Thread: 2010 General Election: The Cable Forum Exit Poll
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Old 10-05-2010, 14:08   #787
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Re: 2010 General Election: The Cable Forum Exit Poll
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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/elect...tuency/c17.stm

The guy who came last here didn't even vote for himself!
I think that sort of thing normally happens when a candidate withdraws from the ballot, but they have missed the deadline for the printers. So their votes are not counted, but they are still listed. This is where an STV system would be of use. If someone was to put their choice as the withdrawn candidate, their second option would get the vote.

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
No, they managed to get two MEPs because sufficient people voted for them. This is what we call 'democracy'. I'm disturbed by the implication that you think it acceptable to choose an electoral system that is designed to lock out people you disagree with.
Or was it that not enough people voted at all? Being as their current excuse is that too many people voted this time around.
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