But if SPs policy measures still remain to be defined and adopting SP is thus only provisional, how can provisionally adopting SP possibly allow us to make an impact?
Citizens in any electoral constituency who provisionally adopt SP still pledge to vote in future elections for ANY politician or party — within reason — that also provisionally adopts SP. By doing so and by publicising their adoption through car and window stickers, etc., they will alert politicians to the necessity of taking SP into account, both before and during elections. And, as the numbers provisionally adopting SP increases, it is bound to project uncertainties in politicians’ minds about whether or not there exists a critical number of SP adopters in the constituency. So, they will be wise to hedge their bets by provisionally adopting SP themselves to avoid losing critical votes to rival candidates who may have provisionally adopted SP to attract the SP voting bloc. Thus support for SP will begin to figure in MPs’ and candidates’ policy commitments. And, naturally, the more closely contested electioneering becomes, the greater will be their need to provisionally adopt SP and
