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People are sharing polls with Labour, Reform & Green pretty much neck and neck in Gorton & Denton. This shows that tactical voting is a must to stop Reform. It also proves we have the numbers to do it. But what some may have missed, is the question of who is more *willing* to vote tactically...

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In multiple surveys - nationally, locally, and in our own - there is a clear difference in who is willing to vote tactically. Labour voters are significantly more willing to lend their vote to the Greens, than Green voters are to lend their vote to Labour...

21/2/26, 9:26 pm3 reposts13 likes

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21 Feb

Usually that doesn't make a big enough difference, for example if Labour has a substantial lead over the Greens. So please don't take this to mean that the Greens can win *anywhere* with tactical voting - they can't. Plus, by-elections are a completely different game to local or general elections...

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@fwddem.com

21 Feb

But if a race is on a knife edge, as it is in Gorton & Denton, it makes a Green tactical vote recommendation significantly more likely to succeed than a Labour one. Of course, no one would have to vote tactically if we had a more representative voting system. forwarddemocracy.com

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