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Originally Posted by mrabody
I happen to think that we pursued the wrong strategy in our by-election campaign. We tried to target the entire constituency
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UKIP do need to set realistic goals and then target to meet them. The practicalities of doing this are not so simple. The BNP targeted the blue collar areas in the North of the constituency around Oxford and to a lesser extent the similar areas in the south of the constituency near Reading. The Greens targeted the ward where the Candidate was known.
UKIP couldn't target the wards where we have Councillors, we don't have any! Similarly we couldn't target the areas where the demographic favoured us because no-one has yet managed to define what that demographic is? Who are the UKIP Voters? Where do they live? We appear to have the problem faced by the Lib-Dems, an almost uniform level of support right across the spectrum which makes it difficult to win first past the post as you need concentrated support to do that.
This is why fighting local elections is so important. It is the only way we are going to identify our support. If you look where UKIP is winning Council seats then the conclusion must be Labour areas are best for UKIP, so why do we continue to target the disgruntled Tories?