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claytonender · 23-04-2011, 20:43

It is quite possible that the AV referendum will be won on a very small turnout of voters possibly on 25% of voters will vote. If 51% of those voted in favour of AV it would mean that the Yes to AV would win with only 13% of the total electorate of the UK. As Margaret said in post 78 there are all out elections for the Scottish Parliament and also the Welsh Assembly so there are likely to be more people voting in those 2 countries and they already have a system of alternative voting.

I am not in favour of AV however voters would not necessarily rank the candidates in order of preference and I suspect that many people would still only vote for one candidate. Personally I would only ever vote for a Labour candidate and nothing would persuade me to rank a candidate from any other party.

23-04-2011, 20:43	#79
claytonender Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Clayton-le-Moors Posts: 892 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 272	Re: alternative vote It is quite possible that the AV referendum will be won on a very small turnout of voters possibly on 25% of voters will vote. If 51% of those voted in favour of AV it would mean that the Yes to AV would win with only 13% of the total electorate of the UK. As Margaret said in post 78 there are all out elections for the Scottish Parliament and also the Welsh Assembly so there are likely to be more people voting in those 2 countries and they already have a system of alternative voting. I am not in favour of AV however voters would not necessarily rank the candidates in order of preference and I suspect that many people would still only vote for one candidate. Personally I would only ever vote for a Labour candidate and nothing would persuade me to rank a candidate from any other party.