Is there a role for Gah! in politics?

[Duke of Gloucester]

At the university where I was studying, on all ballets there was a phoney choice that basically called for new candidates. If it won more votes than the others, new elections had to be called.

An excellent idea. Let's campaign to get this included in all elections.

The good thing abuot a GAH option is that it says: "It is not that I can't be bothered to vote, but I don't want to vote for any of these." If you stay at home, it looks apathetic.

[Gregoshi]

I can see the beginnings of the Gah! Party.

[yesdachi]

Vote for who is on the ballot or don’t vote. If you want a different candidate write one in, encourage someone you approve of to run or run yourself. Voting to not vote for anyone is lame IMO.

[Kraxis]

Vote for who is on the ballot or don’t vote. If you want a different candidate write one in, encourage someone you approve of to run or run yourself. Voting to not vote for anyone is lame IMO.

In theory I would agree, and personally I vote every time!

But I think it is fair to let people say "how come we have such a lousy selection?"

Imagine if 55% of the voters voted for that... I will bet you that the politicans would wake up (Thailand)..

[Tribesman]

Voting to not vote for anyone is lame IMO
Why ? look at Thailand , voting is compulsory , the opposition boycotted the election , since you have to vote then if you were not given the option of no candidate then you would have to vote for a candidate that you didn't want .
The no candidate vote won by a landslide . Gah in action .

[Duke of Gloucester]

Voting to not vote for anyone is lame IMO
Why ? look at Thailand , voting is compulsory , the opposition boycotted the election , since you have to vote then if you were not given the option of no candidate then you would have to vote for a candidate that you didn't want .
The no candidate vote won by a landslide . Gah in action .

He does have a point. Voting GAH in the UK is saying I am not too apathetic to vote, but I am too apathetic to join or start a political party to make sure that there is someone worth voting for and that is a bit lame, although it would be more lame to not vote at all. However in countries like Thialand or Australia where voting is compulsory a "none of the above" option is only fair.

[yesdachi]

The situation in Thailand is a bit different then here in the states but when it is time to vote it is hardly the time to say "how come we have such a lousy selection?"

If you didn’t help cook diner you shouldn’t bitch about what’s being served.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

Voting GAH in the UK is saying I am not too apathetic to vote, but I am too apathetic to join or start a political party to make sure that there is someone worth voting for and that is a bit lame, although it would be more lame to not vote at all.

Maybe it is different in the UK, but here in the US it is nearly impossible to start a viable third party. Most of the new parties around here are one-issue parties without the sort of broad/unique platform that has a chanc for broad support.

For example here in Vermont we have the Marijuana party, guess what their only real platform issue is? Yep, legalizing pot. Do they have any real chance of winning anything but tiny town elections, no.

It'd be great if we had more choice around here, but it is so hard to do that not starting your own party and being dissappointed with the choices come election time is not lame.

[Watchman]

We call it the Sleepers' Party around here. The real vote magnets tend to be Donald Duck and Darth Vader, I hear.

"Is there a role for Gah! in politics?" Well, sure. It's just usually called "apathy", and considered to be something that should actually be avoided...