What's the best way to use your vote to stop Boris?

[Jografer]

yes - this occured to me. If all the boris haters voted ken first, he might get over the fifty percent...

& if all the ken haters voted boris first......

 

[rutabowa]

*sigh* what so you think that they junk the 1st preferences and then elect them just on the 2nd preferences? How the hell would that work?

Please don't vote. Give your ballot to some with at least the mental capacity of a clever monkey.

i knew a boy like you at school, we tied him to the top of the climbing wall one break and left him there.

 

[Orang Utan]

you posted an idiot-magnet thread. Not my fault.

It is your fault for being rude since you didn't have to.
It's a very complicated voting process, so it's not wonder people are confused.

 

[maximilian ping]

there is bound to be some funny combinations of 1st and 2nd votes.

would love to meet the Nazi Green voters

 

[The Groke]

It's a very complicated voting process, so it's not wonder people are confused.

What happens if no-one votes at all?

 

[Jografer]

there is bound to be some funny combinations of 1st and 2nd votes.

would love to meet the Nazi Green voters

... never mind the galloway nazis....

 

[rutabowa]

It is your fault for being rude since you didn't have to.
It's a very complicated voting process, so it's not wonder people are confused.

and this guy got it wrong anyway!

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I don't really know him as anything other than the bumbling toff who appeared on HHGNFY and fell off his bike.

If this is all you know, why are you offering an opinion?

 

[Lo Siento.]

It is your fault for being rude since you didn't have to.
It's a very complicated voting process, so it's not wonder people are confused.

it's not complicated, and only idiots are confused.

 

[Orang Utan]

If this is all you know, why are you offering an opinion?

He's just joking/being ironic? This is exactly why some idiots are voting (cos Boris is a laugh) and Swarfy is taking the piss.

 

[Crispy]

it's not complicated, and only idiots are confused.

Hey, I got confused about it the other day, and I'm the smartest sonofabitch I know.

 

[Orang Utan]

it's not complicated, and only idiots are confused.

Yes, it is complicated and I am not an idiot. Would you kindly take your pompous supercilious self off this thread if you have nothing further to contribute.

 

[Lo Siento.]

i knew a boy like you at school, we tied him to the top of the climbing wall one break and left him there.

really? It was the really stupid kids that got it in ours. Just as well we didn't swap schools, huh?

 

[untethered]

yes - this occured to me. If all the boris haters voted ken first, he might get over the fifty percent...

-- Already been said.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

it's not complicated, and only idiots are confused.

Why not be helpful and provide a concise summary of the rules?

 

[The Groke]

If this is all you know, why are you offering an opinion?

I offered an opinion based on what I know. Which as we have established, is very little.

My lack of knowledge shouldn't preclude me from having an opinion - This is Urban75; knowing fuck-all about a subject is the bedrock of most opinions here surely?

 

[Lo Siento.]

Hey, I got confused about it the other day, and I'm the smartest sonofabitch I know.

how? Seriously I don't get it. Vote or your favourite candidate 1st, vote for the best likely winner 2nd. How were you confused?

 

[kyser_soze]

You're talking bollocks Siento. Everywhere that uses a transferable or supplementary voting system has the same questions and issues of confusion, even countries like Australia who've been using STV systems for decades.

 

[The Groke]

He's just joking/being ironic? This is exactly why some idiots are voting (cos Boris is a laugh) and Swarfy is taking the piss.

Yes - it was a flippant comment based on nothing more than me being an idiot and messing around.

Still I appear to have irked littleseriousjesus, so I guess this isn't the thread to go being a dufus on.

 

[maximilian ping]

how? Seriously I don't get it. Vote or your favourite candidate 1st, vote for the best likely winner 2nd. How were you confused?

thats complicated

i thought it was vote for the one you like best 1st and the one you like second best 2nd

 

[maximilian ping]

or vote for the person you think you might like the second best 1st, then think about the one you would have put 2nd, then put them 1st and imagine that if they were actually 2nd, what would there name really be?

 

[Crispy]

thats complicated

i thought it was vote for the one you like best 1st and the one you like second best 2nd

That's how the vast majorit of people interpret it.
To interpret that sort of voter intent properly, you'd have to weight the two votes - eg. 2 points for a 1st and 1 point for a 2nd. But that's not how it works. They should be called 'primary' and 'run-off' or something.

 

[Jografer]

Hey, I got confused about it the other day, and I'm the smartest sonofabitch I know.

... when you do that 'mirror, mirror on the wall' bit, do you get a second opinion....

 

[Crispy]

... when you do that 'mirror, mirror on the wall' bit, do you get a second opinion....

it says 'dunno, you tell me boss'

 

[ChrisFilter]

What's wrong with Boris?

I think he would be far more entertaining as Mayor than Ken.

He's a stupid, bigoted, racist, elitist, out of touch idiot who has absolutely none of the credentials, skills or experiences necessary to run the world's most important city.

 

[Lo Siento.]

You're talking bollocks Siento. Everywhere that uses a transferable or supplementary voting system has the same questions and issues of confusion, even countries like Australia who've been using STV systems for decades.

but Australia's a parliamentary system (so there's other issues, like your constituency, national politics etc.). I mean, when you look at something like London Mayor you know only one person gets elected, you know it's gonna be Ken or Boris, you know you have two votes, logic should dictate the rest.

 

[Lo Siento.]

thats complicated

i thought it was vote for the one you like best 1st and the one you like second best 2nd

jesus wept

 

[ChrisFilter]

but Australia's a parliamentary system (so there's other issues, like your constituency, national politics etc.). I mean, when you look at something like London Mayor you know only one person gets elected, you know it's gonna be Ken or Boris, you know you have two votes, logic should dictate the rest.

If only everyone we're as fucking great as you, eh?

 

[christonabike]

I heard that you don't have to vote for two seperate people and can just vote twice for Ken

Is that correct?

(Goes off to Google it)

Ta

 

[Jografer]

I heard that you don't have to vote for two seperate people and can just vote twice for Ken

I think that this would be a spoilt ballot paper... & therefore would be no votes for Ken....