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Originally Posted by poprock  EU elections are proportional representation so turnout counts, even it’s turning out to register a ‘no vote’. |
Counts for, what exactly?
Stats on a bit of paper, nothing meaningful to the people voting, IMO.
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Look at it this way:- Extremist parties have a pretty much guaranteed number of votes, as all their members will turn up and vote for them.
- The lower the turnout, the higher their proportion of the total will be.
- Not turning out or not registering in the first place therefore actively helps extremist wanks do better in the election.
- That’s not a good idea in anyone’s book.
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I don't buy the "vote anything to keep extremists out" angle, personally.
Prefer to educate myself and other people about these 'extremist parties'.
The problem **I** have, is with all politicians and parties as there is not ONE SINGLE PARTY, that I have looked at yet, who I would want representing myself.
There are ones which have "policies" that are
appear better than other "policies", yes, but they also have ones I do not agree with.
The other problem is a "policy" or a "pledge" is a few lines on a bit of paper worth the grand sum of fuck all.
For example, the BNP it will do some nice things for the community and its peoples, but it doesn't tell us that is wants a totalarian state and for us to ultimately have no choice in matter. It also wants to clear out a multi-cultural society of it's multi-culture. Labour looked like a great option when Maggie was in charge, but look at it now? Both are a fucking mess, and it's been historically happens. No party has gotten it right. Saying and doing are different things. All a shower of bent, crooked, power hungry, untrustworthy bastards.
Fuck the lot, don't even give them the satisfaction of a statistic to make more baseless claims with.
Not for me I'm afraid.
