Why don't Sinn Fein ....

chucken1

..have candidates in all Counties?

It seems to me they stick to the border Counties.

So in light of everything thats going on now, are they going to to stick at least 2 candidates in each constuency?

mikemac

They have a geographic spread. Not just the border areas, Kerry North for example

I'm not going to check every result from the last election but they had candidates in many, many constituencies. But maybe you are aware of the strongest candidates who got elected.

But realy, in many of the three seaters, to run a candidate will be a no hoper.

That is for the chairman of SF and their selection committees to work out the best strategy. If they think they have a good candidate with a good chance somewhere, they'll run them.

And people often don't take well to parachute candidates so they would be some local connection.
If there is a SF candidate in your area OP, see do you recognize them and have they a profile in your area

chucken1

feelingstressed wrote: »

They have a geographic spread. Not just the border areas, Kerry North for example

I'm not going to check every result from the last election but they had candidates in many, many constituencies. But maybe you are aware of the strongest candidates who got elected.

But realy, in many of the three seaters, to run a candidate will be a no hoper.

That is for the chairman of SF and their selection committees to work out the best strategy. If they think they have a good candidate with a good chance somewhere, they'll run them.

And people often don't take well to parachute candidates so they would be some local connection.
If there is a SF candidate in your area OP, see do you recognize them and have they a profile in your area

No you see,I never see a SF candidate..

Parachute may be good... How else are people going to have a CHOICE??

chucken1

The next election is so huge. I'm not good with words,but should'nt all parties be represented?

Pearse Dohertys speech apres budget,...the man spoke for every man,woman and child in this Country

Dr. Baltar

My two cents:


Sinn Féin do have candidates elsewhere like my own constituency in the south east.

They just never get far (unfortunately).

chucken1

Dr. Baltar wrote: »

My two cents:


Sinn Féin do have candidates elsewhere like my own constituency in the south east.

They just never get far (unfortunately).

Well can you pass it on

We need choice in the rest of the country.

creative100

Usually they would have candidates in every single constituency. Regardless of how far that candidate gets, it serves as something to build on and to assess the Republican vote in that particular constituency. It is clear to be seen Sinn Féin are making the effort to increase the Republican vote in every town, village and community in Ireland, especially in rural areas recently - where Labour have nothing.

chucken1

creative100 wrote: »

Usually they would have candidates in every single constituency. Regardless of how far that candidate gets, it serves as something to build on and to assess the Republican vote in that particular constituency. It is clear to be seen Sinn Féin are making the effort to increase the Republican vote in every town, village and community in Ireland, especially in rural areas recently - where Labour have nothing.

Yes.but...is now not a good time to saturate the Country?

hallelujajordan

chucken1 wrote: »

Yes.but...is now not a good time to saturate the Country?

I don't think it can ever be a good time to saturate the country with Sinn Fein representation

BlaasForRafa

hallelujajordan wrote: »

I don't think it can ever be a good time to saturate the country with Sinn Fein representation

Lol, I pretty much agree with that sentiment.

However, on a serious point, aside from Martin Ferris in Kerry it seems like the farther away from the border that you get, the worse Sinn Fein seem to do.

In my own constituency they always get about 2-3000 votes in every election and I have to say that much as I disagree with his politics the local sinn fein candidate is a fairly sound guy. In my area they get most of their votes from deprived urban areas though where they are competing with left and far left candidates, they'll need to appeal to the middle class and country folk if they're going to do better in places where they're not already established.

DB10

Interesting question and one I've often thought about. It would helpful is someone knew where to get a statistical spread on where/how many candidates stand..

Mind you in my constituency, there has only ever been 1 SF candidate, who isn't from my county, but again he is a good TD, and no Labour at all...talk about choice..

Dr. Baltar

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

Lol, I pretty much agree with that sentiment.

However, on a serious point, aside from Martin Ferris in Kerry it seems like the farther away from the border that you get, the worse Sinn Fein seem to do.

In my own constituency they always get about 2-3000 votes in every election and I have to say that much as I disagree with his politics the local sinn fein candidate is a fairly sound guy. In my area they get most of their votes from deprived urban areas though where they are competing with left and far left candidates, they'll need to appeal to the middle class and country folk if they're going to do better in places where they're not already established.

haha just realised we're talking about the same guy. I agree with everything you've said.

A Dub in Glasgo

chucken1 wrote: »

No you see,I never see a SF candidate..

Parachute may be good... How else are people going to have a CHOICE??

It might help to say which county or constituency you are in

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

They have candidates is all the constituencies in Connacht... What constituencies do they not run in?

sceptre

chucken1 wrote: »

..have candidates in all Counties?

In the last general election (2007), there were 43 electoral constituencies. Sinn Fein ran 43 candidates. Without my going through every constituency to check, it's reasonably safe to assume that this meant that they ran a candidate in every constituency. In most cases, that's more than one per county (in the case of Dublin and Cork, significantly more than one per county).

edit: with a very quick look here, they don't seem to have run a candidate in Limerick West. While I didn't click on all the constituency races, that's the only constituency I could see where they don't appear to have run a candidate in the last general election. No precise idea why Limerick West was left out - the last time they had a candidate there was 1992. There might be an element of the more "republican end" of FF in the local FF organisation in Limerick West but that still doesn't explain why SF left that one uncontested. Though of course Adare is in Limerick West and following Jerry McCabe being shot there by an AK47 in 1996, perhaps a SF candidate there might not be well-received. As far as I can see though, there were candidates everywhere else.

chucken1

sceptre wrote: »

In the last general election (2007), there were 43 electoral constituencies. Sinn Fein ran 43 candidates. Without my going through every constituency to check, it's reasonably safe to assume that this meant that they ran a candidate in every constituency. In most cases, that's more than one per county (in the case of Dublin and Cork, significantly more than one per county).

edit: with a very quick look here, they don't seem to have run a candidate in Limerick West. While I didn't click on all the constituency races, that's the only constituency I could see where they don't appear to have run a candidate in the last general election. No precise idea why Limerick West was left out - the last time they had a candidate there was 1992. There might be an element of the more "republican end" of FF in the local FF organisation in Limerick West but that still doesn't explain why SF left that one uncontested. Though of course Adare is in Limerick West and following Jerry McCabe being shot there by an AK47 in 1996, perhaps a SF candidate there might not be well-received. As far as I can see though, there were candidates everywhere else.

Thanks for that. I genuinely didnt know they had that much representation. I see they did have a candidate here...cant say Ive ever heard of her.

I suppose that makes my original question void