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Latest Yougov poll has Greens 5% above Labour, Only 2% away from being top Party (media.piefed.zip)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by FundMECFS@piefed.zip to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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[–] ctry21@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago

If Labour had any sense they'd be introducing proportional representation, but I suspect the right of the party would rather lose to Reform than enter coalition with the Greens

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We're going to be in a situation where a party can potentially win with less than a quarter of the vote, fun...

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If you include those who were registered to vote, but didn't or couldn't (i.e. didn't have ID after new rule came in, spoiled ballots etc), this has already been the case.

Kier Starmer recieved about 20% of the possible votes in 2024 (34.7% of a voter turnout of 59.7%).

[Edit] obviously, it can get even worse than that

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Honestly I'm just hopeful that the polls are wrong about Reform's popularity. I would like to hope that people would look to change from a progressive perspective rather than a regressive one.

Cause if Reform truly get their way, the UK is going to become a whole lot scarier to live in.

[–] FundMECFS@piefed.zip 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It it’s any consolation, polls have consistently found Greens to be the most popular in the 18-50 demographic. Some polls even 18-60 demographic. Reform’s votes are coming from dominating an age group that is well, dying out.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

It wasn't 60-year-olds putting up flags on lamp posts, it was idiots in there 20s

[–] FundMECFS@piefed.zip 1 points 8 hours ago

It’s true. But they are far from the majority, or even a plurality, in that age group.