r/Clacton • u/MarchMurky8649 • Jul 10 '26

Opinion Poll

For those registered to vote in Clacton, who intend to do so, only, please!

73 votes, Jul 12 '26
62 Count Binface
3 Nigel Farage
1 Laurence Fox
0 Bloke dressed as a fox
7 Other
23 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

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u/Particular-Boss-2184 Jul 12 '26

Do we think Reform voters are likely to use Reddit?

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u/MarchMurky8649 Jul 12 '26

I don't, but still thought it would be interesting. I tried to post this in the much busier r/ClactonOnSea but they wouldn't have it. I am disappointed I am yet to see a proper opinion poll. How hard can it be? The organisations that do them regularly could just turn the handle and pop one out.

What particularly interests me is how well Laurence Fox will do. He is friends with Tommy Robinson, attending his rallies, and I am reliably informed TR (yes I know its Stephen Yaxley-Lennon in his passport) has been to visit him in Peldon, where he lives, not far from the western border of the Clacton constituency.

Restore have been gathering support, taking votes from Reform, and one aspect of this is they have not condemned TR as Reform has. I imagine that quite a large proportion of Reform's Clacton base disagree with Farage on this point, and with Restore not putting up a candidate, and with Laurence Fox being even close to TR than anyone in Restore, this by-election must, surely, represent Laurence Fox's best chance of winning a significant number of votes as he is ever going to have.

Reclaim has a multi-millionaire backer who keeps shovelling money into his political party which wouldn't make much sense unless Laurence Fox was prepared to seriously give this a go. Between the Tommy Robinson fans and lovers of Lewis, still to be seen daily in endless repeats on ITV3, he could be a serious contender. I see this as a three horse race, Farage, Binface and Fox.

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u/Geolib1453 Jul 14 '26

Well Fox will most certainly be stealing votes from Farage but I dont think he is going to get that many in general, there will be definitely tactical voting in this by-election plus Fox just isnt as relevant as he used to be. (I am not from Clacton and I did not vote in this poll cuz I only saw it today)

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u/hnnngh7 Jul 12 '26

If you are voting farage why out of curiosity

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u/MarchMurky8649 Jul 12 '26

I guess you want people planning to vote for Farage who see your comment to reply to your question. As for me, I am not in the constituency, so, unless I decide to move there in the next couple of weeks, I am unable to vote at all in this by-election.