Turnout?

[crappogre]

What do you reckon it will be?
A high one, the protest vote?
Low? Voter apathy, complacency, despair?

It has to be remembered that regardless of who gets elected this year, there will still be the other 6 Senators in there for 3 more years, 11 constables you can't vote for/against (possibly 12!), and nearly all of 29 deputies you can't vote for/against either. Would it be surprising if people felt powerless and that voting for 6 candidates is a waste of time?


A look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_elections,_2005 is interesting - these are the Other Six Senators that will still be there for 3 more years......

Stuart Syvret - 15,131
Ben Shenton - 14,025
Freddie Cohen - 13,704
Terry Le Main - 12,159
Terry Le Sueur - 9,976
James Perchard - 8,998

and out of interest, look how the these runners up fared - these people got back in as deputies intead......

Paul Le Claire (Centre Party) 5,413
Kevin Lewis (Centre Party) 5028
Guy de Faye (Independent) 4,994
Geoff Southern (Jersey Democratic Alliance) 4,724

[eastrock]

There must be 4,994 people out there kicking themselves now! ;D

[Bea]

Anyone have any views on tactical voting ?Apart from the obvious ,i.e not voting for any of the GST 28

[mac]

I've been trying to work that out myself

The only way I can see is to look at the candidates that have a chance of getting in and use any spare vote you have for them.

If I'm honest I'm struggling to choose 6 who I can honestly say I support.