tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728965.post110367452962796544..comments2007-04-16T05:09:08.359+01:00Chandranoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728965.post-1103747275588860342004-12-22T20:27:00.000Z2004-12-22T20:27:00.000ZThis site is dedicated to tactical voting in general elections. The aim is simply to provide information to those who may wish to vote tactically to affect the result in a particular constituency. If the site gets enough hits and feels confident in itself it may go on to provide advice as to how to analyse (on a simple level) the information. The site is not sponsored by anyone and is the product of one individual who obviously has their own views on things (see below) which they would not wish to impose on others. However the site believes that:<br /><br />1) Tactical voting provides a means of individuals affecting election results locally and nationally in ways that ordinary voting does not; and<br /><br />2) For that reason tactical voting encourages people to vote where there is a decline in voting.<br /><br />3) Tactical voting makes the major parties think more about how they are going to get individuals not to vote against them.<br /><br />4) The natural inclination of people now is to vote against a party (as all three are “broad churches”) and tactical voting provides a good mechanism for maximising the impact of an individual vote against a party. <br /><br />5) The internet provides an information resource which would enable individuals better to assess where and how to use their tactical vote <br /><br />The site doesn’t purport to have any particular ideology or support any particular party but notes that:<br /><br />1) More and more people are tactically voting<br /><br />2) More and more people vote tactically in order to either:<br /><br /> a. Keep people they do not like out in their constituency; or<br /><br /> b. Keep people they do not like out nationally; or<br /><br /> c. To vote for a single issue that is particularly important in their area; or<br /><br /> d. To register dissatisfaction with the party they normally vote for; or<br /> e. To register dissatisfaction with major parties generally; or<br /><br /> f. Any combination of the above.<br /><br />Clearly the above list is not comprehensive but covers the main areas I have identified as reasons for tactical voting.<br /><br /><br />Disclaimer<br />This site is anti-sexist, anti-racist, anti-homophobic – in fact anti-anything that undermines respect of human beings and their sense of themselves. To that end we will not have links to local government elections because in ward elections (where very small amounts of people can change a result) parties such as the BNP could try to use tactical voting (and probably do anyway). It goes without saying (though I am going to say it) that we do not wish to encourage, or be seen to be encouraging, people to use tactical voting to vote for parties that discriminate, or seek to discriminate, against other human beings.Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17011595868402709051noreply@blogger.com