English Democrats Party in the 2005 General Election gained just 14,506 votes (0.1% of the popular vote), gained no MPs and in terms of the popular vote came 21st (20 parties with more votes).
When I started this general election poll I included the top 30 political parties (by popular vote), but at the time I didn’t consider how popular the poll or site would become or how a small number of activists for a small party could skew the results making the poll results worthless: at one point the BNP (used to be a poll option) had over 1/3rd of the vote because of a BNP campaign to send BNP supporters here to vote (made the poll worthless)!
To put it into perspective with 20,000 votes (that’s taken 6 months of visitors!) the English Democrats with 0.1% of the popular vote in 2005 would expect around 20 votes by now in this poll. It would be SO easy for a small party to skew the results.
For example if the English Democrats got all 120 of their candidates to vote in the poll it would suggest their support had increased 600% without a single ‘normal’ British voter, voting in the poll (not suggesting they’d do that, just an example).
The English Democrats Party are not a major force in British politics. If you plan to vote English Democrats in 2010 in the poll I’m afraid you’ll have to vote Other Political Party.
According to http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8526522.stm
“The party is planning to field 120 candidates at the general election. In last year’s European election, the party secured 1.8% of the vote.
It wants withdrawal from the European Union, more freedom from state control, and a separate parliament for England. ”
David
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