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Originally Posted by Tuftus
Surely the same as not being arsed to turn up I guess, I really do not get all of this 'none of the above' business.
If you do not want to vote for any of 'the above' then don't vote, the turnout figures will do that for you surely?
Or would someone like to explain it to me?
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Both are pointless, but...
Basically if you don't vote, you're just in the group of "non-voters" and if the members can't be bothered to turn up and spoil their ballots, then they're not likely to vote no matter what, so it's better to concentrate on swaying those who do bother to vote. A non-voter isn't a threat to anyone, the numbers of non-voters can be shrugged off as being never likely to vote anyway so no potential votes are lost.
If there was 80% turn out and 40% spoilt ballots, then that says there's loads of potential votes that a party could have.
These are people who can be bothered to go to the polling booths, and so would vote for a party if they were impressed enough by them.
The media are more likely to pick up on the issue and hammer the politicians with it as it's a clear vote of no confidence.