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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 15:34:02 Reply

I decided to vote Liberal Democrats based on political reform. I'm hoping to see a Lib/Lab coalition which will most likely push through a PR system.

Shit sucks though cause I'm in a safe seat, so it's not like my vote actually matters. Unless shocks and gasps ensue.


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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 15:43:28 Reply

At 5/6/10 03:36 PM, Ejit wrote:
http://www.voterpower.org.uk/

Mine's worth 0.175 :(, oh well at least it's a LD safe seat.

Lmao awesome site.

Always knew my vote was pointless.

0.064

"Ultra safe"

You can guess which party, but probably no need to.


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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 15:48:27 Reply

Voter power in Stockport

0.047

Damnit haha. I feel worthless D:


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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 15:51:30 Reply

At 5/6/10 03:36 PM, Ejit wrote: http://www.voterpower.org.uk/

0.028

I'm worthless!


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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 15:51:48 Reply

If I remember correctly my voting power is about 0.65.

I've just been and voted :D It's 212 steps from my front door to the polling station, voted Labour.

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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 15:53:23 Reply

At 5/6/10 03:51 PM, citricsquid wrote: 212 steps

Y-you counted?


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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 15:55:33 Reply

At 5/6/10 03:51 PM, citricsquid wrote: If I remember correctly my voting power is about 0.65.

I've just been and voted :D It's 212 steps from my front door to the polling station, voted Labour.

Good man i was beggining to think i was the only one who voted labour


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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 15:55:46 Reply

http://www.voterpower.org.uk/stafford

haha yeah. I'm 2.5x more powerful than you, I HAVE CANCELLED OUT BBMS FUCKING CONSERVATIVE VOTE.

At 5/6/10 03:53 PM, Gagsy wrote: Y-you counted?

I originally thought it was 20, a horrible estimate, so I decided to see how close I was. Nothing wrong with a want for accuracy, is there? :-(

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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 15:56:57 Reply

My Mum and Dad voted Labour after years of Conservatives. When I asked my Mum why she said she felt sorry for Brown.

Goddamnit.

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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 16:01:08 Reply

Lol skynews are well over doing it, its like Winston Churchill has come back from the grave to run the country or something


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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 16:04:37 Reply

0.253
You all need to blam or protect more immigrants to catch up with my voting power!

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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 16:05:00 Reply

At 5/6/10 05:50 AM, Ejit wrote: Also, there were like 10 BNP guys who went mental (kicking people on the floor etc.) it was never a fair fight.

And that is why you don't go and start fights with gangs or people bigger than you.


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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 16:06:20 Reply

Agh I copied the wrong number, 0.973
Damn my ill-informed vote is worth like 5 of some of you guys!

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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 16:08:07 Reply

At 5/6/10 02:15 PM, liljim wrote:
At 5/6/10 01:42 PM, Rachel wrote: As long as Conservative don't get in I'll be happy.
Brb, voting Conservative.....

Eeep don't you dare! Yeah, my dad voted conservative after usually voting labour. I'm currently not speaking to him lmao.


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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 16:34:25 Reply

At 5/6/10 04:16 PM, Ejit wrote: This Channel 4 program is shit.

why am i watching it

Yes I agree.

I thought it would be better, with Jimmy Carr and that little guy who's name I always forget. I would have hoped when they said 'alternative' they actually would focus ;ess on the election and more on humour. Though I did have a couple of cheeky laughs.

Yes my town is Tory btw.


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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 16:36:37 Reply

To anyone on Channel 4.

"walking stalking Stephen Hawking". ;D


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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 16:42:01 Reply

At 5/6/10 04:34 PM, Gagsy wrote:
I thought it would be better, with Jimmy Carr and that little guy who's name I always forget. I would have hoped when they said 'alternative' they actually would focus ;ess on the election and more on humour. Though I did have a couple of cheeky laughs.

Humour? What fucking humour that shit hasn't even made me smile let alone laugh i am dissapointed Jimmy Carr very dissapointed


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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 17:01:27 Reply

Its going to be a hung parliament fuck you Dave!


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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 17:02:50 Reply

At 5/6/10 05:01 PM, Ejit wrote: Proper program has started now.

Exit poll suggests hung parliament, with a very dissapointing result for LD.

fuck

Ok so I actually don't get this 'Exit poll' business. Can someone explain please :3


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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 17:05:07 Reply

At 5/6/10 05:02 PM, Gagsy wrote:
At 5/6/10 05:01 PM, Ejit wrote: Proper program has started now.

Exit poll suggests hung parliament, with a very dissapointing result for LD.

fuck
Ok so I actually don't get this 'Exit poll' business. Can someone explain please :3

Theyve been polling people in very large areas of the country all day saying who have you voted for? at the polls 9/10 times its right and will give an idea of what goverment we get


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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 17:06:06 Reply

At 5/6/10 05:02 PM, Gagsy wrote: Ok so I actually don't get this 'Exit poll' business. Can someone explain please :3

You use the internet. USE IT.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/exit+po ll

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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 17:08:45 Reply

Tories are going to get in after striking a deal with some Norn Irish twats.

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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 17:14:44 Reply

At 5/6/10 05:06 PM, liljim wrote:
You use the internet. USE IT.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/exit+po ll

No need to shout, I'm sorry! I thought the answer would be confusing.

Thanks people.

So is there a certain percentage of voters they aim to ask, or whoever will admit which party they voted for? Did anyone here get asked as they left their polling station?


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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 17:16:35 Reply

Polls are like a cake. You take a chunk of the cake; sometimes you get a nice spread of even variance, but then sometimes you end up with a chunk of cake covered in delicious cherries and sauce which doesn't represent the actual cake, based on that you'd assume it's a cake covered in cherries and sauce but it's possible only the little section they took is.

I really hope the polls are wrong, although back in 1992 they were vastly wrong, which is reassuring... although the methods have changed since.

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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 17:19:58 Reply

Hm, this is interesting regarding the people being turned away for voting, seems very iffy. Does anyone know if anything can come of it if it turned out that a constituency where this happened (people unable to vote due to poor organisation) was really close, maybe a few votes difference?

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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 17:21:12 Reply

At 5/6/10 05:14 PM, Gagsy wrote:
At 5/6/10 05:06 PM, liljim wrote:
You use the internet. USE IT.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/exit+po ll
No need to shout, I'm sorry! I thought the answer would be confusing.

To be honest, I wasn't entirely sure about it myself and I've no excuse as I'm nearly ten years older than you, I had to double check the meaning.

If you need to find out definitions, though, just type in "define: phrase" into google and most of the time you'll come out with the answer you were looking for.

The trouble with these polls is that they're only based on a small sample of people, rather than everyone, and not everyone will reveal who they've voted for. So it's only based on a group of people who're prepared to tell the people conducting the exit poll who they've voted for.

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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 17:28:36 Reply

wow, piers morgan said something clever for once.

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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 17:32:18 Reply

That Becky girl looks like Lindsay Lohan a couple years ago...

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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 17:37:53 Reply

Anyone else not appreciate the Greece jibe? Just as the guy was leaving Piers Morgan and crew. Someone mentioned Greece burning or on fire, and then the guy was like "Not in this weather" or something, then a few laughs.

Was I the only one who found this completely disgusting? Considering Greeces situation.


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Response to Voting day in the UK! 2010-05-06 17:53:14 Reply

Fuck yes, 1 down 649 to go.