Ever been surprised by how you've voted? Why?

I was always told growing up that I'd vote for Labour and it wouldn't matter because England would vote in the Tories. I'm now 20, I've voted in a referendum in which I went against the Labour party's wish, voted in two elections in which I voted SNP and in May I will vote SNP again for the council elections. With Scottish Labour being a Blairite disgrace of a party and being anti-independence I've not once voted for the party that I always assumed I would.

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lilteacup

I was raised as a Democrat. As an adult, I am a registered Independent. I always vote the person not the party.

To be honest, in the states, there is not much difference between the two parties.

thatscottishguy · 26-30, M

I agree completely. Both are a joke with the Democrats only being slightly less right wing than the Republicans. I'd maybe vote for an independent after we leave the UK but until then I'll probably keep voting for the party most likely to get us independence. I understand why people tire of party politics.

lilteacup

@thatscottishguy: I think it is a very exciting time for Scotland ☺ I wish my great grandmother was alive to see her country strive for independence. She would be very proud.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

I'm also from a Labour background. Though of course, England has never had a left leaning nationalist alternative.

I voted Labour all my life as a lesser evil option only. Then, after they appeared to be moving to the right in the immediate aftermath of the 2015 election, I said I would never vote for them again. I had given up.

Then Jeremy Corbyn became leader and I joined the party. Lol.

thatscottishguy · 26-30, M

If they oust Corbyn and go with (just for example) a Hilary 'stain on his father's legacy' Benn type, will you vote for someone else?

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@thatscottishguy: It would depend on what happened after. If they say tightened party democracy and expelled Momentum then there would be little chance of it moving to the left ever again. In such circumstances I would leave and never vote Labour again.

That is a realistic possibility unfortunately. The future of Labour as a force for progressive change all depends on the next few years.

TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 41-45, MVIP

I was a staunch labor voter in Oz. now I vote liberal because at least they pretend to know about the economy..
Labor just want to borrow and spend.

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thatscottishguy · 26-30, M

@Burnley123: I figured

TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 41-45, MVIP

We have the luxury of vetting new comers very thoroughly. We won't be bullied by the world media or uniformed britts. into just letting anybody in. in case some ppl want to start labelling us draconian.. ✌️
Ppl smugglers don't even come this way no more.. Because there's no way that's happening.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@theoneyouwerewarnedabout: You are the world's most underpopulated country and you have loads of natural resources. And you took the land from aboriginal people.

[quote]in case some ppl want to start labelling us[/quote]

Label it how you like Bruce. 😜

Niburu · 51-55, M

I was born and raised in New York state in the US, so as you can imagine how left leaning my early voting went.
It was not till I moved out of the state that I actually even heard the other side.
Theses days I mostly side with the Libertarians ideas of small government, except I believe some social programs should remain and even expanded.

TheSirfurryanimalWales · 61-69, M

Where I live it doesn't matter how I vote because I live in one of the few parts of Wales that vote Tory. The neighboring constituencies always return Labour MPs.

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