Originally Posted by douglas denny

Short answer: YES.

It is always good value for the money for a political party to put candidates into elections even if they ony get a few votes; because if they did not there would be no point in being a political party.

You have to start somewhere and keep hammering away.
If you are not on the ballot paper you do not exist at all.

The costs are just part of the exercise. No candidate = no costs = zero gain = no point! just go home.

All pretty obvious really.

DED
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