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Under 25? are you going to vote?

  • 03-06-2009 4:09pm
    #1
    arlone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭


    A lot of young people say they like Joe Higgins and left-wing politics ,but will they actually go to the polling station and vote?


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  • #2
    population
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,510 ✭✭✭population


    In fairness it was Joe Higgins who said that


  • #3
    The Volt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,957 ✭✭✭The Volt


    I will be but out of my group of mates (8) only 2 of us are even registered.


  • #4
    kaki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 674 ✭✭✭kaki


    Yep. I wish it were compulsory.


  • #5
    BlitzKrieg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,698 ✭✭✭✭BlitzKrieg


    Of my friends, I believe I am the only one voting and thats in local elections and european elections in Ireland and the UK...

    maybe next time when they are all 25+ we might start to vote


  • #6
    The Volt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,957 ✭✭✭The Volt


    kaki wrote: »
    Yep. I wish it were compulsory.
    It really should be, shame as most young people are left minded


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  • #7
    turgon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭turgon


    Yes most young people seem to be left leaning...

    If your not socialist in your twenties youve no heart
    If your not capitalist in your thirties youve no head


  • #8
    louth87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69 ✭✭louth87


    I'll be voting, not sure how many of my mates will be though


  • #9
    tribulus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,635 ✭✭✭tribulus


    I will be voting, I doubt most of my group of friends will be however.


  • #10
    The Volt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,957 ✭✭✭The Volt


    Most of my mates didn't even get the register thing sent to their house. It was sent to my house to be updated late last year


  • #11
    truebluedub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 106 ✭✭truebluedub


    turgon wrote: »
    Yes most young people seem to be left leaning...

    If your not socialist in your twenties youve no heart
    If your not capitalist in your thirties youve no head
    Ah that old canard usually falsly attributed to Churchill but actually much older dating back to Francois Guisot (1787-1874): "Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head."


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  • #12
    irish_bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,271 ✭✭✭irish_bob


    turgon wrote: »
    Yes most young people seem to be left leaning...

    If your not socialist in your twenties youve no heart
    If your not capitalist in your thirties youve no head

    why do you think most young people are left leaning


  • #13
    smiles302
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 463 ✭✭smiles302


    I shall be voting :)

    (but have no idea what being left means)


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