Anyone care to share how they're going to vote?

Koyasan · 25-02-2011 6:34pm

1. Green Party
2. Labour
3. Labour

The Green candidate has no hope, so I'm giving them a No.1 knowing that it will transfer to the Labour candidate quickly. I'm giving the Greens my No.1 because I want them to get 2% of No.1s nationally. They will then be able to keep their office open and keep campaigning against corruption and bad planning even without a TD.

The No. 3 Labour candidate is a favourite for the seat, so I'm giving my No. 2 to the other in the hope that they will get two seats. If he doesn't get it, I'm still helping the other one.

There are others, but I doubt my vote will transfer further. They are independents, and no FG. If you're only interest is who fixes the local road fine, but if you are serious about national politics I don't see how you can transfer between FG and Labour or vice versa. A short look at their manifestos shows them to be at their furthest apart I can remember.

Downlinz · 25-02-2011 6:36pm

1 - FF
2 - Greens
3 - SF
4 - Ind

Dozen Wicked Words · 25-02-2011 6:37pm

1. Socialist
2. Labour
3. Labour
4. SF
5. SF
6. G

Professey Chin · 25-02-2011 6:43pm

Waterford
1.Lab
2.FG
3.FG
4.Ind

KIERAN1 · 25-02-2011 6:46pm

My vote ended up being..

Labour 1.. Sinn Fein 2... Independents 3&4..

bluecatmorgana · 25-02-2011 6:47pm

murphaph wrote: »

Isn't this what FF have been doing for 13 years?

My point is that the days of Bertie Ahern's giveaway budgets and buying the votes of the unemployed with increases in benefits that far outstripped inflation, are over.

Ireland needs fiscal conservatism now more than ever. We need to balance our books asap and not burden our children with our debt. We simply cannot balance the books without reducing further our social welfare payments and public sector pay.

We need to make Ireland an attractive, competitive place to do business once again.

If I wasn't denied a vote for leaving Ireland to work abroad, I would vote FG 1, 2 and no other preferences. I believe Ireland needs a strong single party government.

I want the dole and pension to be reduced but I want Disability to stay the same. I want people with disabilities to be able to earn more and keep their DA, travel pass and medical card. I want over 65 to be means tested for medical card. I want the number of SNAs to be put back up. I want more social workers and speech and language therapists in the system. However Im also willing to go along with the new FG health system.

I want stag hunting to stay abolished and I dont want abortion to be legalised. I want more research and development in Ireland through the encouragement of foreign investors. I dont think the economy will be encouraged to grow by cutting it to ribbons and I also dont think we'll do all we need to do in 4 years, I think it should be about 8-10 years.
I want more but I cant remember what.

And I think an FG/Labour coalition is the best way to achieve this.

Liam Byrne · 25-02-2011 6:57pm

goat2 wrote: »

1 ff2 ff3 ff4 ff5 ff

Why did you feel the need to quote someone else's vote when posting your own ?

And is there even a constituency in which FF are running 5 candidates ?

FF-S

charlemont · 25-02-2011 6:59pm

cork north central..
1 SF
2 LAB
3 FG
4 IND
5 IND
6 IND

goat2 · 25-02-2011 6:59pm

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Why did you feel the need to quote someone else's vote when posting your own ?

And is there even a constituency in which FF are running 5 candidates ?

FF-S

sorry liam, did not mean to offend, have deleted it and anyway, there is only one ff candidate in my area, i was for indipendents anyway.

crebel81 · 25-02-2011 7:08pm

Cork East Constituency

1. Sandra Mclellan - Sinn Fein
2. Sean Sherlock - Labour

And thats it. Didn't like any of the othere so didn't give them a preference.
When will people learn that u don't have to give every candidate a preference

TheReverend · 25-02-2011 7:11pm

SF
Lab
Lab
Lab
Ind
Ind

Mr.Micro · 25-02-2011 7:12pm

FG
FG
Lab
FG
Lab

Mr.Micro · 25-02-2011 7:15pm

goat2 wrote: »

sorry liam, did not mean to offend, have deleted it and anyway, there is only one ff candidate in my area, i was for indipendents anyway.

FF independents? Sure most of the FF candidates are pretending to be independents to get elected.

jprender · 25-02-2011 7:15pm

1. FG
2. FG

That's it. I'm in Louth btw.

dabestman1 · 25-02-2011 7:16pm

crebel81 wrote: »

Cork East Constituency

1. Sandra Mclellan - Sinn Fein
2. Sean Sherlock - Labour

And thats it. Didn't like any of the othere so didn't give them a preference.
When will people learn that u don't have to give every candidate a preference

off topic, whats the story with Mclellan, I hear she has a good chance of taking a seat.

Soldie · 25-02-2011 7:18pm

Fine Gael
Independent Candidate
Fine Gael
Fine Gael
Green Party
Fianna Fáil

crebel81 · 25-02-2011 7:19pm

dabestman1 wrote: »

off topic, whats the story with Mclellan, I hear she has a good chance of taking a seat.

Well as always with these things one can't be sure, but she could be fighting for the last seat with FF candidates

Bannasidhe · 25-02-2011 7:21pm

Cork NC.

1. Labour - K Lynch
2. Labour - J Gilroy
3. Mick Barry

Rest were random pick of the independents (having checked them out first to make sure there were no Ted Neville types lurking) excluding FF, FG, SF and Christian Solidarity who all got nada.

Agent Smith · 25-02-2011 8:03pm

Dun laoghaire

1. FG
2. FG
3. Ind
4. CSP I always feel so sorry for them guys, they couldn't afford color leaflets
5. IND
6. IND
7. LAB
8. LAB

Jack Sheehan · 25-02-2011 8:05pm

Dublin South:

1. Labour
2. Greens
3. Fine Gael
4. Fine Gael
5. Labour
6. Fine Gael
7. Ind.
8. Ind.

angeldelight · 25-02-2011 8:14pm

1. John Mc Ginley (Lab)
2. Emmet Stagg (Lab)
3. Catherine Murphy (Ind)

in North Kildare

evercloserunion · 25-02-2011 8:17pm

Wexford:

1. LAB
2. LAB
3. IND
4. PBP
5. GRN
6. IND

ilovesleep · 25-02-2011 8:22pm

1. independent
2. labour
3. independent
4. FG
5. FG
6. SF
7. Independent
8. Independent
9. FG
10. FF
11. FG
12. Independent

there are two more FFers i wont be giving a vote to. Reason Im giving one FFer a vote is because he is a good man and to keep the two toxic FFers as far away from seats as possible.
Greens - no vote

PomBear · 25-02-2011 8:54pm

Galway West

1. Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (SF)
2. Catherine Connolly (Ind)
3. Derek Nolan (Lab)
4. Eamon Walsh (Ind)

Liam Byrne · 25-02-2011 8:58pm

goat2 wrote: »

sorry liam, did not mean to offend, have deleted it and anyway, there is only one ff candidate in my area, i was for indipendents anyway.

Careful with that type of thing! Most posts on politics are taken as being serious and posting that you voted for 5 FFs when you actually voted for independents could be seen as stirring or trolling!

That said, good to hear that the earlier post was fiction!

ilovesleep · 25-02-2011 9:06pm

PomBear wrote: »

Galway West

1. Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (SF)
2. Catherine Connolly (Ind)
3. Derek Nolan (Lab)
4. Eamon Walsh (Ind)

Your 4,3,2 votes will be my 1,2,3 votes. Better get my ass over to the school to vote now.

gcgirl · 25-02-2011 9:13pm

you got to vote for Joan Collins your lucky:)

But seriously heres mine Wicklow Const

1. Tom Fortune (lab)
2.Conal Kavanagh (lab)
3.Ann Ferris (lab)
4.John Brady (SF)
5.Nicky Kelly (ind)

TrollHammaren wrote: »

Dublin South Central:

1. Collins (People Before Profit/United Left Alliance)
2. Conaghan (Labour)
3. Byrne (Labour)
4. O'Snodaigh (Sinn Fein)

Voted about an hour ago.

I would sooner stab myself in the eye with my own severed penis than give my vote to FF or FG.