Sentences with phrase «tactical voters»

The local election results will give a good indication of how tactical voters are willing to be to stop the SNP and their independence agenda.

If Conservatives shift to the Lib Dems in sufficient numbers, that might compensate sufficiently for the loss of Labour tactical voters for the Lib Dems and Clegg to hold Hallam.

Boundaries have changed in many seats since 2005, and the strength of the Lib Dems means some two - way marginals now look more like three - way marginals: add in the rise of smaller parties such as the Greens, plus highly volatile national polls, and even hardened tactical voters may struggle to work out which horse to back locally this time.

Traditionally strong tactical voters because of the sheer number of seats where their candidate couldn't win, the «yellow surge» means more Lib Dems may now believe their candidate has a chance after all.

By contrast the 2005 ICM poll found Lib Dem tactical voters outnumbering Labour ones by three to one.

Many a well - intentioned tactical voter has discovered too late that their supposedly canny switch has produced the very opposite result to the one they intended.

Your estimate of the number of LD voters who are really Labour tactical voters here is pure fantasy.

Thus my prediction is the Lib Dems will lose vote share and come forth due to Tory tactical voters abandoning them for the Tories and Labour / Greens squeezing their base vote.

Interesting numbers for the «tactical voters» of Dumfries & Galloway.

He warned they would all become vulnerable in 2015 if nothing is done quickly to win over support from Labour's tactical voters.

It is how the SNP is perceived to govern Scotland that is attracting Labour voters, tactical voters to the left of Labour and defectors from the Lib Dems.

They comprised a mixture of people who were disillusioned with Labour over such matters as Iraq and student fees, and tactical voters — passionate anti-Tories who feared that Labour couldn't win locally.

For example, instead of expressing their genuine order of preferences, tactical voters will re-order their votes so as to try to achieve the early elimination of candidates the second preferences of which are likely to go to their favoured candidate and to keep in candidates whose voters are unlikely to have expressed second preferences.