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Originally Posted by LazyScot
Sadly, I think that makes you fairly unique, both in the UK and US -- you thought about who to vote for on the basis of how well they would (in your opinion) do the job. It seems most people vote on a "tribal" basis most of the time. This gives the parties the ability to ignore, or marginalise, their views and opinions. All of a sudden the swing minorities are the only ones voting. I'd love to know how to solve that one.
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Unfortunately, where I live, if they put a turnip up as the candidate for the party that holds the seat, it would still win by a landslide. Actually the typical turnip probably has more independence of thought than our current MP
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