An election reminder. If you can't vote for the candidate you want because they won't get enough support to win then vote against the one you don't want by voting for the candidate best placed to beat them. You don't have to like them personally, just want to take a step along the road.
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@AlisonW unfortunately I've already seen how that turns out. When everyone vote just because they don't want the other candidate win, they do not feel any obligation to hold their candidate accountable. So each election year all the candidates need to do is just not to be as bad as the other candidate. And the bar keeps getting lower every time until you end up with a dictator. It happened in my home country and it is happening to all Western countries.
@jessica_fey
I totally agree, and it's a peril imposed on voters by the limitations of the system. As it happens my local choice this time is also one I can support, but it isn't always the case. The real power to decide lies with the parties selecting the candidates, not with us voters.