Question about voting in popular elections

[Martinus]

Ok, so, this is a more specific way of asking a question whether you vote for a guy or a party.

Assume you have to potential candidates A from party X and B from party Y.

You prefer A to B (but not by a long stretch). However, a candidate C (whom you absolutely despise) is also running (elsewhere) from party X. Your vote for candidate A will NOT help C to be elected.

Would the fact that C is running from the same party as A factor at all in your decision to vote for A.

[Monoriu]

There are elections in HK

[HVC]

No

[Strix]

I always vote for the best candidate. Sometimes that is none of the above when a schmuck is running unopposed.

[Razgovory]

There are elections in HK

We have them in Missouri as well.

[Grey Fox]

No, it would make voting impossible.

[Valmy]

There are only two parties and both are loaded with contemptible scum so I am unable to do so.

[clandestino]

There are only two parties and both are loaded with contemptible scum so I am unable to do so.

This. Except that we have 5 parties that count (some more than others though).

[Martinus]

Btw, my candidate in the upcoming elections this Autumn (and unlike my usual candidates, she is almost certainly getting a seat):

[Zanza]

I rarely know the representative that I vote well enough to influence my decision much for so I vote on party preference anyway. If the party is convincing enough despite the despicable person, I'll vote for them.

[Martinus]

I rarely know the representative that I vote well enough to influence my decision much for so I vote on party preference anyway. If the party is convincing enough despite the despicable person, I'll vote for them.

Wow that's rather strange. I mean I can understand that when voting for stuff like a city council or regional parliament, but when I am voting for the national parliament, it would be pretty strange not to know who the candidate is and what he represents (even if I may be influenced by his political affiliations too).

[chipwich]

I care very little about party.

[Grey Fox]

I rarely know the representative that I vote well enough to influence my decision much for so I vote on party preference anyway. If the party is convincing enough despite the despicable person, I'll vote for them.

Wow that's rather strange. I mean I can understand that when voting for stuff like a city council or regional parliament, but when I am voting for the national parliament, it would be pretty strange not to know who the candidate is and what he represents (even if I may be influenced by his political affiliations too).

Really? You must be the exception. Around here it doesnt really matter what the candidate thinks on anything, they all follow the party line. When they don't, they usually quit.

[Zanza]

Wow that's rather strange. I mean I can understand that when voting for stuff like a city council or regional parliament, but when I am voting for the national parliament, it would be pretty strange not to know who the candidate is and what he represents (even if I may be influenced by his political affiliations too).

As far as I can tell, most of the politicians basically just follow the party line in virtually all topics, so it's the party, not the individuals that matter. The election system is also built in a way that your party vote matters more than the vote for some individual candidate.

I just looked up who is the representative of my constituency because I couldn't remember. It's a conservative, Roman Catholic gay who works on traffic and education matters. But as far as I can tell from his website and the answers on the some website that allows you to ask your representatives questions, he really just follows the party line in most questions.

[MadImmortalMan]

Nope. I vote for the candidate, not the party.