London: All has been set to reject alternative vote system in the British system in a referendum on Thursday.
A poll revealed that some 66 percent wanted to retain the first-past-the-post system, where the candidate with the most votes wins, with just 34 percent backing a switch to the alternative vote (AV), a system of preference votes.
The ComRes survey for The Independent newspaper suggests opposition to any change is hardening — a similar survey last week found support for the “no” camp at 60 percent, with 40 percent saying they would vote “yes”.
Positive response to retain the pervious polling system is welcome news for Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron, who has led the campaign against AV, but disappointed for his coalition partners, Deputy Premier Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats, who have fought for the change.
In a final flurry of campaigning Clegg admitted temperatures had been “high” during the campaign, but “At the end of the day, this isn’t about what one politician said to another.”
Opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband, who is backing the “yes” campaign despite his party being split on the issue, added that it was a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to change British politics.
Cameron and the “no” camp argue however that the current system is simple, fair and effective, in that it allows voters to eject unpopular governments.
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