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Does size matter in Politics?

  • 27-01-2011 1:11am
    #1
    yoshytoshy
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    Well ,to put it another way. In politics ,does the strenght and size of parties rely on numbers ?
    Someone put it to me that Fine Gael stand a greater chance of facing the HSE and the unions ,purely because it's a far bigger and stronger party compared with labour.

    Is this true ?


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  • #2
    deise go deo
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    Interesting idea, I cant really think of any reason why it would, The larger the party then the larger the pool of people that can be drawn upon to stand in an election and (theoretically at least) the better the quality of candidate available, FG is more likely to stand up to the unions than Labour but that has little to do with the relative size of the parties,

    Did your friend give any explanation why 'size matters'?


  • #3
    yoshytoshy
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    I think the idea is that size was in relation to actual supporters within areas like the HSE and unions. Being a bigger party by the amount of actual party supporters within the various areas of the public/civil service.

    Thats the image I got from the conversation ,but I thought I'd throw it out there and see if I got it right or if it was even slightly true.


  • #4
    deise go deo
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    yoshytoshy wrote: »
    I think the idea is that size was in relation to actual supporters within areas like the HSE and unions. Being a bigger party by the amount of actual party supporters within the various areas of the public/civil service.

    Thats the image I got from the conversation ,but I thought I'd throw it out there and see if I got it right or if it was even slightly true.

    I would have thought that having a strong membership in those areas would make you less likely to stand up to that area, Like Labour and the unions, They depend on the unions and their membership for their vote, so they are unlikely to rock the boat in that area and annoy their supporters.


  • #5
    yoshytoshy
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    I have the image of soldier like fine gael supporters making sacrifices. I probably expect too much:)


  • #6
    deise go deo
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    yoshytoshy wrote: »
    I have the image of soldier like fine gael supporters making sacrifices. I probably expect too much:)

    I suppose some people would, but I would imagine that it would lead to a conflict of interest more than anything, blood is thicker than water after all.


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