2010 General Election: The Cable Forum Exit Poll
 

Well, here we are - election day is upon us. :D:D

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There is a poll attached to this thread: This poll is for you to indicate what you actually did with your vote today. It is not an opinion poll, it's an exit poll, so please either indicate the party you actually voted for, or else select one of the options to show you didn't vote. Please do not vote for a party in this poll if you didn't actually vote for them in a real polling station today (or by post or proxy, as the case may be).

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I voted a week ago by postal vote but it still counts as the ballot paper was not spoilt.

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Woaaah, you're posting in the future ;)

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Peek-a-boo! I see you!

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...010/05/173.jpg

I voted Liberal Democrats! Electoral reform FTW!

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:p: frrrp

Pah, you screencapped it and everything. :blush: :D

Changed it now ...

JFYI, all the election threads were prepared and held in the team forum back in March, so the OP of each one has had to have its 1st posting date/time altered, otherwise it would have dropped off the bottom of the list before anyone saw it.

Anyways, back to the matter at hand.

Go, Dave!

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<-- Of course (Also in our constituency the Lib Dem was the first name on the ballot) :D

And as I told the Tory on the door I was voting nationally.

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Voted tory more chance of snowballs in hell then a vote for labour and i just couldn't vote lib dem. Time will tell but i heard at least three others saying they liked what the lib dems said but when push came to shove couldn't vote for them. In fact our polling station was full of people talking about how they voted so those curtains were a waste of time lol.

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@ all you lib dem voters.......hope you like the euro :p:

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I suspect a lot of people will pick up on ONE thing they don't like about the Lib Dems in order not to vote for them and continue to vote they way they usually do.

I can think of many reasons why I will not/have not voted Tory or Labour. With many reasons why I voted Lib Dem.

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Yes, People are under the illusion that to vote for a party you need to agree with all their policies. I don't agree with the Liberal Democrats' Nuclear Policy but that wasn't a deal breaker for me. Whereas their standing on electoral reform and civil liberties are excellent. Reform has been the key issue for me as the Lib Dems will not win the election and I trust the Tories and Labour equally on the economy, the only way we shall get reform is if the Lib Dems have enough seats in a minority government to force a referendum on the issue.

I see positives in whoever wins to be honest. The Tories are likely to be the most aggressive in getting rid of the deficit and reducing out national debt. Labour are likely to the best at protecting public services, increasing the minimum wage, and not reducing benefits to those who need it.

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It was certainly a hard choice, all I'll say is I ended up not voting for one of the 'big three'.

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Wasted vote then surely?

I myself am registered to vote, but never received a polling card and I'm working all day anyway :(

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Certainly not a wasted vote. Anything that helps those get in is what I'd call a waste.

Incidentally you don't need a polling card to vote (if you get time) and are registered - just show them your driving licence.

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...or utility bill, and they're open til late, 10pm I believe.

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You don't need one and I agree, a vote in England for anyone, but the big three is a wasted vote.

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How is it a wasted vote?

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Ah righto, well if i get chance this evening ill go down there :)

Well everyone's entitled to their view of who should get in, but unless enough people vote for the one that isn't one of the top 3 that you've chosen then there's barely any chance it'll make any difference. But at the end of the day it's your choice

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I voted Liberal Democrat as I could not vote for George Howarth our local hands in the cookie jar MP.

As for the Conservatives do we really want a return to Thatcherism.:erm:

The other choices were UKIP and BNP so no way I would ever vote for a Nazi in whatever guise they chose.:mad:

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And at the end of the day the fact I CAN vote for someone else and have voted make anything BUT a wasted vote. If everyone only voted for the big three why bother having any other parties. Lets just have a three party system.

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We do have a 3 party system. What has your vote achieved. Has it got your candidate any near Westminster, or just got them nearer to getting their deposit back?

The first vote I ever cast was for Lib Dem, but it was a wasted vote, because it was in St. Helens, where they'd vote a dog turd in if it wore a red rosette.

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No we don't have a three party system. Having a choice of three that are likely to win is not the same thing.

My vote has done exactly what I wanted. It shows my opinion. It would ONLY have been a wasted vote if I had not bothered to vote at all.

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Agree on the last point, but I still think that your vote was cast for someone with no hope of ever getting to Westminster, so imo was wasted. Nobody is going to look at the numbers of votes cast for other candidates, unless they are the BNP or some other extreme group.

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As is the Local Chip Shop ;)
May aswell get a saving on my bag of chips before whoever gets in brings in the tax increases and VAT increases and other steps to pay back the national debt.
Then head home and watch anything but Politics.

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No choice for an extreme group here ;) - not that I would mind you. Vote for BNP or an extreme one I mean.

Anyway, it's all over now for another couple of years.

If I could have found one good reason to vote for any of the others I would have done.

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Personally, if it weren't for 2 of their policies, I may have voted for Lib Dem, but I can't agree with them wanting to suddenly allow 1 million or so illegal immigrants to suddenly have all the rights of people in this country legally and I don't agree with his European stance.

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With a hung parliament, you could be back in your voting booth sooner than you think! ;)

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Agreed, but thats a big one though......

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i dune a postol vote and put my Crooss 4 Labour in Bouth the G,E and Locall

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Media Boy poll Results are in: Torys are 3RD.

I have been running an poll on my blog from Sunday and here is the result from 120 people who voted.

Labour - 39 votes (32%)

Lib Dem - 42 votes (35%)

Tory - 27 votes (22%)

Other - 12 votes (10%)

Poll by Media Boy/Virgin TV Media Boy Blog. http://virgintvmediaboy.blogspot.com/

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I voted Labour for the General Election, but Independant for the locals :)

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Somehow, I don't think it will end up quite like that. On the xbox vote, Labour polled twice as many as the next party, I think someone there was deluding themselves.

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As long as people ONLY vote for who they believe will get to Westminster the status quo will never change. It would be pointless for anyone living in a "Safe" seat to bother voting against the incumbent MP - hardly democratic. Yes my (non Tory) vote may be worthless locally but on a national level it will highlight the unfair system we have.

The current voting system is totally flawed and unless people vote for who they really want to see we will continue to be governed by either the Tories or Labour based on a MINORITY of the populations choice.

Why should a third of the country decide who governs us? This is what the present system get us.

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In that case, the populus who refuse to vote, then whine about the results of any vote should be compelled by law to vote. I believe that in Australia that voting is manditory, and to be honest I'm of the opinion this is a good idea....

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Probably because your friends and family live in and around a certain city where they wouldn't vote Tory at gunpoint. ;) But don't delude yourself that your poll in any way reflects national voting intentions.

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No wonder voter turnout is so bloody low. True pic from my local polling station.

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Personally, I wonder who it will highlight it to? Probably nobody.

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So in our " Democratic " country, people should be frogmarched to the polling stations?
Cannot buy that idea somehow.
If turnout is the issue they should have a final choice on the ballot paper:

" None of the Above "

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So that was the first time I ever voted and my vote went for Labour.

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Ah well, early days. You'll learn eventually. :D

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Great. lol

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I don't think he will, seems to me it was an ideological vote. Hence why several posters have talked about Liebour supports voting for a turd wearing a Liebour rosette....

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Given your forum avatar this does surprise.

Thanks for explaining your reasons for voting though. I do understand local concerns trumping national ones despite disagreeing with Labour's approach to the North East, Northern Ireland, Wales, etc.

Constantly feeding areas public money rather than encouraging entrepeneurship and helping areas to stand on their own has just made them reliant on it rather than regenerating them and hacked off other parts of the country that are supplying said money through national taxes and higher council tax.

This is, of course, not the problem of the subsidised areas if they are happy with the status quo. If they are net beneficiaries of wealth redistribution it's silly to look a gift horse in the mouth. It's my conviction though that the areas would be far more prosperous however if they were weaned off reliance on the public sector through business incentives - government spending might help with existing but only the private sector will give wealth and give similar quality of life to the more affluent areas in the country. Question is two fold - do you want it, and will the government help you get it? No idea about the first one but with Labour the answer to the second is most definitely no, their solution to everything is to put people on the public payroll and throw money at it.

Just thought I'd explain myself a bit in return for your explanation.

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I would not be able to live with myself if i voted for the present shower of excreta that is labour when you consider the mess they have got us into and to be honest they will just continue to do the same. The way they treated the Gurkha's and the military was also a deciding factor so there out of the frame.

The libs sealed there fate with me over defence pure and simple, They cannot be trusted with the defence of this country its as simple as that. Plus the fact they will take us into the euro at the drop of a hat sealed it. Might vote for them when they grow up a bit more and stop playing with the security of this country.

So its conservative all the way. They have the team and the go for it outlook that will get us out of the bottomless pit of excreta that Labour have created. Also i have not time for the job tax that brown intends to hit us with.

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I may not agree with the guy (or a lot of his party's policies), but I am glad he was not seriously hurt (must be my "compassion" showing... ;)).

BBC I didn't realise Bercow had SAMs.....

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Re the BNP'er being spat upon (which I strongly disagree with, as it is descending to their level) and the tussle that followed, Nick Griffin's comment is interesting BBC Has the man no sense of irony whatsoever? :erm:

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I've heard Labour want GB to go up and fly round in a plane to get some last minute votes... :erm:

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i agree ,and yes in australia it is compulsory to vote in general elections but they have a 'none of the above' option aswell,i would assume that alot of the votes are postal given that some people live miles from civilization so it's hardly a case of being frogmarched

anyhoo i'm off to cast my vote for the libdems in our poling station which just happens to be in the concert room of the working mans club :D so i bet there's some heavy discussion going on there :D

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Voted LD as well but I'd be amazed if our man ousted the sitting Tory. The only hope is people remember the expenses as we are a mere 40 min train/walk from Westminster and yet the MP claims for a second home in Chiswick!
The other hope is that even if LD only get ~100 seats with 25%+ of the vote, they will be able to bargain with a stronger third (or second) party mandate.

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I think LD are predicted to get between 60 and 80 seats.

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For me there is no such thing as a wasted vote every vote is worth something whatever it results in in terms of mp's. Just because we have the so called big three doesn't mean they should automatically get a vote although i did vote for one of them. In a democracy surely we have learnt to value the right of the individual to vote as they feel free too and if we don't then are we really a democracy. For some maybe voting for some party other then a big three is a way of protesting without spoiling their vote or just not going to vote which seems more productive then spoiling or not voting.

As for should voting be compulsory no i do not think it should as that is another part of the whole democracy thing you have the right to vote and you have the right to not vote if that is what you want to do. I would maybe back a system they have in some countrys where those who do vote get something for doing it but no no one should ever be forced to vote.

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Lol I have had this all day off my parents who voted Conservative.

You live and learn and I am happy that I actually took the time to vote this time.

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Indeed, thats the main thing :tu: :)

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Wheres that? We're 30/40 from London and our Tory MP did some of the 2nd home expenses stuff in the Epping Forest area

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What can you not do in a polling station :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politi...10/8661984.stm

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South west of London - North Hampshire.

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I read this earlier. The questions get very bizarre. Can I listen to my favourite music to inspire me while I vote... :confused:

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Well done. That's a good start to avoid sounding like someone from the Women's Institute, keep it up. :tu:

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I find the answers even more bizarre
A friend has just pointed out that's discriminatory.

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There's an election? ;)

Suppose I should throw my son in his buggy and go and vote, might bring a crayon and see what he picks.

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lol...

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Meanies! He can just point then! ;)

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A vote for the Lib Dems is a vote taken from Labour and puts the Tories in no 10.

IMHO a Lib Dem (or any other party) vote is a wasted vote.

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Sounds good to me......;)

Remember - vote early and vote often....:D

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Not voting at all is a the only wasted vote. :dozey:

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Depends if the vote is intended to finish Labour's work on bankrupting the nation or not. If that is the plan then yes a vote for the Lib Dems or Conservatives is certainly wasted.

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They are issued with a fine so the turnout is quite high in comparison to here, but I never voted today, i voted last week via postal vote.;)

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Been and voted, though I know it won't be the person that wins for this area. Fingy Jnr was too busy with his biscuit to be bothered to help. :shrug:

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No idea what that means so could you explain it please :erm:

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The WI: An organisation that dislikes having its conferences hijacked by spin-obsessed muppets like Labour (fronted back then by one Mr A. Bliar).

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Four of my friends haven't voted - will anything come of it?

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Thanks for explaining ;)

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I'm walking down to the polling station after work (finish at 7) and putting my ballot in, I had to phone the council to find where im going, luckily it's less than half a mile away

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Yes. You can remind them of the fact, every time you hear them whinge about the state of the country for the next 5 years. ;)

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UKIP got my vote purely as I don't want the euro, plus tories are just as bad as labour, the lib dems want the euro so no vote from me there, BNP are way toooo extreme for my liking.

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Lib Dem for me.... Now if the Libertarian Party grows massive within the 5 years,I'll know who to vote for next time ;)

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Look like our family have all voted the same way so that's good news for the local Tory Mp. That's five votes from one house :)

Seems the job tax was high on the list of Labour no no's

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I actually lied and subverted Chris' poll! I have only just voted as opposed to voting this morning! Same party though! Lib Dems.

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when i went to cast my vote i asked the woman who gave me my slips if it had been busy and she said it has been busier than she can remember ,people were waiting outside at 0700 and she has done polling booth duties for years so it would appear on that very small sample that turnout is up

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Better than complaining about parties being the same* and then thinking your restricted to them.

*Not something I believe personally.

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con for me and my eldest son
my youngest son has been ranting about nick clegg for weeks and his great ideas 'but when he got to the poll he voted con because in his words a hung parliament would cripple the country more than brown has [i'm so proud both my sons are conservatives ]

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wonder who arthur voted for ?:)

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Same here :clap:

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Last i saw he had a blue Rosette pinned to his butt :LOL:

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billy butlin :)

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Not strickly true though.

I guess we do not know what would happen in this country in the event of a hung Parliament but several other countries have collection governments, Germany being one, which have strong governments and economies.

The culture shock could hamper progress at first but if the system was used to it, if we had PR, then it can be a strong government. The notion that this leads to weak governments is simply false and only promoted by those who wish to scare people of voting for any party which are not one of the big two.

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Kim Jong-Il...

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:LOL:

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meanwhile in a move to gain more votes the bnp bring out there big hitter

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/elec...d-Barking.html

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*Dusts himself off, puts away the guide to hypnosis, the sodium pentothol syringe and puts the rifle back.

Tories. Eventually. :sniper:

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is he still trying to find neil kinnock on the ballot paper :D

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Well, been out for a walk to the shops with the Mrs and swung by the polling station.

Vote added.

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Tom Harris may be Labour, but at least he's got a sense of humour.

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Indeed, that was quite humerous :)

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Spot on comments re the Digital Economy Bill! :D

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I voted for Ulster Unionists and Conservatives.
I recorded it in the poll above as Northern Ireland any unionist but its really a conservative vote

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I can think of many reasons not to vote Lib Dems, just as many if not more than you can think of for not voting for one of the other 2.


I voted CONSERVATIVE, the only party offering real change. IMO of course.

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work out who will win

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Election/HowManyMPs

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Is that better than THE Swingometer?

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Predictions! I am going for Small Tory majority. With only a few seats above the threshold.

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You can play with the polls here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politi...10/8609989.stm at the moment if the CF poll was put in conservatives have it

but most polls still have it as hung

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I have, as always, chosen NOT to vote, as it makes absolutely no difference IMHO who you vote for, they all lie and cheat to get their own way and then just do something else in the end.

I would like to vote, but see no real need/point in it these days.

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Exit Poll sooooon.