mabor1950 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 if by some chance and i know it could never happen everybody got totally ****** off by all the lies policies etc of the paties et al and did not vote ie no votes cast what would happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Womerry2 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 The candidates would be elected on the votes of their mums, and everything would continue as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 if by some chance and i know it could never happen everybody got totally ****** off by all the lies policies etc of the paties et al and did not vote ie no votes cast what would happen What would happen if it didn't happen? As you admit parties would still exist so presumably their members would vote. Candidates would get elected on a few hundred votes, if that. The fun would come afterwards when those elected had no legitimacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy Jnr Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 What would happen if it didn't happen? As you admit parties would still exist so presumably their members would vote. Candidates would get elected on a few hundred votes, if that. The fun would come afterwards when those elected had no legitimacy. I hear this method of voting is quite profitable in many African states though. Dictatorial ruling is quite the rage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddycoffee Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 When this happens, then more fringe and extreme parties get seats in power. Because the proportion of fringe and extreme voters is a much higher proportion of the total election turnout. And this is not neccesarily a bad thing. It shows the mainstream parties that they are not doing enough to appeal to the electorate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erebus Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 It does not matter who you vote for, fringe parties, mainstream, or a fish, as all you are actually voting for is a personality, a front, complete with policies, that are meant to give you "HOPE" for a better future, which are chucked as soon as they get in. How many times does it have to happen before people realise the confidence trick? He who hold the purse strings runs the place, and politicians as you should already know are bought and sold, they are cheap, so if it ain't money then an honor, as vanity is all. Corporate interests run the country, although its more evident in Greece and Italy, let us not forget what the game is. You are a worker, or potential worker, if out of work you still have a function, preventing wages from rising, as the pool of surplus labor makes those with jobs insecure enough to work for less every year. Although not a totalitarian state, technically we, like the USA is, as the corporate world makes the policies, for your government. Capitalism is dead, as capitalism relies on capital, surplus wealth, and we all live in a world of debt, zero real capital. We are insolvent, bankrupt, but printing paper money just puts us all further in debt, for at least a generation, maybe forever, as people forget and accept the Brave New World as normal after a time, especially if the excuses, war, terror, debt, crime and the rest are used perpetually to remind the forgetful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vague_Boy Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 The fun would come afterwards when those elected had no legitimacy. Most MPs are illegitimate. Well, they're certainly self-serving b*****ds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I hear this method of voting is quite profitable in many African states though. Dictatorial ruling is quite the rage. Isn't dictatorial ruling what we have in the UK ay the moment? I mean, Disasterous Dave didn't even get elected into government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Who elected Gordon Brown into government? - AFAIR; he (like all MPs) was elected as a Member of Parliament. His Party won enough seats to form a government, which they did - under Tony Blair (who was also elected as an MP.) When Blair handed over the job of Prime Minister to Brown, how many votes did Brown get (from the people) to be elected as Prime Minister? At least Cameron was the leader of a party when he was elected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 When this happens, then more fringe and extreme parties get seats in power. Because the proportion of fringe and extreme voters is a much higher proportion of the total election turnout. And this is not neccesarily a bad thing. It shows the mainstream parties that they are not doing enough to appeal to the electorate. ...Unless you vote for Hitler... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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