The voter's quandary.

[lethargic_man]

Now do I vote for party A, as my conscience would have me, but which will likely count for nothing in a first-past-the-post system; or party B, who won last time in my constituency, in order to keep party C out of power? Or do I say that even if voting for party A doesn't gain them the seat, it will increase their share of the vote and make it more likely people will have the confidence to vote for them next time?

I wish we had the Scottish system -- both FPtP and proportional representation votes -- here.

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Meanwhile, in shul the other day:

"This week's leyning is in page 399 in the red book, and 362 in the blue book."

Kibitzer: "399 red, 362 blue: is that the election result?"

Me: "In which case, what's the Monster Raving Loony Machzor?"

<Abbi holds up an Artscroll>

:o)