base

How base counts

Every vote, counted the same way.

No parties, no weighting, no hidden maths. Here are the rules, and where the count stands today.

Voters21with at least one answer
Baseline57the middle of every voter’s
Leading0 of 45questions with 20+ votes

92% of votes were chosen by hand. The rest are starting picks that voters kept.

The rules

  1. One voter, one pick per question.Change it whenever you like. Only your latest answer counts.
  2. Blank isn't a vote.Leave a question or a section blank and it counts for nothing, either way.
  3. Nothing leads until 20 votes.Before that, a question says "too early to call".
  4. Blind first.Who proposed what, and what leads, stay hidden on a question until you've voted on it.
  5. The country means the national polls.Never base's own voters. Independent polls come first, the newest figure wins, and anything over four years old is dropped.
  6. Parties are scored only where they take a position.Campaigns, unions and think tanks are named on every answer, but never scored.
  7. Starting picks count, and they're labelled.You can start from your Baseline or a party. A starting pick you keep counts as your vote, and the results show how many were kept and how many were chosen by hand.
  8. Your area gets its own mandate at 10 voters.Until then it counts towards the national picture only.

Where the count stands

Most-voted questions first.