Elections

Common sense does not always play a part in voting. Take Barons Quay for example.

Common Sense appears to have flown out of the window when CWAC councillors voted in favour of this black elephant.

I wonder if those who did not vote at the last council election are happy with this consequence?

Would they have voted proportionally as those who voted in favour? I wonder.

Psephology also doesn’t appear to take common sense into account when analysing election results.

Psephologists use historical voting data, campaign finance information, public opinion polls and the Gallagher Index which measures disproportionality.

I wonder what aspect of psephology Don is referring to when he claims that ‘all countries and organisations, both public and private’ have ‘default arrangements’ to ascertain how those who did not vote would have voted.

To claim that it is common sense that those who did not vote would adhere to the voting profile of those who actually voted is questionable to say the least.

The Gallagher Index might have something to say on this point, depending which crystal ball Don is using.

Don’s conclusion that the ‘majority of the public did vote in favour of leaving the EU’ by some choosing the ‘formal vote’ others choosing to vote in favour by utilising the ‘informal default route’ seems to be constructed to suit his own view. I wonder if those who voted not to leave would agree with his analysis.

I suggest Don has thrown many pebbles in the air and has misinterpreted the way they fell.

Ewen Simpson Whatcroft