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Regardless of where you live, who would you rather vote for: SDLP or Sinn Fein

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  • 30-11-2010 1:04am
    #1
    Bottle_of_Smoke
    Registered Users Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭


    Just thought it would be interesting to see which party is preferred by the majority of Irish people. Obviously in nornin narnin Sinn Fein win - the ballot box proves this so there is no need to discuss that at all

    So what do ye staters think. If you had to choose between a Shinner or a Stoop candidate in any area who would you vote for. Its a hypothetical scenario - they're both of equal political ability, intelligence, character etc and it is just between them so you can't choose a unionist or a green etc

    Who would you rather vote for? 35 votes

    Sinn Fein
    0% 0 votes
    SDLP
    100% 35 votes


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    #2
    Cheap Thrills!
    Registered Users Posts: 2,723 ✭✭✭Cheap Thrills!


    What is SDLP/a Stoop ?


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    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    SF are a wholly different beast up north than down south, like as if they are 2 different parties as the northern one is electable unlike its southern counter part. So your question to free staters who majorly are ignorant about northern affairs is quite non applicable.


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    FoxT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,204 ✭✭✭FoxT


    The shinners always had a strong scummy element in the republic. I have never voted for them , but over the years had considered doing so as a protest.

    After this, however, I will never vote for them...

    http://www.politics.ie/sinn-fein/91314-martin-ferris-td-mccabe-killers.html


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    Bottle_of_Smoke
    Registered Users Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭Bottle_of_Smoke


    gurramok wrote: »
    SF are a wholly different beast up north than down south, like as if they are 2 different parties as the northern one is electable unlike its southern counter part. So your question to free staters who majorly are ignorant about northern affairs is quite non applicable.

    Oh absolutely - I'm actually interested to see the perception. I would not have predicted John Hume to win the greatest Irishman award when I first heard about that competition. As flawed as the voting system for that was, it at the very least said a lot of people were willing to vote for him ahead of many other iconic Irishmen.

    As I found that strange I'm wondering what people think of his party generally - they wouldn't get mentioned here near as often as Sinn Fein


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    starbelgrade
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    If the choice is between SDLP & SF, then why is the question prefaced with "regardless of where you live"?

    Surely it should be, "if you lived in Northern Ireland".


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    Bottle_of_Smoke
    Registered Users Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭Bottle_of_Smoke


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    If the choice is between SDLP & SF, then why is the question prefaced with "regardless of where you live"?

    Surely it should be, "if you lived in Northern Ireland".

    that's the point. I'm interested to see what all Irish people think of the two partes. I'm not trying to get a poll for the next assembly elections.


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    tolosenc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,889 ✭✭✭tolosenc


    I wouldn't vote for either of them. Morons, or (ex) terrorist morons...

    DUP FTW! :P


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    Bottle_of_Smoke
    Registered Users Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭Bottle_of_Smoke


    Somewhat surprised at the results so far. Was expecting it to be very polarised.


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    Joey the lips
    Registered Users Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    Regardless of where you live would you vote Republician or democrat in the states......

    This question along with the orig question ranks sim in there stupidity...

    Although considering this is afterhours....


    To the op....why such a stupid daft speculative question...?

    There is no measure of the answer thats worth anything.


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    gonedrinking
    Closed Accounts Posts: 810 ✭✭✭gonedrinking


    SDLP are a party controlled by the British government to protect their interests, anyone who thinks differently is delusional.


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    Coriolanus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,879 ✭✭✭Coriolanus


    Sinn fein tbh. I know nothing about the other crowd but could probably sell my vote to the shinners at least.


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    kraggy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭kraggy


    Give the OP a break. He stated in his first post that it was a hypothetical question.

    Just answer him and stop bitchin.


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    Notorious97
    Registered Users Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭Notorious97


    Sinn Fein id vote for, i vote for them anyway but if i had to pick between the two, i don’t rate the SDLP at all, living on humes legacy IMO.


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    #15
    Blazer
    Registered Users Posts: 17,421 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    I'd vote for Dustin the turkey before any of those idiots.


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    Wolfe Tone
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    Would have to be SF, SDLP don't seem to be up to much, besides wearing poppies of course.


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    --Kaiser--
    Registered Users Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭--Kaiser--


    I would vote for any other party just to prevent Sinn Fein coming to power


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    sensibleken
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,650 ✭✭✭sensibleken


    --Kaiser-- wrote: »
    I would vote for any other party just to prevent Sinn Fein coming to power

    with the exception of Fianna fail i agree


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    #19
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    Sinn Fein, the SDLP have become irrelevant.


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    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    I'd rather spoil my vote but if absolutely forced to I would tactically opt for SDLP to prevent a SF getting in.
    gonedrinking wrote: »
    SDLP are a party controlled by the British government to protect their interests, anyone who thinks differently is delusional.

    I hope they weren't as riddled with spies as the Provos were or they'd be rightly fucked.


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