How will Donegal vote in the Marriage Equality referendum?

Arranmore contributing 20 of the 33 margin in D-SW going on the tallies from the two boxes there. I may be from a small rock in the ocean but its an accepting small rock...

excollier wrote: »

Wonder how it would have turned out if the other 48% had bothered to vote. Genuine question.
Referenda and elections are won by a determined majority of those that bother to vote, not of the overall electorate.

It is a good question. While there are those who couldn't be bothered to vote and those who simply didn't care either way there are also those who honestly didn't know what to do and decided to accept the will of a majority of those who did.
At least the turnout this time was 'respectable', compared to the Seanad and Childrens' referendums where the low turnout should have lead to serious questions about how we engage with democracy and if a poll of less than half of the electorate should be valid.

There is also a marked reluctance to tackle the problems of accuracy of the register. Many of those who din't vote in fact couldn't vote because they are dead, are living abroad, have moved or have a vote elsewhere. Until we have an accurate register we can't know what the true turnout it.

echo beach wrote: »

It is a good question. While there are those who couldn't be bothered to vote and those who simply didn't care either way there are also those who honestly didn't know what to do and decided to accept the will of a majority of those who did.
At least the turnout this time was 'respectable', compared to the Seanad and Childrens' referendums where the low turnout should have lead to serious questions about how we engage with democracy and if a poll of less than half of the electorate should be valid.

It also frustrates me when people don't use their vote but that's the great thing about democracy - we all have the right to vote but equally we have the right not to bother our arse if we don't want to.

There is also a marked reluctance to tackle the problems of accuracy of the register. Many of those who din't vote in fact couldn't vote because they are dead, are living abroad, have moved or have a vote elsewhere. Until we have an accurate register we can't know what the true turnout it.

I would also add those who travelled home to vote into the above. Even though I'm guessing the real number who came home was hugely exaggerated in the name of fabulousness, I'd wonder how many of them should have been allowed vote under ordinarily resident rules.

muffler wrote: »

You're right about opinions and mine is that posting insulting comments like that is not acceptable.

On a more general note you all know what the topic is and up until today I have let a lot of things go but as its getting a bit personal now please be careful with the content of your posts and keep to the topic.

Not sure how my post can be taken as being insulting or getting a bit personal as there's absolutely no indication whether the poster I responded to voted yes or no.
If stating an opinion on an issue that (almost) literally divided the county 50/50 is insulting or offensive, then it says a lot more about others than it does about my comment.