Election 2011 - General

[Dodge]

its tow the line when you're being dragged to hell by the FF juggernaut...

[dahamsta]

I was going to make that joke, but I thought it was very weak...

[Dodge]

I was going to make that joke, but I thought it was very weak...

Thinly veiled "damn, I wish I had thought of that..."

[Mr A]

Donegal tallies with most votes counted:

DOHERTY (SF) 39.7%

MCBREARTY (Lab) 10.2%

O'DOMHNAILL (FF) 21.2%

O'NEILL (FG) 18.4%

PRINGLE (Ind) 10.1%

Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/a...#ixzz16OFzNZyZ

Good performance by Pringle. The big Labour vote did not materialize compared to the poll indications. Still 4 to 5 times bigger than in the general election though. Very hard to know what to make of things when there could be a fair bit of tactical voting going on.

[Dodge]

Who's Pringle BTW? haven't really been keeping an eye on it. Single issue guy? Former main party member?

[Schumi]

Who's Pringle BTW? haven't really been keeping an eye on it. Single issue guy? Former main party member?

Former Shinner I think.

[Mr A]

Yeah, former Shinner from Killybegs. Would expect a lot of his votes to go to Doherty.

Final tally results:

Final tally results, with all boxes opened, show the Sinn Féin candidate on 39.7 per cent, Fianna Fáil candidate Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill on 21.2 per cent and Fine Gael's Barry O'Neill on 18.4 per cent.

The Labour Party's Frank McBrearty is on 10.2 per cent and Independent Thomas Pringle is on 10.1 per cent.

Hotelier Ann Sweeney withdrew from the race on Tuesday but her name remained on the ballot paper along with those of the other five candidates. She received 0.4 of all votes cast.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...breaking4.html

[dahamsta]

When you refer to a poll Mr A, was that one specific to Donegal or the general one?

[Mr A]

Donegal SW ones in this case. They seemed to show McBrearty level with or slightly ahead of O'Neill.

[Lim till i die]

So roughly one in five people in Donegal South West think that Fianna Fail or Frank McBrearty are the answer.

[Schumi]

So roughly one in five people in Donegal South West think that Fianna Fail or Frank McBrearty are the answer.

More than that. FF are on 20% and Labour on 10%.

[Lim till i die]

I was being nice and taking into account the people who didn't bother voting bless them.

They have 30% of the 60% who turned out, that's like what, 18 or 19 percent of the total population??

Sorry, the oul maths wouldn't be great these days

Either way I stand over my

[Macy]

The FF figures might suggest the "shy Tory" effect isn't as much in evidence as some thought (and FF hoped). What's the labour vote up from in the last General Election? I wouldn't think Labour ever had this down as a win (even before the candidate selection!), even in the general election tbh.

[John83]

He's been there 2 years as a "public interest" nominee? How's that worked out for the public? He's just towed the Government line at every opportunity...

I really don't think there was anything he could do - all of the key decisions were Lenihan's. I can't really defend his public statements, mind.

@Dahamsta, yeah okay, I see what you mean.

[Schumi]

What's the labour vote up from in the last General Election?

I think I heard 2.5% on the radio this morning.

Edit: 2.79%: http://electionsireland.org/result.c...n=2007&cons=74

[John83]

I was being nice and taking into account the people who didn't bother voting bless them.

They have 30% of the 60% who turned out, that's like what, 18 or 19 percent of the total population??

Sorry, the oul maths wouldn't be great these days

Either way I stand over my

I thought turnout was much lower than that, but RTE says 56%. Where are you getting 30% from though? Do you mean the combined LAB/FF vote?

[Dodge]

Where are you getting 30% from though? Do you mean the combined LAB/FF vote?

He can speak for himself obviously, but year thats what he said

people in Donegal South West think that Fianna Fail or Frank McBrearty are the answer

[culloty82]

Newstalk were projecting that Fianna Fáil would have 28 seats next year if that performance was repeated nationwide, Labour's vote did rise but they would struggle to make any impact even if McBrearty is by far their worst candidate. Also, how did Fine Gael contrive to actually lose votes compared with '07?

[BonnieShels]

I think you have to be careful extrapolating these figures nationally. SF were always going to win this seat. FG Aren't exactly transfer friendly in either direction with SF so it figures that they would be down in such a constituency.
They'll finish second and I think that that is a great result for them.

[Dodge]

What has being transfer friendly got to do with getting less first preference votes in an election where their main rival plummets?