How would you vote in a General Election?

Ledger

On the back of recent news of the greens leaving government, how would you vote if an election is called?

Duiske

1. Kathleen Funchion (Sinn Fein)

2. Phil Hogan (Fine Gael)


Not particularly for the parties they represent, but more because of the work they do locally between elections.

force eleven

With anger and venom at what has happened here over the past 2 years. Disasterous buffoons in government. Give the other crowd of buffoons a chance at least.

bc dub

i wouldnt vote for any of them. politicans are incompetent of running this island irregardless of party.

hopefully i'll have an option to vote for political reform.

prinz

I picked Not Voting, will really have to depend on what Independents are running, what faces are showing up for FG and Labour..

Scofflaw

Moved in from AH.

moderately,
Scofflaw

Manach

A suggestion: Would consituancy level polls be more reflective of voting patterns?

Krusader

Labour no. 1

would have to think hard about my no.2 etc. on the run up

Cookie_Monster

1. Germans to take over
2. UK to take over
3. Prob labour

Teferi

Labour and FG for me.

kev9100

Labour every day of the week.


Anyone who votes for FF can be officially classed as brain-dead.

Teferi

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

2. UK to take over

But that didn't end well the first time around :pac:

Cookie_Monster

Teferi wrote: »

But that didn't end well the first time around :pac:

neither is us doing it ourselves :D

wiseguy

Right who ticked FF :rolleyes: put your hand up :mad:

Pique

Duiske wrote: »

Not particularly for the parties they represent, but more because of the work they do locally between elections.

And the more things change, the more they stay the same !! :rolleyes:

RandolphEsq

Fine Gael, but no second, third, fourth preference to Labour. Vague spoofers

seamus

Labour. But only really because Pat Rabbitte's now in my constituency and I've always liked that guy. Outside of him, I'll have to read up on the candidates cos I haven't voted in this constituency before (in a GE).

Sunnyisland

I might vote labour if i think they can form a goverment without finegael, otherwise it will be local independents and sinn fein.

i57dwun4yb1pt8

wiseguy wrote: »

Right who ticked FF :rolleyes: put your hand up :mad:

THE MORON COUNT IS = 7
AT THE MOMENT

wobbles-grogan

Duiske wrote: »

Not particularly for the parties they represent, but more because of the work they do locally between elections.

The entire problem with Irish politics rears it ugly head again.

I voted Independant but it really depends on whats out there...

hoplite

Booo I only get to vote once!

Duiske

Pique wrote: »

And the more things change, the more they stay the same !! :rolleyes:

Perhaps you could explain that comment, because to be honest the "rolleyes" give me more of a clue about you yourself than it does about what your getting at.

jank

Although i have no right to vote because I am working abroad (one of the few countries that doesnt have one!):rolleyes: I would vote FG. They would do most imo to help the taxpayers and the SME in this country. Labour will just cosy up to the unions. FF voters should be nuttered!

I don't really hate anyone or anything put FF is something I have absolute hate for. Would love 5 minutes with a FF canvasser.

scr123

Proud to say I just voted FF in this poll
I note 9 have voted FF and they and other FF people will be visiting message boards. I trust they will stop the lurking and come out fighting for the party

Denerick

I'm going to register a protest vote with SF for the following reasons:

A) SF are at least consistent, they have been irrelevantly left wing at a time when Ireland was subsidising capitalists to build houses we didn't need.

Labour and Fine Gael routinely treat the average voters as if they were idiots, and completely abdicate their own responsibility with regards to the great recession - you would really have to be beneath contempt to believe that Labour and Fine Gael would have done anything substantially different in the years 2005-2008.

C) I dislike all the mainstream parties; Labour are dishonest and any party with Joan Burton as finance spokesman deserves to be cast down to oblivion. Fine Gael are ran by a halfwit whose only ability is to shout down the government with pathetic soundbytes, delivered without charisma or conviction. FF do not deserve to be anywhere near government for a generation at least. The Greens have lost their soul. Who is left?

D) In my constituency SF are guaranteed to win a seat so my vote won't count anyway.

steelcityblues

SF - Not the biggest fan of Adams, McGuinness, etc, but at least most of their southern politicians have showed genuine courage and balls as an opposition party in recent years!

Doherty and O'Caolain in particular have been excellent parliamentarians despite the media trying to underplay it.

c_man

FG. Although here (Galway West) I have no doubt O'Cuiv will top the poll and wouldn't be surprised to see a second FFer get in.

Pique

Duiske wrote: »

Perhaps you could explain that comment, because to be honest the "rolleyes" give me more of a clue about you yourself than it does about what your getting at.

It means that voting behaviour like that in the quoted text is the same gombeen-"ah shure he fixed the potholes"-"his father was a grand man"-"shure isn't he at mass every sunday" narrow minded view that has Ireland repeatedly returning the same standard of 'politicians' to power each time.
Try to take a look at the big picture and who will do best for the country, not the parish.

leeroybrown

I'd vote strategically for whatever would most likely result in getting FF out of government as I've done in every recent election. At the moment that would likely be Labour followed by FG.

Tigger

for those who think you'd be a moron to want ff back in; what exactly do you think is the best part of the plan that labour or fg have.

tomorrow or wed we will get an idea of what these cuts are gonna be if ff stay but what are the alternative cuts that you think should be made and would be made by a kenny/gilmore govt

jimmycrackcorm

DaDumTish wrote: »

THE MORON COUNT IS = 7
AT THE MOMENT

Surely that are more Labour voters than that?

wobbles-grogan

Pique wrote: »

It means that voting behaviour like that in the quoted text is the same gombeen-"ah shure he fixed the potholes"-"his father was a grand man"-"shure isn't he at mass every sunday" narrow minded view that has Ireland repeatedly returning the same standard of 'politicians' to power each time.
Try to take a look at the big picture and who will do best for the country, not the parish.

I thought that this foolishness in voting behavior in irish politics was common knowledge at this stage? Clearly not...

EDIT:
Actually, why is labour winning this? Theyre the "no-policy" party? ;-)
Just thinking about it and the results of this poll really arent accurate. (i know its on the internets and therefore thats obvious etc etc) but the other point is, no party has released what they'd do in government. We could at least wait until they announce that....
Or have the people decided already?

enda1

Typical swing towards the socialists/nationalists in the wake/during a recession.

People never learn from history.

Now that changes need to be made such as cutting of public wages, services, infrastructure projects, minimum wage etc. people wanna bring in those who push for attacks on business while protecting the "little man".

Ugh...

jimmycrackcorm

Tigger wrote: »

for those who think you'd be a moron to want ff back in; what exactly do you think is the best part of the plan that labour or fg have.

tomorrow or wed we will get an idea of what these cuts are gonna be if ff stay but what are the alternative cuts that you think should be made and would be made by a kenny/gilmore govt

The most sensible option is to vote for a strong single party government and none of this coalition compromise crap. That would mean FG.

Denerick

Pique wrote: »

It means that voting behaviour like that in the quoted text is the same gombeen-"ah shure he fixed the potholes"-"his father was a grand man"-"shure isn't he at mass every sunday" narrow minded view that has Ireland repeatedly returning the same standard of 'politicians' to power each time.
Try to take a look at the big picture and who will do best for the country, not the parish.

Amen brother. This country, and its people, deserve everything they get in my view. If you elect morons expect to be governed by morons. If the people are prepared to elect morons maybe we should begin to consider the possibility that the people themselves are morons.

gitman

Labour all the way. who are the sickos who said they would vote for Fianna Fail????

steelcityblues

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

The most sensible option is to vote for a strong single party government and none of this coalition compromise crap. That would mean FG.

Who will go in to govt. with Labour again and once again 'compromise' their principles and proposals!

Pique

enda1 wrote: »

Now that changes need to be made such as cutting of public wages, services, infrastructure projects, minimum wage etc.

That rules out FF, FG & Labour then !

Shinners in power ?

leeroybrown

Tigger wrote: »

for those who think you'd be a moron to want ff back in; what exactly do you think is the best part of the plan that labour or fg have.

tomorrow or wed we will get an idea of what these cuts are gonna be if ff stay but what are the alternative cuts that you think should be made and would be made by a kenny/gilmore govt

We need to put in place a government that isn't still deeply attached to the same vested interests that helped cause this mess in the first case. Sure a large part of our future economic decisions are already set in stone but we do have a choice to keep them out of the hands of the very people and groups who helped cause this mess and I for one think this is the only reasonable choice.

enda1 wrote: »

Typical swing towards the socialists/nationalists in the wake/during a recession.

People never learn from history.

Now that changes need to be made such as cutting of public wages, services, infrastructure projects, minimum wage etc. people wanna bring in those who push for attacks on business while protecting the "little man".

Ugh...

A FG/Lab or Lab/FG coalition should have a reasonable balance of cuts and social responsibility. We do need to cut heavily but we need to do it in a balanced fashion!

whatawaster

Tigger wrote: »

for those who think you'd be a moron to want ff back in; what exactly do you think is the best part of the plan that labour or fg have.

tomorrow or wed we will get an idea of what these cuts are gonna be if ff stay but what are the alternative cuts that you think should be made and would be made by a kenny/gilmore govt

Both labour and Fine Gael have actual policies to reform our health service, unlike Fianna Fail, who've done absolutely nothing in that regard in 13 years.
I'd vote FG based on this area alone, but i do think Reilly would make a good minister for Health, Bruton should be minister for Finance, and Varadkar in something like Enterprise.

Badabing

Fianna Fail - Conor Lenihan.

sdanseo

Duiske wrote: »

1. Kathleen Funchion (Sinn Fein)

2. Phil Hogan (Fine Gael)


Not particularly for the parties they represent, but more because of the work they do locally between elections.

Given the state the country is in, voting for people based purely on how they deal with local issues is irresponsible and stupid, in my opinion.

Of course it's your democratic right, but I think you, and we all, have a responsibility to vote both locally and nationally - there's no point voting FF back in, for example, just because one of their TD's is ballygonowhere fixed your streetlight. There are much, much bigger issues to think about and it's selfish not to cast a lot of thought on that before voting.

the groutch

hopefully when this poll is finished, someone will forward details of it to the papers

Larsist

It shocks me to see so many people choosing Labour when they have not put forward any policies. I haven't decided who I will vote for in the up coming elections but it will sure as hell be a party with policies.

yop

Wow, I presume those voting Fine Fail are pulling the piss.

That said neither Labour nor Fine Gael have a clue either.

Get in a new political party who have members of industry and people who have lived in the real world in charge of the various areas, health, finance etc.

thegoodgirl

Seriously who is voting for FF. Have you not been listening to the news lately or are you just thick???
I'll be voting FG

leeroybrown

Larsist wrote: »

It shocks me to see so many people choosing Labour when they have not put forward any policies. I haven't decided who I will vote for in the up coming elections but it will sure as hell be a party with policies.

Any poll on Boards will always be skewed in certain directions. This place never represents a good sample of the electorate.

Sir Oxman

thegoodgirl wrote: »

Seriously who is voting for FF. Have you not been listening to the news lately or are you just thick???

More than likely people that are on the outer fringes of favours received from the criminal FF - they can't comtemplate not lapping up the crumbs from the table anymore.

thegoodgirl

gambiaman wrote: »

More than likely people that are on the outer fringes of favours received from the criminal FF - they can't comtemplate not lapping up the crumbs from the table anymore.

Sorry I forgot about the Croonies

paddy462

I'd vote Fine Gael followed by Labour.
I think the country needs a new Liberal Democratic party though. Fine Gael don't quiet have the x-factor and public appeal while Fianna Fail are a bunch of gangsters who maybe in 15-20 years if still around could be considered as a junior member of a coalition.

jimmycrackcorm

thegoodgirl wrote: »

Seriously who is voting for FF. Have you not been listening to the news lately or are you just thick???
I'll be voting FG

The people voted in FF over the last number of years because of populist policies to spend money.
Now Labour is getting support based on populist "no-cuts needed" policies.

Do you think that Labour would have introduced the PS pension levy for example?