Aka HigeApr 21, 2023
Rob Ford
New Swingometer post - lots of discussion lately about Labour-Lib Dem tactical co-ordination - the late 1990s mood of "back whoever can beat the Tories locally" may be returning. I do some number crunching to estimate the possible impact: https://open.substack.com/pub/swingometer/p/tactical-voting-how-much-can-the?r=8jnjk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Tactical voting: How much can the Lib Dems help Labour, and vice versa?

Several sharp minds have noticed an important sea change in opposition politics: Labour and Liberal Democrat voters are coming together. As Ben Ansell notes in a recent analysis of how voters divide up, “there is a huge strategic opportunity for a Lib-Lab pact. The parties’ bases differ in their emphasis... But they are both firmly in the [same political space]…with people switching between them like bored Tinder users

The Swingometer
Apr 21, 2023 at 9:13amWeb
Show threadMansoor DittaFeb 23, 2024
@robfordmancs2 sell me tactical voting, last time I tried it, I voted Lib Dem. David Ward was elected, good guy, got booted out for speaking up for the Palestinians by Clegg (done well for himself since losing his seat to, anunsavoury character). My tactical vote led to the coalition government, the Lib Dem’s bent over and let the tories to run riot with bedroom tax, tuition fees cuts to the top rate of tax, adversity. In return for a referendum on pr and selling off Royal Mail.