Friday 29 April 2011

"The second or third best can win under FPTP"

Page 3 of the No to AV leaflet is actually headed "The second or third best can win under AV" (see below) but the example they give clearly illustrates that 57% of people prefer Candidate B to Candidate A, so by any objective measure, Candidate B must surely be the better candidate, and Candidate A (who would have won under FPTP) must be second best:

4 comments:

Steven_L said...

They've nicked your UKIP colours too - you peeved about that?

Mark Wadsworth said...

SL, I first saw these when I was out delivering UKIP leaflets so I was especially peeved, however on closer inspection they are purple and pale green, not purple and yellow.

Span Ows said...

"purple and pale green"

...or vomit enducing...

neil craig said...

If you consider either Cameron or Miliband to be 4th worst (or indeed worse) then Miliband or Cameron will tell you you ought to vote for them, as 3rd worst, to keep out the 4th.