General Election Voting Intention

[AB Editor]

 

This poll is closed.

Who will you be voting for in the next general election?

• Conservatives - 40 votes
• 32%
• Labour - 32 votes
• 25%
• UKIP - 30 votes
• 24%
• I will not vote - 7 votes
• 6%
• Liberal Democrats - 5 votes
• 4%
• Green - 5 votes
• 4%
• SNP - 4 votes
• 3%
• BNP - 1 vote
• 1%
• Monster Raving Loony Party / Bus-Pass Elvis Party / Fancy Dress Party / Other "Joke" Party - 1 vote
• 1%
• I will spoil my ballot - 1 vote
• 1%
• Alliance (NI) - 1 vote
• 1%
• Independent - 0 vote
• 0%
• Plaid Cymru - 0 vote
• 0%
• SDLP (NI) - 0 vote
• 0%
• OUP (NI) - 0 vote
• 0%
• TUV (NI) - 0 vote
• 0%
• DUP (NI) - 0 vote
• 0%
• Sinn Fein (NI) - 0 vote
• 0%

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Stats until: 13:28 Sun 28th Apr 2024 (Refreshed every 5 minutes)

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[sandyRoe]

I hope Ed will exercise his franchise in the privacy of the polling booth. What he does in there is hardly any of our business. :-)

[jackthehat]

It often comes down to the 'Evil of two lessers', gromit, I find.....:o/

[sunny-dave]

^^^ JtH ^^^

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[AB Editor]

It's tricky AOG. I have said on here before that I voted Lib Dem last time, and was quite happy with the initial work of the coalition - but that maybe the Tories were now more in my interest.

I cannot shake the feeling that a Tory-only government would crack on with taking the NHS apart and banning book etc (replaced by the tweets of Mr. Gove or something...) -- and as such I'm not sure I can vote for them.

So my goal will be to vote for another coalition - which hopefully will be one with the Lib Dems, rather than UKIP!

Are you to wear your "Blues 'til I die" scarf on the day, or does UKIP beckon?

[wolf63]

When will it be? If it is after september maybe Scotland will be away on its own.

[AB Editor]

"I hope Ed will exercise his franchise in the privacy of the polling booth. What he does in there is hardly any of our business. :-)"

You're not wrong, but as I'm liable to change I don't mind explaining my current position.

[sunny-dave]

Difficult indeed - I have voted Labour in every General Election since I was old enough to vote - sometimes with a heavy heart (as the 'least worst option'), sometimes with genuine enthusiasm.

But the current leadership seems feeble and about as charismatic/dynamic as a sloth on mogadon.

Tricky :+(

[AB Editor]

Starone, I agree - I am coming to a point where I am weary and have some sympathy for those who can't vote.

If Miliband was any good Gromit, he'd have a chance at my vote.

Chuka Umunna might get it when he's leading the party next time. Depending on which way the wind is blowing of course!

[sunny-dave]

I might have a small wager on Mrs Balls (aka Yvette Cooper) as the next leader.

She's got more (ahem) than her husband and the milibeans combined, and could just revitalise the party.

[pixie373]

We still have the right not to vote and as there is nobody there i like or trust, I'm not voting.

[Gromit]

// So my goal will be to vote for another coalition //

Interesting ABEd. I had assumed no one wanted that.

[Kromovaracun]

I'm in exactly the same situation as Gromit. I despise the coalition but cannot bring myself to vote for the only possible alternative because they are just awful.

I have no idea what to do. Spoiling my ballot again feels depressing somehow.

[AB Editor]

"I had assumed no one wanted that."

The stuff the liberals have done and blocked and the coalition is quite amazing really, but I wouldn't want a full governement of them - just something to take the edge off the Tories.

Equally, I think Cameron is just as much a wet blanket as Milliband, so would prefer a different PM. Not Borris though!

Borris is coming back isn't he?

[jim360]

I'm not sure the LibDems will be slaughtered at the next election but I suppose I'm secretly hoping that they do OK while Nick Clegg loses his seat. At any rate I don't want to see the Conservatives hold an absolute majority but not sure that I want Ed Miliband as PM.

[sunny-dave]

Boris won't want 5 years in opposition or (even worse) as part of an enfeebled Cameron led coalition.

He'll sit out the 2015 election and aim for a bye-election in a couple of years time (I'm sure someone will fall on their sword for him), to come galloping in as the Saviour of the Conservatives.

[AB Editor]

"He'll sit out the 2015 election and aim for a bye-election in a couple of years time (I'm sure someone will fall on their sword for him), to come galloping in as the Saviour of the Conservatives."

Possibly -- maybe that will be a a enjoyable election, replace Ed with Chukka and Dave with Boris and you might have a nice set of redefined left and right to actually discuss.

[ichkeria]

You need to put the N Ireland parties on here otherwise it is not a proper poll

[ichkeria]

Sandy don't forget NI21 among the NI parties !

[youngmafbog]

Interesting to see UKIP and labour are neck and neck at teh minute on your poll. wonder what polster Mickey will make of that?

I think the next election is fully up for grabs. Could be either labour or Conservatives. I still think many libdems will recognize that at least they managed to get some policies into law, lets face it no coalition and their policies in law would be zero.

UKIP will probably get a fair chunck of the vote, but it wont translate into seats, much as the liberals used to suffer. Tories will loose out most to them but labour, as seen in the Euro's will also suffer.

Of course, if Scotland is out of the equation .....

[mikey4444]

Kind of proves my recent comment that right-wingers outnumber left-wingers here on AB, so no surprise !