Would you change your vote if Labour had a stronger leader?

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Interesting question that has arisen from this election which i could probably ask myself. This probably only applies to those that agonised over their choice etc.

If you have voted Labour or Tory (AN other) because you always have and your great grandad did then this question isnt for you. :D

My vote was very tight between Labour and Conservative and i ended up siding with the Tories but i did struggle to split the two parties.

Had Labour had a more charismatic leader instead of Miliband that possibly may have swung it their way. Would it have made a difference for you??
 
Wouldn't have changed my vote

But could have changed the outcome of the election with a different leader

Listening to people on radio etc and a lot it appears removed their vote for labour once Milliband on that telly debate defended the over spending of Mr Brown from previous labour government and that was a massive own goal it seems
 
Nope. Not one bit. I voted Labour and I got a Labour MP. I wasn't looking at that particular party and most definitely not who was the leader of it (granted I do think they had the wrong Milliband brother). I was looking at the best person that I thought could represent me as being my MP. If the rest of the country then followed suit then so be it.
 
I'm convinced that a leader that looks 'presidential' (regardless of their policies) is absolutely vital when it comes to those close marginals that decide these elections.
 
Spuddy said:
I'm convinced that a leader that looks 'presidential' (regardless of their policies) is absolutely vital when it comes to those close marginals that decide these elections.
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And that, right there, is what's wrong with a lot of the electorate (imo). You vote for policies, not a guy/gal in a nice suit with nice teeth.
 
c1973 said:
And that, right there, is what's wrong with a lot of the electorate (imo). You vote for policies, not a guy/gal in a nice suit with nice teeth.
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I'm sure there's lots of folk that wait to see who the Sun tells them to vote for!

For the undecideds who really can't decide on policy alone, image could be the tipping point that points them in one direction.
 
Nope, I voted on policies that I saw in manifestos mainly. Leader was a smaller factor but was still considered. There are people I have spoken to however, that were swayed by personality.
 
I would say that Milliband did lose Labour many votes due to his personality and image. Not saying thats fair but just reality.

I would also say that it was not the main factor with Labours demise, that IMO was due to the SNP and lack of clarity with issues like immigration and fixing the economy, which like it or not it's what so many used to decide their party of choice.
 
Birchy said:
Interesting question that has arisen from this election which i could probably ask myself. This probably only applies to those that agonised over their choice etc.

If you have voted Labour or Tory (AN other) because you always have and your great grandad did then this question isnt for you. :D

My vote was very tight between Labour and Conservative and i ended up siding with the Tories but i did struggle to split the two parties.

Had Labour had a more charismatic leader instead of Miliband that possibly may have swung it their way. Would it have made a difference for you??
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Yes. Said it in another post, had Labour chosen the other Milliband it would have been very different.
 
c1973 said:
And that, right there, is what's wrong with a lot of the electorate (imo). You vote for policies, not a guy/gal in a nice suit with nice teeth.
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I think you are simplifying it a lot. It's not just a case of nice suit/nice teeth, but it is much more than that. For example would you want that person leading your country on a global scale, do you think he/she would compete on a global basis, would he/she have the gravitas and credibility, could he/she work with other leaders. And to me the suit he or she is wearing or the state of their teeth is the least of the issues I look at when thinking if that party leader would work for me.
 
Hacker Khan said:
I think you are simplifying it a lot. It's not just a case of nice suit/nice teeth, but it is much more than that. For example would you want that person leading your country on a global scale, do you think he/she would compete on a global basis, would he/she have the gravitas and credibility, could he/she work with other leaders. And to me the suit he or she is wearing or the state of their teeth is the least of the issues I look at when thinking if that party leader would work for me.
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I'm not. I'm replying to a post on 'looks'. :)
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Wouldn't have changed my vote

But could have changed the outcome of the election with a different leader

Listening to people on radio etc and a lot it appears removed their vote for labour once Milliband on that telly debate defended the over spending of Mr Brown from previous labour government and that was a massive own goal it seems
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Did you vote after all then?
 
I can see why Milliband is getting the blame but I think for a lot of people the vote was based on manifesto and policies and it's these the new leader needs to tackle and produce something the electorate can believe in and trust.
 
Nope, i want to see the economy keep on moving the right way and my pension grow! thats the difference between left and right i suppose!
 
jontymo said:
Nope, i want to see the economy keep on moving the right way and my pension grow! thats the difference between left and right i suppose!
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Because people on the left want to see the economy move the wrong way and pensions to shrink do they? Riiiight... :rofl:
 
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