I Dont Know Who To Vote For

[gordiescotland1]

In my area there are 4 candidates labour, conservative, snp and lib dems. I have ruled out lib dems and snp. I would vote labour i got a very good reply from Keiza Dugdale about training and work opportunities for older people, however I sent 3 emails to my local candidate and she never bothered to reply. I really dont want to vote tory because of the cuts they are making to these services and in 2010 I lost the chance of a job because a scheme that labour had in place to subsidise wages of long term unemployed was cut never forgiven them, but in all honesty can I in principle vote for someone who doesnt have the courtesy to reply to my emails.

[dannyk13]

If you ar so unsure who to vote for why not just abstain from voting.

[viv41]

I'm not bothering this time gordie - maybe you should do the same ?

[Old_Geezer]

Because then some fool will claim that you have no right to complain.

[jim360]

In Scotland you have two votes, one for a party and one for a candidate. If you like, fill in the party one (for the Labour party, in reward for Dugdale's reply?) and not the candidate one. Problem solved.

[douglas9401]

Just close your eyes and put the pencil on the paper. Closest box wins.
Every bit as scientific as basing a decision on the claims, aspirations, ambiguities and outright lies of the hapless troughers who would lead us.
Especially those with an eye on a totalitarian Caledonian fatherland where shortbread and spurtles will show us the true way.

[Old_Geezer]

Solve one problem, create another. By 'cementing' the undemocratic party into the voting system, it makes it more difficult to replace the party system with that really supports the constituents' view, in the future.

[Old_Geezer]

...undemocratic party system...

Looks like my edit wasn't 100% that time.

[jim360]

We work with what we've got, OG.

[wolf63]

I just eliminated the candidates who annoyed me and whittled it down to one on each ballot paper.

Too many people vote with their heart instead of their brain. I decided to use neither.