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2024 general election survey - Vote for Policies (voteforpolicies.org.uk)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by mannycalavera@feddit.uk to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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A handy tool to sense check you're voting for the correct party.

Edit: 🤣 4 down votes. For this of all things. Lord above 😂.

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[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Only handy if you live in England or Wales, sadly.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 4 points 4 months ago

Scotland coming soon apparently.

[–] Waldowal@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I got Green first and Liberal democrats second. Did I win?

As an American, I have no idea if that really fits what I believe my ideology to be.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Do you have something similar for the US?

[–] Waldowal@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Ours would say:

Party 1

Round up all minorities and immigrants into camps. Create jobs 'digging the death pits'.
Replace 'Separation of church and state' in the Constitution with a copy of the 'Right to bare arms' amendment, but this time in all caps.
Repeal all environmental protection laws. The "free market" will ensure companies don't pollute. Even if they did, climate change is a hoax so it doesn't matter.
Eliminate all healthcare plans. If God wants you dead, and you're poor, so be it.
Eliminate term limits for conservative politicians. Implement term limits for liberal supreme court judges.

Party 2

Laws that aren't just a toddler's power fantasy

[–] triplenadir@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 months ago

sadly folks keep being told that voting for Party 2 is somehow a vote for one of the Party 1s and that the only sensible option is to vote for the other Party 1. wonder how the situation will ever improve 😔

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Excellent guide. Greens are emerging as the only sane choice.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Labour First, then Liberal Democrats. But it only asked about 3 topics, if it had mentioned climate change for example, I probably would have got Greens.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago

There's definitely an environmental section. I answered questions on something like fifteen topics. You have to select them all at the start. Maybe by default it only gives you three?