tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post56925793325884168..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: STV: What lessons from Baillieston?Lallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-81263932857126068792012-04-07T12:44:49.857+01:002012-04-07T12:44:49.857+01:00Many thanks for the link Edinburgh. As you say, th...Many thanks for the link <b>Edinburgh</b>. As you say, that seems very much the lesson for voters and parties, keen the squeeze the most out of expressed preferences.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-19894275107593523552012-04-06T22:08:39.265+01:002012-04-06T22:08:39.265+01:00If you want more information about the importance ...If you want more information about the importance of preferences and transfers, you might be interested to see the table and charts you'll find here:<br />http://www.jamesgilmour.org.uk/STV-Council-Elections-Scotland-2007-Winners-Shares-First-Preference-Votes.pdf<br /><br />What the charts don't show are the third-placed candidates (in 3-member wards) who were kept in third place and elected only by transfers and the fourth-placed candidates in 4-member wards who were kept in fourth place and elected only by transfers.<br /><br />The message for voters is: mark preferences for all the choices you can make because you never know how close the contest will be in your ward.<br /><br />The message for candidates is: don't just canvass for first preference votes - those second, third, fourth, and fifth preferences could make all the difference.James Gilmourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17374325929212547383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-31936239496264997522012-04-04T17:12:29.091+01:002012-04-04T17:12:29.091+01:00Tony,
Quite so, and a stark example of STV prefer...<b>Tony,</b><br /><br />Quite so, and a stark example of STV preferences at work it is too. Curiously, you don't see anything like the same pattern in 2007 in wards with multiple Labour candidates standing. It'll be interesting to see in 2012 whether the SNP vote follows the Baillieston pattern (which may say more about John Mason than anyone else), or whether it comes to resemble the Labour pattern.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-88199987523990761412012-04-04T16:15:11.031+01:002012-04-04T16:15:11.031+01:00I was gobsmacked the first time I checked how many...I was gobsmacked the first time I checked how many first preference votes David McDonald got.Tonynoreply@blogger.com