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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 01:16 PM
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3. Folk seem to be less likely to put up Tory signs
I'm in one of the most solidly Tory seats in the entire country, but I barely saw a single poster in garden.

I think that there are two reasons - first, around here especially being Tory is pretty tribal - they don't vote Conservative because they like a particular set of policies, or a candidate, they have just always been that way. This makes them far less likely to do anything active.

Secondly, there is still the whole 'nasty party' thing. Whilst in the privacy of a voting booth lots of people will put their cross in that box - they won't be so keen for their friends and neighbours to see it.
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