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This is for a presentation I am currently working on. If you could answer the folloing pole question

Do you consider your voting patterns or political views to be strongly motivated by a particular ideology or abstract concept?

It is vital that only British users answer this questionare

It is vital that only British users answer this questionare

and why is that?

i'm british, and yes.

i vote on ideology first, and issues second.
and personality last

and why is that?

Because I am looking into if British people are less politcally motivated by ideologies when compared to other nations

In a way, yes.

Because I am looking into if British people are less politcally motivated by ideologies when compared to other nations
too bad, i just messed up your poll. and i encourage other non-british users to do the same.

I'm British, but I don't live in Britain any more. Should I vote?

too bad, i just messed up your poll.

Which way did you vote?

I'm British, but I don't live in Britain any more. Should I vote?

How long have you lived outside the UK

Which way did you vote?

i'm not going to tell you.

i'm not going to tell you.

Well I'd seriously apreciate it if you did, that way I can recalculate the result with your vote in mind

How long have you lived outside the UK

9 years.

Well I'd seriously apreciate it if you did, that way I can recalculate the result with your vote in mind

but then the poll won't be messed up, so my trick would be ruined.

but then the poll won't be messed up, so my trick would be ruined.

This isnt funny. I'm using this research in a presentation I am doing which will be marked towards my degree. I suggest you stop playing games now.

9 years.

No. Dont vote.

This isnt funny. I'm using this research in a presentation I am doing which will be marked towards my degree. I suggest you stop playing games now.

um... to bad. what difference does a single vote make anyway?

Would this be considered viable research? You have no way of knowing whether the results were contaiminated.

Would this be considered viable research? You have no way of knowing whether the results were contaiminated.

Its only anecdotal in the whole scheme of things. I think the professors understand that if I were to do this, I would be unable to go to continal Europe, the US and here polling in the real world.

um... to bad. what difference does a single vote make anyway?

A significent diffrence if there is a limited number of voters.

This isnt funny. I'm using this research in a presentation I am doing which will be marked towards my degree. I suggest you stop playing games now.
You could try again but using a public poll. It wouldn't be perfect, but you'd be far less likely to get people voting in a poll you don't want them to vote in.

If you are going to do that, make sure you ask in the Moderation forum for the original threads to be closed/deleted, and put in the first post of the new threads an explanation as to why you want people to vote again.

A significent diffrence if there is a limited number of voters.

sure. here is some money. go to carrefour and buy a sense of humour.

Screwing the result up for no good reason is... pretty lame. But I guess children will be children. :p

I voted no, because ideology is the result of almost everything bad that has happened in this world. That and nature.

sure. here is some money. go to carrefour and buy a sense of humour.

This isnt a matter to be laughed about. If you would be so kind and good natured as to tell me in which direction you voted. It isnt hard, it isnt difficult and it isnt a big deal for you.

This isnt a matter to be laughed about. If you would be so kind and good natured as to tell me in which direction you voted. It isnt hard, it isnt difficult and it isnt a big deal for you.
but is it a big deal for you to not know that a serious thread on NS is an oxymoron?

Let's see. You are getting a sample from a group who play a Politics Based Game. I can't think of a more corrupt sample. You will get very few people saying they decide based on personality. Even with a public poll, most people don't want to sound like uneducated idiots, so they'll also deny they pick on personality, while realistically, a lot of people do.

This isnt funny. I'm using this research in a presentation I am doing which will be marked towards my degree. I suggest you stop playing games now.

It's quite likely there are several others voting in this and the other poll specifically to mess it up. Welcome to the internet. Use a better researchg method next time.

Because I am looking into if British people are less politcally motivated by ideologies when compared to other nations

So... we got America, Continental Europe and UK. No interest in Ireland then?

So... we got America, Continental Europe and UK. No interest in Ireland then?

Not espeically no, not at the moment.

Would this be considered viable research? You have no way of knowing whether the results were contaiminated.

Not at all. My Poli Sci Research Methods prof would have flushed this one. Especially when the results are knowingly contaminated. (and by more than one poster.)

i'm british, and yes.

i vote on ideology first, and issues second.
and personality last
same here *nods*

Because I am looking into if British people are less politcally motivated by ideologies when compared to other nations

too bad, i just messed up your poll. and i encourage other non-british users to do the same.

if tits like Swilatia wont tell you how they voted, make a new poll public so you can see who votes for what, and discount the ones you know arnt british.

on a side note i voted no, i will look at policies, then ideology. At least i will when i vote next GE. (im 17 now, yuo may want to not include me or do a whole new bit on your presentation comparing the oldies with the young 'uns or something)

good luck with your degree.

oops IV Stalin beat me to it

I vote for the candidate of the party whose manifesto I disagree with least, temporarily working under the assumption it's not complete bollocks.

I don't really know how that fits "voting according to ideology", as it tends to be specific issues that are more important; for instance, I wouldn't vote for any party that wished to introduce ID cards, even if I agreed with the rest of their policies.
I also wouldn't vote for people I strongly disliked; eg. New Labour because Tony Blair is a smarmy, lying bastard and Gordon Brown is a thieving git (and probably a lying bastard, but I have no evidence of that), so that likely chalks one up for personality, too.

I voted and I'm not British; therefore, I ruined your thread! Haha! :eek:

if tits like Swilatia wont tell you how they voted, make a new poll public so you can see who votes for what, and discount the ones you know arnt british.

on a side note i voted no, i will look at policies, then ideology. At least i will when i vote next GE. (im 17 now, yuo may want to not include me or do a whole new bit on your presentation comparing the oldies with the young 'uns or something)

good luck with your degree.

oops IV Stalin beat me to it

Even a public poll won't account for people with unknown locations.

Sorry, I wasn't paying attention and voted. I'm not from Britain. So take one off the yes total. Sorry. :(