Posted on December 5th, 2009 in
Political Polls,
UK Politics
A commenter on the UK General Election 2010 site gave me a good idea for a poll, the commenter suggested a good way to choose a political party to vote for in the next general election is list the 3 most important political issues to YOU, then go look at the various political parties polices and see which matches what you consider most important.
By doing this in theory you choose the political party to vote for that has the same political ideals as you.
I’ve compiled a list of 41 political issues based mostly on policies published by the Labour party, Conservative party and Liberal Democrat party. I added a few not listed as policies like Government Debt, MP Expenses and Government Corruption (I wonder why the three main parties have no policies on MP expenses!).
With there being 41 political issues below, made sense to choose the top 5, rather than top 3 issues.
Please choose up to 5 (you can choose less) of the most important political issues to YOU. These should be the reasons you’d vote for a political party at the next general election.
Your Top 5 Political Issues Poll
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You can find the main political parties policies including the option to comment and debate on them on this website under:
BNP Policies : Conservative Policies : Green Policies : Labour Policies : Liberal Democrats Policies : UKIP Policies
Feel free to discuss your main political issues and others choices below.
David
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If anyone thinks I’ve missed a serious issue let me know, I think I’ve covered most of the important issues.
David
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The threat of Political Islamism/ Islamification of Britain and the West?
Could come under religious issues, though I think that a little too broad, it could relate to Ulster, abortion, gay weddings and so on.
I personally don’t care about any of these “religious issues”, but I do care about and oppose the growing strength of political Islamism in the UK and the West in general.
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Your Top 5 Political Issues Poll and Who to Vote for in the Next General Election
Fair enough, Islamification of Britain added.
The poll plugin doesn’t allow resorting of answers, so new poll items are added at the bottom not alphabetically like the rest.
David
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About 60% of the electorate today have a top
concern for the economy.
30% (remote 2nd) top concerned about is unemployment.
Immigration policy seems to be dropping
with about 25% of the people saying it is their top
concern. (this fact I have taken into account for my BNP predictions here)
Based on my current analysis of the trends and several opinion polls, if a general election were held now the approximate results in seats would be:
CON…. 375
LAB…. 180
LIB…. 50
SNP/PC..11
others..30
(less the deputy speaker and Sinn Fein)
giving a conservative majority of 167 seats
It’s hard to fathom the BNP result because I don’t
know yet how many candidates they can muster to
contest the seats.
But my best guess is about 200 of which we are likely to win 2 seats in the North West.
The real election Day targets are of course vulnerable to interim events en route and
subject to the dynamics within an ultimate Election Campaign.
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I know the “top concerns” percentages look odd
at 115% (this is a mistake on my math, but the top
3 fluctuate plus or minus 20% weekly!
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Yippee…..so BNP voters will remain the brain deads who blame other people for their shortcomings?
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Another stereotypical comment, tarring us all with the same brush.
Now if I was coloured that would be racist…
The fact you assume this and even question it proves you have little evidence or facts to build on…
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You do know that fewer people voted for the BNP in the North West in 2009 than in 2004? The BNP’s is actually dropping. The MEP seat only came about because fewer people actually voted for the other parties, not because more people voted BNP.
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So what your saying people are happy with the mess the country is in they are happy in the E/U happy to be £30.000 in debt and climbing wait till the bailiffs call! any one who votes for any other Party (other than the bnp )after the mess they have made over the last 60 years lib/lab/con liers cheats thieves other than the one opposition party who speaks the truth must be brain dead! BNP 4 me god bless them
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One worry I would like to see mentioned is political correctness. This pervading anti-human propaganda has killed Freedom of Speech. How can there be debate when people are frightened of saying what they think? “You can’t say that, someone will get offended and sue”. Or when objecting to government bureaucracy is now “abusing” the staff. The situation has become so crazy that defending yourself and your family from burglars is now ‘taking the law into your own hands’.
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Your Top 5 Political Issues Poll and Who to Vote for in the Next General Election
I generally agree with you, Political Correctness added to the poll.
I hope no one ever breaks into out home, I have the philosophy if someone attacks my family physically (or seriously threatens them) they forfeit their right to life and it’s my choice (depending on the situation) what I do with it. If someone broke into my home and indicated using violence I would not take the risk of only trying to subdue them, it’s not worth the risk of hoping a person who is degenerate enough to break into your home while you are in it to not use violence against you and your family!
About 20 years ago one of my younger brothers who though not an awful person had criminal tendencies (minor criminal activities) and said if he got caught doing something wrong he’d use violence to get away!!! I was shocked and I wasn’t exactly an upstanding member of society back then, but that’s one BIG step over the line.
David
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I wont be voting Labour ever again. I have two major issues with Gordon Brown, 1. He is a coward, and 2. He puts his own personal welfare and power before his party. I say he is a coward because had he decided to call an election when he took charge of the Labour party, he would have won, there is no doubt in my mind. He is obsessed with holding onto power (personally) we have witnessed this many times, he has been ruthless with sackings and u turns, when he thought he would be ousted. I also personally think he will lose the general election, mainly because he is a flawed insecure individual, and has not learnt any lessons from those around him that try to advise him, Dont get me wrong, I have grave concerns about voting for Cameron, but I am prepared to give him a go, I dont care how wealthy he is or where he was educated, quite frankly, I would rather have someone who had a good education, and has a knowledge of wealth and wealth creation in charge, than some son of a Labour peer, who has never worked a day in their life.
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