Sunday, April 17, 2005

Who should you vote for?

Following a link I found in a post on uk.rec.cycling I took the test at Whoshouldyouvotefor.com, and my results are shown below. I think I misunderstood one of the questions - when they asked "Which result do you actually expect to get?", I thought they meant "who will win the election?", when what they thought they were asking was "For whom do you think you ought to vote?". Re-reading the questionnaire, I think it is they who were not clear rather than me who is dumb, but then I would say that wouldn't I? According to Google, the original post has provoked 75 replies so far. I can't help feeling that whoever you vote for, the government still gets in. Still, you've got to hope, haven't you?
Apologies for the formatting, the site provided some HTML to copy, but it was unreadable on my black background and I didn't have time to do anything more sophisticated than wrapping it in a DIV with a light background colour.

Who Should You Vote For?

Who should I vote for?

Your expected outcome:

Labour


Your actual outcome:



Labour -20
Conservative -12
Liberal Democrat 32
UK Independence Party 10
Green 23


You should vote: Liberal Democrat

The LibDems take a strong stand against tax cuts and a strong one in favour of public services: they would make long-term residential care for the elderly free across the UK, and scrap university tuition fees. They are in favour of a ban on smoking in public places, but would relax laws on cannabis. They propose to change vehicle taxation to be based on usage rather than ownership.


If you are wavering, you can take the test yourself at Who Should You Vote For

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