A thought.... provoked by filklore_on_lj

[fleetfootmike]

What percentage of the folks who don't vote in a supposedly 'sure' seat don't vote because they don't think voting against the clear favourite will make any difference?

What if they all voted?

Comments

[antonia-tiger.livejournal.com]

We have had some boundary changes in England, which makes prediction a little harder, but we have enough constraints on how the boundary changes are done that gerrymandering isn't an issue, in the way that US maps of district boundaries suggest it is.

[plaid-dragon.livejournal.com]

We got moved, apparently to balance population disparities in districts to try to keep the numbers even. What's amusing is some of the candidates haven't worked this out so I have friends who have been leafleted by candidates from both districts.