#vote-splitting

#vote-splitting

Don't let the Labour party say one more word about splitting the vote, in the forthcoming byelection or at any other time. With proportional representation, no one would ever need to worry about splitting the vote again. No one would need to choose the lesser evil to keep the greater evil out of office. We could vote for the parties we actually wanted. But the Labour government won't hear of it. It insists we retain the unfair, ridiculous first-past-the-post system, then blames us for the likely results. This is not because proportional representation is unpopular far from it. Last year's British Social Attitudes survey showed that 36% of people want to keep the electoral system as it is, while 60% want to change it. But as we are not allowed to vote on how we should vote, the decision is left in the hands of the corrupt old system's beneficiaries.

According to an AARP and Gotham Polling survey, Mamdani leads with 43.2% of support, while former NY Governor Andrew  Cuomo trails at 28.9% and GOP nominee Curtis  Sliwa at 19.4%. However, in a scenario without Sliwa in the race, Cuomo could reportedly close the gap: Mamdani at 44.6% versus Cuomo at 40.7%, putting the outcome within the poll's 4 point margin of error.