No, you didn’t—I was just saying that while a majority, probably nearly everyone, did vote on similar lines to what you talked about (“how does it affect the party I support?”), not everyone did—even assuming that everyone in the 28% of people who didn’t vote for one of the two biggest parties followed their party’s line and supported AV in the referendum (and of course not all those parties did support it), that still leaves 5% of people who voted either Tory or Labour but still voted yes in the referendum.
Which is a rather comforting thought, as it suggests that at an absolute minimum 5% of voters can be trusted to make their minds up on an issue independently of what the party they support thinks of it. Probably more than that.
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No, you didn’t—I was just saying that while a majority, probably nearly everyone, did vote on similar lines to what you talked about (“how does it affect the party I support?”), not everyone did—even assuming that everyone in the 28% of people who didn’t vote for one of the two biggest parties followed their party’s line and supported AV in the referendum (and of course not all those parties did support it), that still leaves 5% of people who voted either Tory or Labour but still voted yes in the referendum.
Which is a rather comforting thought, as it suggests that at an absolute minimum 5% of voters can be trusted to make their minds up on an issue independently of what the party they support thinks of it. Probably more than that.