{"id":69626,"date":"2023-05-03T08:09:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T07:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=69626"},"modified":"2023-05-03T11:24:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T10:24:33","slug":"would-pr-change-who-you-voted-for-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2023\/05\/03\/would-pr-change-who-you-voted-for-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Would PR change who you voted for tomorrow?"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the light of local elections taking place in some parts of England tomorrow, and discussion on proportional representation on this blog, I was curious to know if PR would change voting intentions. I am not pretending any poll here is statistically valid, but they tend to be interesting.<\/p>\n
So, three polls this morning. The first is on what you would vote fir as your first preference if you had the chance to do so tomorrow and PR was in use, meaning you could rank your preference of your candidates.<\/p>\n
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If you could vote using a proportional representation system tomorrow which party would get your first preference vote?<\/strong><\/p>
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Green (60%, 539 Votes)<\/small>
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Labour (15%, 135 Votes)<\/small>
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LibDem (8%, 74 Votes)<\/small>
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Other (8%, 73 Votes)<\/small>
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SNP (6%, 58 Votes)<\/small>
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Plaid Cymru (1%, 11 Votes)<\/small>
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Reform (1%, 5 Votes)<\/small>
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Conservative (0%, 3 Votes)<\/small>
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Total Voters: 898<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n
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Then I want to know who your second preference would be in that situation:<\/p>\n
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Who would be your second preference political party if you could vote tomorrow using a proportional representation system?<\/strong><\/p>
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Labour (32%, 286 Votes)<\/small>
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Green (26%, 232 Votes)<\/small>
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LibDem (22%, 190 Votes)<\/small>
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Other (12%, 105 Votes)<\/small>
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SNP (4%, 39 Votes)<\/small>
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Plaid Cymru (2%, 21 Votes)<\/small>
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Reform (1%, 8 Votes)<\/small>
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Conservative (0%, 1 Votes)<\/small>
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Total Voters: 882<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n
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Then, assuming that we did not have a PR system, who would you vote for?<\/p>\n
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Who would you vote for tomorrow if a first past the post system of voting was in use?<\/strong><\/p>
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Labour (41%, 365 Votes)<\/small>
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Greens (22%, 193 Votes)<\/small>
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LibDem (20%, 175 Votes)<\/small>
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SNP (10%, 85 Votes)<\/small>
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Other (6%, 54 Votes)<\/small>
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Plaid Cymru (1%, 10 Votes)<\/small>
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Reform (0%, 4 Votes)<\/small>
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Conservatives (0%, 3 Votes)<\/small>
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Total Voters: 889<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n
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As far as I know I cannot identify who votes in these polls, and I would never do so.<\/p>\n
My interest is in whether behaviour changes, or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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