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Who do you intend to vote for?
I have removed the "individual" option as that would provide zero information.
Do we want a "Have vote but not voting option"?
No, "as that would provide zero information."Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
Fine. I feel if left the other option more people would select it than any other. As it stands they just pick the party that individual is from.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shelsman
OK, I see your point though the idea was that it would highlight users who have no preference for a party whatsoever and are driven purely by the candidates available rather than the policies and performance of the party the candidates are in.Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
Maybe that should be a whole other thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shelsman
Early days yet I know, but I'm surprised to see Labour in front. I think the last time we ran a poll here Sinn Fein led it from the off. We must've shaken off a few thicks and gullibles.
adam
That's a fairly sweeping statement.Are you suggesting all those who support SF are moronic?Or is the stigma that the majority of them are Celtic heads with a dying hatred of Britain?Quote:
Originally Posted by dahamsta
I'm not a SF man myself but i'd give them my vote ahead Fine Gael or the Greens.
Am undecided about Labour and the PD's.
At the moment i'll be voting Fianna Fail.
Should we have a poll on whether to include individials or not? And another poll on whther to include not going to vote or not?
I've a feeling apathy will decide the Election.....resulting in Fianna Fail maintaining power.
Dodge...good idea.
Absolutely not, please quote from my posts accurately or not at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conor H
I'm suggesting that all those who support SF are either moronic or gullible.
It's Fianna Failure voters that are 100% moronic.
adam
You said...Quote:
Originally Posted by dahamsta
To me that suggests you were implying that SF supporters are both thick and gullible......or at best thick or gullible.Quote:
We must've shaken off a few thicks and gullibles.
Either one is offensive IMO.
I stand to be corrected though....
Care to elaborate as to why?Quote:
Originally Posted by dahamsta
God no. It's blatantly obvious to anyone with a brain in their head.
Well if you look at the policies the alternative Govt. offer then i think it's a case of the best of the worst really.
Fine Gael/Labour coallition would be a disaster.
Also they're not going to sort out the problems in the Hospitals,Housing Industry,Roads etc any quicker than FF.
Undecided. I always give my first preference to a random no-hoper and I don't know who any of them are yet.
Conor am I right in presuming you're voting for FF (maybe after SF)?
Is the best argument for voting for them that FG/Lab won't be abe to sort out the mess already in place?
Yes and No.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Firstly i won't be giving SF a vote...just thought Dahamsta's comment was taring all SF voters unfairly with the same brush.
I'm still undecided about who i'll be voting for but at the moment yes it would be FF and largely because i don't see the alternative Govt. options making headway at all and i stronlgy disgaree with some of FG's policies,particularily on the abolition of the Irish language as a a cumpulsory subject at LC level.
Also Enda Kenny is a complete gombean.
Yesterday in the Dail "The people of galway are sick of having their daily showers in colloporidium"-There's so many things wrong with that statement i don't know where to begin.
FF are no great shakes but they're the best option IMO.However i'm intrigued by Labour and am very much willing to be persuaded by them but not if they're insistent on a coallition with FG.
I think the PD's is a wasted vote.
SF-What have they got to offer?
Greens-:rolleyes:
Im debating whether to vote for the greens or just not bother voting at all , A vote for the greens is probably a waste but i couldnt bring myself to vote for any other of the parties .
Seen this article today which reminder me what a mess the current incumbents are. Sums up a lot of my opinions.
Its debatable whether the alternatives will be better but hard to see them being more disorganised.
I can say with absolute certainty that I won't be giving my first preference to the PDs. Frank McNamara is their representative in my contituency. Now I know we've seen some odd nominations but that takes the biscuit. I nearly keel over laughing when I spot one of his large election posters.
I've noticed many MEPs running for Dail seats. I am sure they will say they will drop the MEP seat if elected to the Dail but a lot of them seemed to do u-turns. Getting elected as an MEP & then dumping when getting something better doesn't say much for their credibility.
Would you vote for sitting MEP?
Will most likely vote for whichever random independant far left guy runs in Limerick
The "Labour" representatives in this town have been riding Jim Kemmys corpse to the Dail for far too long now and are worthy of nothing but contempt
Tim O'Malley is a worm, infact all PDs in general could be categorised such. Vile, heartless, snobs the lot of them
Don't think the Greens are running in Limerick but even if they are I won't touch off them. Dangerous party
Sinn Fein won't be getting a vote due to their pathetic scrambling away from the left as they become more popular and "mainstream". Also for having some of their policies written in crayon
Fianna Fail need booting IMO so I will probably give a preference to the Fine Gael lads, Michael Noonan being a decent politician on local issues :eek:
Although as sure as I'm sitting here the next government will be Fianna Fail/Labour
Any backing for this or is it just plucked out of the air??Quote:
Also they're not going to sort out the problems in the Hospitals,Housing Industry,Roads etc any quicker than FF.
I feel the same way - albeit not about the Greens - but I'll vote anyway. At the very least you can vote for the least worst, and prevent transfers to incompetent morons.Quote:
Originally Posted by anto1208
I don't think they can do that any more. It's one or the other from this election on.Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
I'll have to, Coveney's my MEP, and although he bugs me on some things, he's better than most and deserves to be somewhere on my ballot card.Quote:
Would you vote for sitting MEP?
adam
Just after walking up the town and good ol' Bertie was on the Main Street visting Joe Behan. They had an announcer and music playing over speakers. When Bertie arrived the announcer asked for everyone there to give him a "Bray welcome". :rolleyes:
Makes me regret throwing those rotten eggs in the bin yesterday.
I myself will give my number to Sinn Féin, 2 & 3 (pos. 4) to Labour, the rest to Greens, Socialists, People B4 Profit (a local party of Labour rejects that my father has joined) and then Independents.
Only then will I vote for FG or FF, if at all.
Hope he got a Fassaroe welcome! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by superfrank
Unfortunately, no. It was just a couple of aul dears and a few Gardaí clapping.Quote:
Originally Posted by BohsPartisan
Heard him on Newstalk on Saturday morning, they did a q and a type interview for 3 mins. He didn't know the party mandate, the thoughts on education, the name of the campaign manager in the South or about 5 other things. He actually only joined the party 4 weeks ago cos fatty harney asked him to. Unbelievable indeed, lucky you being in that constituency.Quote:
Originally Posted by Poor Student
tAKE off the blueshirt there will yaQuote:
Originally Posted by dahamsta
i vote for Sinn fein, the only 32 county party,
labour are a joke, conolly would be turning in his grave
way to prove him wrong bennocelt...
:D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Indeed :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Although I must add since I'm getting ready to leave for the Shels game I am wearing a blue shirt :eek: :rolleyes:
Voting for a Fine Gael member doesn't make you a member or follower of the party. My politics have been clearly stated previously on the forum, if you use the search function you might find them, and look a little less like a... SF voter.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
adam
oh Dodge............is there no end to your wit:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
and whats with you and the limerick posse;)
I used to think bad selection of candidates in Cork South Central until I moved to Dublin.
Horrible options for Dublin Central:
Last election:
- Bertie Ahern. FF <yawn>
- Tony Gregory - Ind - I wouldn't agree with some of his policies but an honest politician so will get something from me,
- Joe Costello - Lab - I have never heard or seen him locally or in the media before the last or since the last election.
- Dermot Fitzpatrick - FF - Bertie dragged him in on transfers last time & anonymous since. He standing down (seems like he did this 5 years ago) & daughter trying to get in on name recognition.
Shinners only just lost out last time but have parachuted Mary Lou MacDonald in this time & I would think unfortunately very likely to get a seat. I would guess at expense of FF. No PD candidate & Greens (Patricia McKenna) would need large increase to get seat. FG have no chance & probably only building for the future.
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Originally Posted by pete
MEPs cannot hold a double mandate, but that doesn't prevent them from seeking other elected offices. Every MEP (in the Rep. of Ireland at least) has a list of replacements in case they gain election to another post (or die), which is known at the time of the European elections (therefore you don't get by-elections to the European Parliament).Quote:
Originally Posted by dahamsta
So do you think (former) MEPs should just twiddle their thumbs in the couple of years between Dáil and European elections? Its perfectly legitimate to move between one and the other (in either direction), and from the politician's point of view Dáil Éireann is more important than the EP.Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
If they're forced to give up their seat, I have no problem with voting for an MEP. If they could keep both, I wouldn't.
Eh? A stupid question I'd imagine, but what's the difference?Quote:
Originally Posted by crc
I think pete's point was probably that some pols can't seem to make their mind up whether they want to serve their constituency, their country, or Europe. Or themselves, which seems to be the common choice.Quote:
So do you think (former) MEPs should just twiddle their thumbs in the couple of years between Dáil and European elections?
adam
They can't hold two positions at the same time but they can go up for election for the Dáil under the condition that they resign their European seat if elected to the Dáil.Quote:
Originally Posted by dahamsta
They can enter the election but if elected must give up their MEP seat.Quote:
Originally Posted by dahamsta
That's exactly what I was saying. Jesus, I thought I was pedantic!