What is tactical voting?

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David Cameron will often tell you that if you vote UKIP, you'll get Labour. Whaaaaaaaaaaa??

Written by
LIAM BUTLER @LiamMakesStuff
JAY FOREMAN @jayforeman
JON GRACEY @jongracey
and PAUL KENDLER

Presented / edited by JAY FOREMAN
Filmed / directed by PAUL KENDLER
Research / graphics by LIAM BUTLER

Also starring
SAMANTHA SHERRATT
MISHA ANKER
PAUL KENDLER
PHIL DAWES

[danielcooper]

"Can you really blame the major parties for doing their best to preserve the status quo, and maintain the system which has kept them in power for hundreds of years?"
Me: "Yes".
Jay: "Yes".

[oxherder]

If there was any justice in this world your channel would be far bigger and more popular in the UK

[LPintendo]

I'm Australian and, after reading that anti-AV conservative flyer, I haven't seen anyone here say we want to get rid of it.

[justanotherglorpsdaymornin]

I was 10 back in 2011 and now knowing that there was an option for reforming our elections that the public voted against has peeved me off quite considerably. I shall have to make a nice cup of tea to settle myself down.

[tedbaltz]

I can't believe that Great Britain had an opportunity to update their voting system and didn't take it. American politicians would never let it get that close to happening.

[FirstLast-unoe]

2:39 Australia doesn't want to get rid of AV we all like it.

[Overstatement]

And now the Stripy Party's called a snap general election so I've had to watch this again!

[melledevries]

2:40 seeing this really makes me mad. When you actually think about it, most of these points are blatantly false. I'd ask who they think they're fooling, but I guess they succesfully fooled enough people.

[DreamClean]

Still don't understand why AV was shat on so much.

[koretmulder]

US politics has become so completely polarized between two parties throughout my entire life (I'm 56) that I have never once voted for a candidate I fully supported. I've placed my vote with the candidate who had the most populous chance of keeping the other party out. There were definitely small third-party candidates I preferred, but in an overwhelmingly two-party system, "splitting the vote" is a constant threat in every major election. It's frankly demoralizing.
And the problem with implementing "alternative voting" is that it would need to be ratified legally by either one of the two ruling US parties, neither of which have any political incentive to invite in more competition.

[Pingijno]

I love how scaremonging in politics is always obviously stupid but it always works

[legendary]

"Little Upper Chipping Stortford on the Mimms" I'm surprised this isn't a real place in the UK.

[RhysBeard]

I love how Tombola was on the list of voting

[facehighfive]

2:40 'It's discredited' - "...both Fiji and Australia want to get rid of it"

What a load of crap, I've never heard that arguement mentioned as a mainstream issue of Australian politics.

[mcbain]

2:16 in case you missed them "Disproportional Representation", "Tombola", "Rifle-led Coercion" and "TV Phone-in" ha ha most amusing young Jay!

[papaquonis]

First past the post is such a ridiculous system. So glad we don't use that in my country.

[enlightenedscepticuk]

I wish this guy had his own TV show, he deserves an enormous audience for his entertainment and hilarious humour.

[hughmungus]

I read the title as "What is tactical vomiting?", alongside party graphs in the thumbnail I thought I was in for a banger of a video.
Good video anyways I guess just not what I wanted to see. New video idea wink wink ;)

[KyleAButler]

AV was the first thing I ever voted on. It also started the trend of every single referendum and general election not going my way. Democracy!

[dogvom]

"Little Upper Chipping Stortford on the Mimms"... beautiful...