cross-posted from: https://feddit.online/c/uk@feddit.online/p/1830621/british-public-more-likely-to-prefer-count-binface-wins-clacton-by-election-than-nigel
- In a hypothetical forced choice head-to-head, 1 in 3 British adults (33%) would prefer Count Binface to win the Clacton by-election, giving him a 12ppt lead over Farage (21%). 32% say neither. 13% don’t know;
- Nearly 3 in 4 (74%) state that the parliamentary standards commissioner should be investigating whether the Reform UK leader broke parliamentary rules;
- 73% say investigation should continue even if Farage wins the by-election.
Source: Ipsos.
Not the conventional way a forced choice works, but…
There’s no mandatory voting in the UK, so you can always just stay home on election day.
Which will not cause the ‘neither’ outcome, so you really shouldn’t. Fuck Farage
Or spoil
Acknowledges that candidates have to campaign against the couch as much as they have to campaign against their opponent. Valid, tbh