AV Referendum – Truro and Cornwall Tweeters Mostly Voted YES

Referendum’s are a rare feature in our nation’s political process,

but yesterday the country was asked today to vote on whether we wish to change

to the Alternative Voting system – and by the looks of Twitter, Truro will be

voting YES.   

Cornwall Says YES

to AV

Although our sample process is by no means scientific, an

unofficial poll in Twitter-land suggests more local people are voting YES to

AV.  Some are campaigners, others

passionate, and a few just disillusioned and searching for change. 

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Social_Berry - @truropeople

#yestoav

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Bootsofgeekdom - Yes I've voted.

Yes. Yes I have.

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Paulturner66 - @truropeople #yes2av

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Spankyrogers - @truropeople I

voted YES, I think any vote to keep the status quo is a mistake, not sure AV is

right either but we need CHANGE

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SittingByTheSea - Just voted

#YES2AV Quick, easy and didn't hurt. I was the only one at the polling station.

Why not go and enjoy your democratic right too.

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cernyw - I still can't

fathom how the threat of broken promises and coalitions is a #no2av argument?

that's what we have now under FPTP. #yes2av

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 fauxcornishgirl - @truropeople av wd be good for this

constit

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Marchthefury - Just voted

for the first time - #yes2av - now getting the last of these leaflets out in

Truro. Vote yes!

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TheCoveCornwall -  @social_berry #yes2AV of course!

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Echoesanddust - Remember, the

Tories got in to power with only 23% of the vote under the current system, no

wonder they don't want you to change it. #yes2av

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NigelPearceBude - I am

delivering leaflets in Bude asking people to vote YES today for AV

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ek6891 - Today: wrote to my MP about #Dorries, paid deposit

for my wedding venue, watched friends play Magic: the Gathering & voted yes

for AV.

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ConanJenkin - @truropeople duty done and voted yes at

archbishop benson #yes2av

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Tom_Nicholas - @truropeople YES YES YES!! I'm sad we have to

wait til tomorrow for the count, I live for election nights, it's the tensest

thing all year!

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Illustratedtypo

- @truropeople People at #Truro polling station said very low turn out approx

25% - COME ON PEOPLE USE YOUR VOTE #Yes2av

Cornwall Says NO

to AV

Now we run

the risk of seeming biased, but of the (nearly) 800 people that follow us on

Twitter – NONE of them responded to let us know they had voted NO.  Even a trawl through the day’s timeline only

found a couple of ushered negatives. 

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Russell

Hide - RT @NO2AV: UK has just 15 hours to save its democracy today

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.......That was it.  (If you

were a NO and want to even out the disproportionate lists, let us know in the

comments below).

Cornwall Makes

JOKES about AV

Of course, amid all the seriousness and plethora of

hash-tags, some people were having fun with the AV referendum.  Here are some of the mirth inducing 140

character sound-bites.

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Moonrockguy - Voted 'yes' on

alternative vote but put 'no' as my second choice

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Clementshawes - You

already have an alternative voting system - it's called not bothering #fact

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BarnabyEdwards - I voted for Aliens

in the end. I couldn't stomach the current Predator system any longer #AVP

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PiquePerfumes - @CllrAWallis No, honestly there was actually

a queue. Also 4 people leaving as we went in. So I reckon I saw 10 in all -

almost a stampede!

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Crowmogh - I did try to

vote, where I usually vote, but they have changed my polling station, is this a

ploy by the Tories to stop me? #confused

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CllrAWallis - “@TwopTwips”:

SHOW your wife that you understand 'AV' by telling her she's your no.1 then

sh*g her sister. /via @ScurrilousFacts”

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Tomstubbs - 

George Bush is #no2av so vote yes to annoy him

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L_e_d_g_e - If

you haven't voted in the AV referendum and dont care can you go and vote YES

anyway. It will annoy the hell out of the To*** #YES2AV

Have your

say.

Which was

did you vote today?  If you didn’t vote,

why not?  Do you agree/disagree with any

of our Tweeters, or perhaps you saw more NO to av campaigners than we did?

Photo

courtesy of dullhunk’s Flickr photostream