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**Damien** · 08-10-2010, 20:49

Does anyone know how often a ruling party has increased their share of the vote from the previous election? I was always under the impression that a governing party simply loses votes, for the obvious reason that they need to take decisions which will make them unpopular.

08-10-2010, 20:49	#15
Damien Remoaner Cable Forum Team Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 32,893	Re: Miliband's Marauders?.... Does anyone know how often a ruling party has increased their share of the vote from the previous election? I was always under the impression that a governing party simply loses votes, for the obvious reason that they need to take decisions which will make them unpopular.