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# That's what you get with the current First past the post system
which is less likely with AV
So change your end line to 'for fucks sake vote AV' and jobs a good'un

With AV, if there were only those 3 parties and those initial results -
Conservative were least voted for so they would have been disqualified.
The votes from the conservative favouring members of the public would then be reassessed to see who they preferred as their second choice, Labour or Lib Dem.
Those figures would be added to the Labour and Lib Dem totals and one of them would be over 50%, providing the country with a winner the majority were happy with.

(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 8:01, archived)
# Yes but,
If, after making your first choice, the other two candidates were complete cunts,
would you have the option of abstaining from 2nd and 3rd choices, or would you be compelled to vote for someone you had absolutely no faith in,
thereby theoretically getting the government you DIDN'T want.
Personally, I won't be voting for any of the 3 major parties.
(I helped save b3ta! Chumps 👀, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 8:11, archived)
# yes you would
If there are 10 people running you don't have to mark 1-10, you could stop at any point to show your hatred of the remainder (I think)
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 8:15, archived)
# Yep
if you want, you can just write "1" next to your first choice, and stop there.
(I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 8:19, archived)
# Isn't this what most people will, in all probability do,
thereby rendering AV pointless?
(I helped save b3ta! Chumps 👀, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 8:30, archived)
# it's what some people will do
thereby rendering their chance of a result they aren't 100% against pointless
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 8:36, archived)
# It's what a minority will do
and that minority are mostly likely voting for fringe/extreme parties.

Like the Conservatives.

Boom boom!
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 9:05, archived)
# We've got a government no one voted for now
so what's the problem...
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 9:05, archived)