ward:

https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/homepage.html

 

[AndyRM]

The biggest vote in UK history

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Not by you though.

 

[Beebo]

The biggest vote in UK history

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Whilst the turn out was generally high there were still 13 million people who didn’t vote.

So less than 40% of the overall electorate actually voted in favour of Brexit.

 

[Deleted member 159]

Not by you though.

I was correcting the statement

 

[Deleted member 159]

Whilst the turn out was generally high there were still 13 million people who didn’t vote.

So less than 40% of the overall electorate actually voted in favour of Brexit.

If you don't take part you cannot influence the outcome or complain when the result doesn't go your way

 

[icowden]

The biggest vote in UK history

Nope. The General Elections in 1950 and 1951 had over 80% turnout, and most elections up until 2001 had over 70% turnout. Voter apathy seemed to set in at 2001.

 

[Deleted member 159]

Nope. The General Elections in 1950 and 1951 had over 80% turnout, and most elections up until 2001 had over 70% turnout. Voter apathy seemed to set in at 2001.

I don't count general elections as major vote. It's regional voting

There was a much bigger turnout for Brexit compared to joining the common market in 1975

 

[icowden]

I don't count general elections as major vote. It's regional voting

No, it's a national vote. Everybody does it.
If you are only going to count referenda then there have only ever been 3, so it's not a huge achievement.

 

[AndyRM]

If you don't take part you cannot influence the outcome or complain when the result doesn't go your way

Which you don't .

 

[Bromptonaut]

Current prediction for Braintree:

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Demographic for this ward:

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https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/homepage.html

And yet, and yet, Tony Newton lost the seat in 1997 having been there since 1970.

 

[Beebo]

Oh dear.
The Sun have come out in favour of Starmer.
They have been one of the worst architects of the recent shoot show.