Will tactical voting have a big effect on the UK General Election?

It has been a big talking point in the lead up. In England they're talking about voting for whoever has the best chance of beating the Tory candidate in each constituency, be they Labour, lib dem or something else. In Scotland the constitutional question is resulting in tactical voting with unionists voting for the Tories and on the nationalist side the Greens so far won't stand for 6 Scottish seats in order to improve the SNP's chances.

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It might in Scotland, there's nothing that can stop a huge Tory majority overall though.

thatscottishguy · 26-30, M

@Onecharmingman: Though Theresa May seems to be trying her best to stop it.😂

thatscottishguy · 26-30, M

Also that's not the only way it could have an effect.

SW-User

@thatscottishguy: I'm struggling to get my head round Scottish Labour supporters switching to Conservative. I think it shows Labour is completely finished in Scotland. It is essentially a second independence referendum in Scotland and I don't think anyone should take too much notice of the local election results.

thatscottishguy · 26-30, M

You're not the only one. A pro-union vote for Labour or the lib dems would annoy me but I could understand it. The people who used to vote Labour and called the SNP "Tartan Tories" and are now voting for the Tories disgust me. Every Scottish Labour campaign leaflet and tweets I've seen have talked about beating the SNP. Nothing against the Tories and some Labour people have advocated voting Tory to keep out the SNP. They are a joke but I'm sure when they fail massively the media will somehow blame Corbyn. While licking Ruth's arse of course.