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Re: 2010 General Election: The Cable Forum Exit Poll
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Originally Posted by Stuart C
In theory, no, it does not.
In practice, however, it does. The problem with FPTP is there are a lot of areas that are staunch labour or tory strongholds. As such, people living in those areas who wish to vote for other parties (such as myself) often get the feeling their vote doesn't count.
Another reason with FPTP doesn't work is that it allows sparsely populated areas (such as rural constituencies) to have the same influence as densely populated areas. How is this fair? It means a small village with 100 residents can have the same influence on the election as a large London Borough (which might have 200,000 residents).
The problem the Liberals have is not so much attracting voters (they actually attract as many voters as Labour), more that the voters they attract tend to be more spread out.
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Stuart, I'm not sure I understand your point about 100 voters in a rural constituency having the same influence as 200k voters in a city.
If the 100 country dwellers are part of Richmond (North Yorkshire), which has 79.5k voters (approx) there, and Hackney has 73k approx (in fact, Leeds Central has 63k and Leeds East 55k, both inner city areas), I don't see how their votes can have the same influence as 200k voters in a city - but I am willing to admit I might be missing something? 
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