how will you vote (106)
Ken35: agreed, people who spoil their vote or don't vote have no right to criticise politicians.
Put it this way if we had Osama Bin Turbin head or the devil to vote for what would you do?
Not vote at all and not be heard
Spoil your vote and be recognised for a vote of no confidence in either representitive
vote for the above
I can still criticise because i made a statement of no confidence in either of the above. Hence spoil a vote
Is it true that if you decide not to vote this year, your vote goes to the party you last voted for....some drunk was trying to tell me this over the weekend..
Also what happens if nobody votes at all....i know its never gonna happen but whats the craic if it ever did
Also what happens if nobody votes at all....i know its never gonna happen but whats the craic if it ever did
wexlady41: I agree!!
Everyone who has a vote should use it. Better to give a vote to someone you would like to get a shot at a seat even if you know they won't.
Spoiling a vote is no advantage to anyone... in fact it plays into the hands of the person you least want to get elected as it's one less vote against them.
Everyone who has a vote should use it. Better to give a vote to someone you would like to get a shot at a seat even if you know they won't.
Spoiling a vote is no advantage to anyone... in fact it plays into the hands of the person you least want to get elected as it's one less vote against them.
I think a lot of people who spoil votes forget that! You may think you dislike all the options equally ... but there is always one that you dislike more than the others and if you can't vote for someone you should use your vote to work against the person / party you dislike the most
mcattack: Is it true that if you decide not to vote this year, your vote goes to the party you last voted for....some drunk was trying to tell me this over the weekend..
Also what happens if nobody votes at all....i know its never gonna happen but whats the craic if it ever did
Also what happens if nobody votes at all....i know its never gonna happen but whats the craic if it ever did
Where do you vote? The middle east? Votes are private... how can your vote be allocated to the party you voted for last time if nobody but you knows who that was?
I'd say what he meant was that if you don't vote you are accepting no change from who was voted in before... as you are not voting against them.
Orla2010: I think a lot of people who spoil votes forget that! You may think you dislike all the options equally ... but there is always one that you dislike more than the others and if you can't vote for someone you should use your vote to work against the person / party you dislike the most
Exactly.
If nobody voted I guess the candidates themselves would at least vote and so would their families and the quota would be so low that that would be all they needed to win, whoever had the biggest family in other words.
snowlynx: If nobody voted I guess the candidates themselves would at least vote and so would their families and the quota would be so low that that would be all they needed to win, whoever had the biggest family in other words.
I mean nobody at all though
i know who i wasn`t voting for this time.. but un-sure of who ,to vote for..so...i used a very scientific un-proven method
as candidates called to my door that i would consider, i saw how long i could keep them talking and timed it! the longest who stayed gets my no.1..lol
voting for mick wallace,independent...he`s manager of wex.youths soccer team...we talked bout footie for 22.67 mins...
well its as good as anythin else!!!!
as candidates called to my door that i would consider, i saw how long i could keep them talking and timed it! the longest who stayed gets my no.1..lol
voting for mick wallace,independent...he`s manager of wex.youths soccer team...we talked bout footie for 22.67 mins...
well its as good as anythin else!!!!
mcattack: I mean nobody at all though
there would have to be a another election, or maybe the returning officer has some constitutional right here to call a winnerpuggle: i know who i wasn`t voting for this time.. but un-sure of who ,to vote for..so...i used a very scientific un-proven method
as candidates called to my door that i would consider, i saw how long i could keep them talking and timed it! the longest who stayed gets my no.1..lol
voting for mick wallace,independent...he`s manager of wex.youths soccer team...we talked bout footie for 22.67 mins...
well its as good as anythin else!!!!
as candidates called to my door that i would consider, i saw how long i could keep them talking and timed it! the longest who stayed gets my no.1..lol
voting for mick wallace,independent...he`s manager of wex.youths soccer team...we talked bout footie for 22.67 mins...
well its as good as anythin else!!!!
I think he could do well. I've heard a lot of people saying they are giving him at least a preference vote... and quite a few giving him their number 1.
Now if only he'd lose the pink shirt.
kopy32: Put it this way if we had Osama Bin Turbin head or the devil to vote for what would you do?
Not vote at all and not be heard
Spoil your vote and be recognised for a vote of no confidence in either representitive
vote for the above
I can still criticise because i made a statement of no confidence in either of the above. Hence spoil a vote
Not vote at all and not be heard
Spoil your vote and be recognised for a vote of no confidence in either representitive
vote for the above
I can still criticise because i made a statement of no confidence in either of the above. Hence spoil a vote
the people doing the counting... that would be me... pay absolutely no attention to the content of the spoiled votes... just that they are spoiled.
You are wasting your time spoiling your vote, better to stay home and spend the time clipping your toenails.
wexlady41: Where do you vote? The middle east? Votes are private... how can your vote be allocated to the party you voted for last time if nobody but you knows who that was?
I'd say what he meant was that if you don't vote you are accepting no change from who was voted in before... as you are not voting against them.
I'd say what he meant was that if you don't vote you are accepting no change from who was voted in before... as you are not voting against them.
Im not from Meath
Cheers for clearing that up though
puggle: i know who i wasn`t voting for this time.. but un-sure of who ,to vote for..so...i used a very scientific un-proven method
as candidates called to my door that i would consider, i saw how long i could keep them talking and timed it! the longest who stayed gets my no.1..lol
voting for mick wallace,independent...he`s manager of wex.youths soccer team...we talked bout footie for 22.67 mins...
well its as good as anythin else!!!!
as candidates called to my door that i would consider, i saw how long i could keep them talking and timed it! the longest who stayed gets my no.1..lol
voting for mick wallace,independent...he`s manager of wex.youths soccer team...we talked bout footie for 22.67 mins...
well its as good as anythin else!!!!
We need more long haired men in the Dail!
snowlynx: We need more long haired men in the Dail!
Us baldies need to be represented too! Cowen, Ahern, Lenihan and McCreevie had thick heads of hair and look what happened!
snowlynx: We need more long haired men in the Dail!
seemingly he`ll get the last seat...leaving ff with possibly one or no seat in wex....prediction here vary but in general its... 2 fg
2 labour
1 ff or wallace???
70Libra: the people doing the counting... that would be me... pay absolutely no attention to the content of the spoiled votes... just that they are spoiled.
You are wasting your time spoiling your vote, better to stay home and spend the time clipping your toenails.
You are wasting your time spoiling your vote, better to stay home and spend the time clipping your toenails.
Even better i'll go to Oz on a 457 visa, one more educated commodity off the social payroll, 2 weeks and counting. Another one bites the dust.
Godsgift: Us baldies need to be represented too! Cowen, Ahern, Lenihan and McCreevie had thick heads of hair and look what happened!
But you've got Baldy Noonan!
I really hope Ming Flanagan wins in Roscommon, maybe he'll smoke a joint in the house!
puggle: seemingly he`ll get the last seat...leaving ff with possibly one or no seat in wex....
prediction here vary but in general its... 2 fg
2 labour
1 ff or wallace???
prediction here vary but in general its... 2 fg
2 labour
1 ff or wallace???
Do SF have any chance of a seat there?
snowlynx: Do SF have any chance of a seat there?
prob is that dwyer was last election candidate and he`s not now..gone independant...he`ll split the vote for sf in s/west of county near new ross(his home town)... think they`ll not have enough trans to hang round for last seat...and cause wallace is so popular in soccer circles and in general...he`s gonna pick up transfers ev where...enough to be there at the 5th seat battle..imo
snowlynx: Do SF have any chance of a seat there?
wexford-5 seats prediction...1st count...no one reaches quota
2nd count darcy(fg) and howlin(lab) both elected
3rd/4th counts... kehoe(fg) and cody(lab) in..
7th/8th/9th counts wallace elecged without reaching quota...
puggle: seemingly he`ll get the last seat...leaving ff with possibly one or no seat in wex....
prediction here vary but in general its... 2 fg
2 labour
1 ff or wallace???
prediction here vary but in general its... 2 fg
2 labour
1 ff or wallace???
Yeah I reckon that's how it will end up alright. I'd like to see Wallace take the last seat (or really piss off the others and take the 1st seat!
)But I reckon Connick and Browne could arrange their transfers to get 1 of them in. I hope not but I wouldn't be surprised.
wexlady41: Yeah I reckon that's how it will end up alright. I'd like to see Wallace take the last seat (or really piss off the others and take the 1st seat! )
But I reckon Connick and Browne could arrange their transfers to get 1 of them in. I hope not but I wouldn't be surprised.
But I reckon Connick and Browne could arrange their transfers to get 1 of them in. I hope not but I wouldn't be surprised.
prob for those 2 is simple one has to do so bad as to be eliminated 1st to transfer over.so other can get in...not gonna happen both are too strong on ground in their local areas..
so their local stregth could ultimately be their down-fall
reckon the 2 of them could be lodged on 5,000 votes each with no transfers anywhere to be found...wallace with 4,000 and then pick up most all the non fg transfers....jmo
puggle: prob for those 2 is simple one has to do so bad as to be eliminated 1st to transfer over.so other can get in...not gonna happen both are too strong on ground in their local areas..
so their local stregth could ultimately be their down-fall
reckon the 2 of them could be lodged on 5,000 votes each with no transfers anywhere to be found...wallace with 4,000 and then pick up most all the non fg transfers....jmo
ff might not be as transfer toxic as people think, i can see them picking up transfers, i don't know much about wexford but if fg pick up three seats there then we are looking at an overall majorityso their local stregth could ultimately be their down-fall
reckon the 2 of them could be lodged on 5,000 votes each with no transfers anywhere to be found...wallace with 4,000 and then pick up most all the non fg transfers....jmo
jimbo79: ff might not be as transfer toxic as people think, i can see them picking up transfers, i don't know much about wexford but if fg pick up three seats there then we are looking at an overall majority
can`t see it due to the wallace figgure..but look... it`ll be really close for the 5th seat...whether its 3fg or ind. or one ff or sf... watch wex guysre-count written all over it...imo
jimbo79: ff might not be as transfer toxic as people think, i can see them picking up transfers, i don't know much about wexford but if fg pick up three seats there then we are looking at an overall majority
I can't see fg getting 3. It could happen, of course, but I don't think it will.
wexlady41: I can't see fg getting 3. It could happen, of course, but I don't think it will.
i love crunching the numbers after a few counts... use to be a tally man and analyst yrs ago..free lance non/party.... have a 93/100 hit ratei`m sad..yes! i know!!
puggle: can`t see it due to the wallace figgure..but look... it`ll be really close for the 5th seat...whether its 3fg or ind. or one ff or sf... watch wex guys
re-count written all over it...imo
re-count written all over it...imo
I just had a look at boards.ie and there poll shows Wallace taking the 1st seat, then Howlin, Twomey, D'Arcy and Cody to take the last seat.
Now that would be a fun count to watch.
puggle: i love crunching the numbers after a few counts... use to be a tally man and analyst yrs ago..free lance non/party.... have a 93/100 hit ratei`m sad..yes! i know!!
You're a political anorak then?
puggle: can`t see it due to the wallace figgure..but look... it`ll be really close for the 5th seat...whether its 3fg or ind. or one ff or sf... watch wex guys
re-count written all over it...imo
i love a recount, wouldn't surprise me if we had a tight 5th seat here too, sf lab ff all in with a shoutre-count written all over it...imo
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Maybe your father just told you that to keep you quiet and fully intends to vote FF again.
On a serious note I wouldn't be surprised if FF do a lot better than expected because a lot of people who are angry at what they have done nationally are still fond of their local FF TD, and may think of him/her on the day and actually vote for them. They may be at 15% in the polls but I wouldn't be shocked if they get 20%.