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| 50% of the country do not turn out to vote, it tells you the people do not believe in the current political/democratic process |
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| ;plokj |
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| All Politicians are liars and decievers. |
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| All political parties & politicians are the same - out to serve themselves and rip off the public. |
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| All the Parties policies are deal with in the same way. I feel there are no defining lines, so no matter who is in power. |
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| Away |
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| BECAUSE I WAS UNSURE |
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| BORING |
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| Because it won't make any difference. |
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| Because none of the parties are any better than the others. |
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| Busy |
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| COULDN'T BE BOTHERED |
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| Candidates not fit to serve |
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| Cant be bothered |
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| Couldn't decide between candidates. None of them appealed. |
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| Couldnt get to a polling station in time due to work |
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| D/K |
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| DO NOT TRUST THE SCOTTISH parliament |
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| Did not have time |
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| Did see that my vote would change much |
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| Did vote |
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| Didn't have a postal vote |
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1 |
| Didn't make it on time |
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| Difficulties getting to my polling station from work |
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| Disillusioned with all political parties and MPs |
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| Dissatisfaction with politicians. |
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| Doesnt interest me at all |
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| Don't think it would make a difference and not sure who to vote for. |
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| Examinations on the day of the election |
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| Family commitments |
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| Forgot as busy day |
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| Forgot to Register |
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| Forgot to register at new address |
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| Had a big water tank leak on the day, didnt have time to get out |
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| Had moved address and was not sure where to vote |
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1 |
| Hurt my arm so wasn't able to vote. |
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| I DID vote. |
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| I always vote! |
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| I am a carer and could not get there. |
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| I believe it truly doesn't matter who gets in they think of themselves first and usually end up breaking their promises |
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| I couldn't get to the poll as I had intended so went online to vote but wasnt possible |
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| I deeply mistrust party politics and do not believe that any party has my best interests at heart |
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| I did not Vote as MP's make false promises I don't think I will ever vote again |
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| I did vote |
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| I did vote in the election on May 5th |
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| I did vote! |
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| I did vote, mis leading this is |
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| I didn't "choose" not to vote, I was away from home at short notice and therefore unable to vote. |
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| I didn't get the chance, plus I knew my vote would have not bearing on the result |
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| I didn't know who to vote for |
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| I distrust all polititicians. |
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| I don't know what any of the parties stand for - all I hear is one party attacking another party constantly. It's all simply a power struggle to get to the top - it's just all about themselves - like children bickering. It never ever moves on from that ge |
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| I don't think it makes any difference which party is ruling |
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| I don't think it matters who is in I don't beleive any of them |
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| I forgot until I got home at 21:00 |
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| I get annoyed with Politicians - all they seem to do is want to bring their rivals down - they are adults - why should they slander each other all the time |
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| I had a big family celebration to organize, hubby was ill, one of the children was ill and was just too busy |
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| I knew other people would vote for the party I wanted |
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| I know that i should vote but i do'nt know enough about polotics to give an honest vote |
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| I live in England |
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| I never feel these days that my vote will actually count |
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| I never vote in any election |
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| I selected 'No' by accident, but can't return- I did vote in the 5th May Scottish election |
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| I voted |
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| I was ill |
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| I was ill with a migraine |
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| I was in Hong Kong |
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| I was in hospital at short notice |
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| I was inelligible to vote for the constituency due to my working as a polling clerk in an area other than my own |
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| I was not at home in Scotland at the time |
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| I was not well. |
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| I was on holiday |
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1 |
| I was out of the country at the time |
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| I was out of the country. |
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| I was too busy at work and could not get away in time too vote |
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| I wasnt well that day |
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| Ill health |
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| It only encourages these idiots |
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| JKLHJ |
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| Loss of faith in political system |
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| My Lib-Dem vote for Westminster went Lib-Con and previously my Lib_dem vote for scottish Parly went Lib-Lab.??!!?? |
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| My vote would have made no difference to the result, better things to do |
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| My vote wouldn't make a difference |
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| Never have |
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| Never vote |
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| Never vote for any political party |
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| Never voted in my life. Have no interest in voting because you get screwed no matter what the result it. |
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| No free time |
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| No interest |
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| No one party is any better than any other |
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| No one to vote for |
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| No point, not interested. Nothing good comes out of it, i could do a better job myself. |
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| No time |
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| Not Interested In Politics |
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| Not eligible. Resident w/ leave to remain, doesn't give me eligibility to vote. |
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| Not in the country. |
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| Not interested |
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| Not much chance of an SNP winner |
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| Not really interested |
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| Not registered |
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| Not registered at term time address; didn't organise postal vote |
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| Not registered to vote in Scotland - I am English |
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| One fails and the next one does the same. |
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| Out of country |
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| Out of the area |
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| Out of the country on business |
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| Stay neutral on all political issues |
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| Such a short notice, I was away from the UK for that period of time. |
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| The SNP were going to get back in anyway |
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| There was no obvious candidate I wanted to vote for |
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| They are all just in it for there own and dont care about the public. |
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| Think its a waste of time cause all politians are useless ! |
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| Tired after coming home from work. It was pouring rain and I just did not bother to go. |
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| Too busy |
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| Too tired to go back out. |
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| Voting is pointless. |
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| Was abroad at short notice with no time to arrange proxy. |
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| Weather |
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| Working |
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| Would have had to travel 30 miles and wasn't able to do so. |
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| __NA__ |
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| a smoke and mirrors charade |
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| all parties are hopeless |
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| all politicians are corrupt |
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| all the same tossers |
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| am at uni and my vote was for my home address not uni |
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| apathy |
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| because none of the parties appeal to me, especially LAbour & SNP |
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| busy |
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| cant be bothered. all politicians are as bad as each other and unless your on benefits or an asylum seeker you get nothing. |
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| cant oust snp or labour in my region |
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| chose not to vote |
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| complacency |
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| confusing system. disinterested. Heard it all before. |
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| coruptness in politics |
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| could not decide who to vote for |
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| could not make it to vote on the day |
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| couldn't decide |
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| couldnt be bothered |
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| dfgdg |
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| did not want to vote on this occassion |
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| did vote |
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| didn't fancy any of them |
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| didn't have the time |
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| didn't have time |
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| didn't know who to vote for |
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| didnt have time - working |
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| didnt like any of the parties |
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| didnt receive polling card |
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| didnt want to vote |
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| disillusion with politics in general |
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| distance |
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| dk |
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| do not know enough |
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| doe not make any diference |
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| don't know |
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| dont believe in voting |
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| dont know any thing about politics ,mps msp ect |
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| exam |
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| failed registration |
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| fed up with politicians in general |
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| feeling ill |
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| forgot |
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| forgot about it |
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| forgot to register |
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| had to work late |
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| hate politicians |
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| huh |
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| i DID vote |
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| i did vote |
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| i did wrong answer before |
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| i do vote |
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| i dont think it would make any difference |
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| i dont understand it |
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| i missed the registration date for voting |
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| i voted |
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| i voted! |
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| i was in my bed not very well also i never got a voting card |
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| i was travelling most of the day to and from uni and was exhausted by the time i got back |
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| ill |
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| illness |
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| it does not any difference to my life |
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| it was raining heavily and polling station is quite a distance from my home |
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| it was too late when I remembered |
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| it would ligitimise the illegitimate |
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| just moved home and didnt have a card |
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| knew my candidate would win |
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| knew that vote would not affect outcome |
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| lack of interest |
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| looking after sick relitave |
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| lots of reasons |
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| makes no difference who is elected they are all as bad as each other |
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| move house recently, so voting card incorrect |
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| my shift began at 6a & did not finish till 11pm that night |
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| my vote would have made no difference |
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| n/a |
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| never vote dont trust any off them |
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| no |
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| no answer |
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| no difference in any of the candidates they are all self centered, back stabbing, murdering, thiefing, untrustworthy scum who dont listen to the people of this country. they are only interested in how other countrys see them. As soon as any party gets in |
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| no interest |
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| no one can be trusted |
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| no party stood out |
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| no reason - ran out of tim eon the day |
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| no time |
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| none |
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| not eligible |
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| not in the area at the time and didn`t apply for a postal vote |
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1 |
| not interested |
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| not interested and not eligable to vote |
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| not interested in politics |
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| not registered |
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| not there |
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| on holiday |
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| opposed to one of snp aims |
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| out of the country |
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| personal |
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| poll card went to main address rather than term-time address |
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| postal voting paper didn't arrive - too ill to sort it out |
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| religious beliefs |
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| smoking ban |
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| sorry i did vote |
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| thought snp was dead cert anyway |
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| to busy |
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| to busy to vote |
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| too busy |
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| totally disengaged with politicians and political policies |
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| was in bed with flu |
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| was in england at the time. |
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| was undecided who to vote for |
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| was working |
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| was working lte did not have time |
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| wasnt well |
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| we have just moved and hadn't had a chance to update our details so our polling station was miles away |
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| work commitments |
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| working |
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| working away from home |
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| working too late to go |
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| would make no difference to our situ |
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| wouldnt know who to vote for |
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