How do you decide how to vote?

M0nica

I can never see myself ever voting Conservative or Labour, I do not know which of those parties I hold in most contempt.

I have certainly never voted for either at any point in the past either..

One of these days MOnica, though not on this thread, it would be interesting to know why you hold Labour in contempt

sp. should be "effective"

First I take into consideration the ideology of the parties, then the reputation and past history of the leader. Honestly I barely get to know the local representative, since he/she will vote along party lines.

I think only once in all my years of voting did I not vote for my usual party, because I did not think the leader was very effictive.

I can never see myself ever voting Conservative or Labour, I do not know which of those parties I hold in most contempt.

I have certainly never voted for either at any point in the past either..

I have to return to say I never have and can’t imagine I ever will vote Conservative.
Thatcher caused so much damage in the communities where I live and worked. Then along came Cameron with his austerity/let’s destroy Sure Start family centres because families like mine, who don’t need them, dominate and take the resources from people who,’need’ them. There’s so much about that causing my blood to boil.

I’ve voted LibDem in a local election when my GP, pharmacist and a local teacher stood together. I knew them, trusted them more than the other candidates.
Otherwise, no surprises, I vote Labour. Even when JC was leader but we had a good Labour MP and despite not trusting JC I trusted the tories less. Not wrong was i

oldbat that’s me exactly
I don’t need a quiz

I have just done the quiz.. Came out as Liberal.. that was a surprise!.

Never ever could I vote Tory.
I believe in the nhs.
I believe in looking after the poorest amongst us..
I don’t believe in feathering my own nest.
I can’t stand liars.
I would consider voting for any other party.

I tried to do the quiz but the adverts on either side and at the bottom were so intrusive and overlapped the questions so that I couldn't read them.

GagaJo

I look at the issues, the parties past performance and also their attitudes and intentions towards the vulnerable in society. I vote for the party most likely to help the poor, the needy, the vulnerable. .

Same, too lazy to type it out myself lol

aalabur???

Labour!

My father was staunch aalabur, Trade Unionist, my mother voted Tory.
As soon as I was able I voted Liberal and continued to do so for years and usually for the LibDems.

However I will vote tactically if I think an incumbent government is dreadful or incompetent.

I do read the manifestos.

I can't understand why the quiz results gave me 30% Tory as not one of my answers showed an iota of support for their principles - if they have any.

GrannyGravy13

I have just done the quiz, my results are…

69% Labour
66% Conservative
62% Lib Dems
57% woman’s Equality Party
49% Green Party

I am obviously confused from Essex

Or the quiz software can't do maths .

I think there is too much detail in those quizzes and I can never answer most of the questions anyway because "it's never that simple". Things aren't just black and white, good or bad.

Which is why I think underlying philosophy is more important.

PS I have never missed voting in a General Election in all those years.

I have just done the quiz, my results are…

69% Labour
66% Conservative
62% Lib Dems
57% woman’s Equality Party
49% Green Party

I am obviously confused from Essex

I’m caught between not wanting the shambles of the present Tories at Westminster nor the left wing catastrophe that is Labour in Cardiff who have managed to destroy the beloved NHS in north Wales!

Sir Keir made me howl the other day when he held up the prospect of Britain being ruled by Labour’s example in Wales!

I choose the party I consider most moral.

I did the quiz and my answers indicated I was almost equally likely to vote for the Women’s Equality Party (who?), the Green Party and the Libersl Democrats. Exactly right.

I am not all likely to vote Conservative - true. I never have in my entire life. I’m 82.

Errata regarding my mistyped the 'working mans Tory vote' conundrum, it should of course been the 'working class Tory vote'.
As if women dont work, my apologies.

I did the quiz.

Party I'm closest to?
SNP.

Party I'm furthest from?
Conservative

Good quiz ???

General election - weigh up the respective party leaders and go for my local candidate of the party leader I guess will be the lesser of the two evils.

GillT57 It's interesting what you say about one getting more right wing as one gets older. Being a professional person with a reasonable life style (in my eyes) I have often been told that I am juvenile and should grow up because of my left of centre views.

When I was a teenager I joined the YCs for social reasons. I wasn't old enough to vote but seeing them in action was enough to put me off for life.

There have been good Tory politicians (not MT) but they have all disappeared. If I was a Tory supporter now I would be thoroughly ashamed at the current govt.

Interesting question and I too shall do the quiz to find out, but I find myself going against the usual trend of getting more right wing as you get older, that's for sure. I read manifesto commitments, but with a jaundiced eye as I am aware of what is promised versus what is achieved, or even attempted. I look at voting records of my local MP, but that depresses me as he is an ERG member so you can guess what he votes for and against, most of which is completely contrary to how I run my life, how I think, what I consider fair. I would vote for a mixed economy, recognising that some services should be left to the free market, some should be in public ownership. But, bottom line, next election, I will vote for ANYONE that I think will get rid of this corrupt Johnson administration, I just cannot allow them to make this country even worse than they already have. Even if they get rid of Johnson, I still won't vote for them.

Tempting and understanding though it is to vote for the spoiled ballot/none-of-the-above party, in reality I will vote for the candidate most likely to unseat the present incumbent and the government that he is part of.

Blossoming

The party whose values most align with my own.

How do you decide that Blossoming?