Canvassers

gimmick

What is your constituency, and have you had anyone actually knock on th door yet?

I am North Central, and all I have received is litter through my letterbox everyday from pretty much all the parties.

The only person I have seen canvassing is Pat Burton outside Supervalu in Hollyhill with Bernard Allen the other day.

Are they all afraid to knock on, or am I just out of the hosue when they do call?

Intersting point to make as well, it seems that Burton and Murphy of FG are "splitting" the constituency. Over my way it is only Burton posters, while over Mayfield way it is only Murphy. Not sure is this a good tactic tbh.

Hogzy

South Central.

The only canvassers we have had are FF ones. Both from Ogra FF.
Surprisingly they admitted they would not be in government next year. Looks like the young ones might have a thread of honesty in them. Probably playing the sympathy card though

Owen

South Central here. Haven't seen one person yet.

Anyone else think Meehole Martin's posters make him look like C Montgomery Burns?

murphym7

South Central aswell - not one person has called to the door. Lots of people rustling away at the letterbox though.

Funsterdelux

PaintDoctor wrote: »

South Central here. Haven't seen one person yet.

Anyone else think Meehole Martin's posters make him look like C Montgomery Burns?

just add a comb-over

:P

mudokon

Cork South Central as well, the only party I know of that have been round were Labour. Not answering the door might be the reason for that though. If the other parties have been around they never even bothered putting flyers through the door.

babo9

South Central.

Loads, pissing me off tbh, had about 5 or 6.
Least annoying was the canvaser for the independent guy, some old guy saying "this fella's new and...well he could do with your vote thanks" ).

aujopimur

South Central.
My "no canvassing" sign seems to have done the trick.

Owen

The Independent guy I know is Eric Isherwood - he turned up in the General Election forum, seems to have a lot of policies designed to gather up groups with issues like Taxi Drivers, etc. He wants the Carbon Bill introduced ASAP, so he can bugger off.

SeaFields

North Central

A lot of sh!te through the letter box. Not one knock on the door.

South Central, lots of sh1t in the letter box, no one knocking in the evenings anyway when I've been there, some crowd came on Saturday morning at 11ish but I was in bed.

I wonder will more than usual vote this time round?

Dan Dare

North Central:-

No canvassers at all.

SeaFields

RoverJames wrote: »

I wonder will more than usual vote this time round?

I've thought about this myself.

With it being a Friday many students should be able to get home. Last GE was a Thursday (a strategic Bertie move some argued to make it more difficult for traditionally non-FF voting students).

The other side of the coin is that we are losing about 1000 a week to emigration since last year. This will certainly have an impact.

Cape Clear

Hogzy wrote: »

South Central.

The only canvassers we have had are FF ones. Both from Ogra FF.
Surprisingly they admitted they would not be in government next year. Looks like the young ones might have a thread of honesty in them. Probably playing the sympathy card though

FF couldn't spell the word!

parsi

South Central - only Jerry Buttimer has called to the door- for everyone else it has been leaflets shoved in.

Iron Hide

South Central, only Dan Boyle has been to the door, poor Dans been plugging away at it for years! Crappy leaflets from everyone else though, if people want your vote then at least knock and say hi ffs!

Ludo

South Central - Have had canvassers call to the door from McGrath, Clune and Martin.

I guess FF are not doing any vote management as they both had people call which is unusual. Are they worried about something I wonder ?

run_Forrest_run

South Central - Jerry Buttimer called alright, oh the laughs we had..not.
Some mate of an independent called yesterday, the leaflet is in the recycling bin now.

pow wow

South Central. The only one brave enough so far has been a delightful old man peddling trash on behalf of Clune.

Judes

I've been doing a bit of canvassing - and I have knocked on a lot of doors where the lights have been on and either nobody is home, or they could be having their dinner, so unaware we are at the door. But if there is a leaflet through your door, then somebody knocked at some stage. I can't believe so many people are saying they haven't had canvassers around. One week left so be prepared!:)

dulpit

South Central here. No canvassers that I've noticed at all...

I've only encountered 1, outside my scout hall last Saturday, Ciarán Lynch was out with about 20 people walking Doyle Road, but that's about it...

Tonne of crap through the front door, my favourite is the way each registered person gets the same thing, wouldn't it be cheaper just to address it to the house???

SeaFields

Judes wrote: »

But if there is a leaflet through your door, then somebody knocked at some stage.

Have to disagree with you on that one. I've seen leaflets being pushed through the letterbox but nobody knocked in the process in my own place. I've asked several people and they haven't had a knock either. Only canvassers I have seen were a contingent of labour knocking around St. Lukes last weekend.

GERMAN ROCKS

south west here and we had only kevin murphy

Kimono-Girl

South central,

not one canvasser so far to my door, and one of us is ALWAYS home. but we are on a main street not in an estate so thats probably why.

im canvassing myself and its mount oval/rochestown we've done so far,

my grandmother lives in donnybrook and they had the mcgraths/clunes/coveneys (sp?) canvassing up around there last week/weekend.


there are people doing leaflet drops and canvassers are also dropping in leaflets to houses to let them know who called when there is no answer so if you have gotten two of the same leaflets then you missed your canvasser, if you have one then either canvassers were around and you didn't answer when they knocked or a leaflet drop was done.

dulpit

Kimono-Girl wrote: »

South central,
im canvassing myself and its mount oval/rochestown we've done so far,

Who you canvassing for? There's always someone at home here too, we've had nobody...

Judes

Ok I accept that there will be others just doing a leaflet drop - but my group within South Central, always knock/ring first, then if no answer - the leaflet goes in the door/letter box.

This day next week is the big day. Hope you're all going to VOTE. It's your right!

themonboys

Cork North Central.

We had Mick Barry and Dara Murphy call to the door. Got mountains of crap from everyone through the letter box.

gimmick

Thus far,a nd today is the last day for it, I have only had Kathleen Lynchs people and Pat Burtons.

Seems odd. Not even received flyers for many of them.

ColSheehan

South Central

Only one call to the door and that was Deirdre Clune with Laura McGonigle together last sunday. A handful of leaflets as well but nothing else.

Sephiroth_dude

I'm out in ballincollig and we've had no canvassers call to our door.

Balmed Out

South central and no one so far but not home very much.

Disappointed I like it when they try to give some "newspaper" looking election literature and I ask does it have a sports section. Last time I handed one guy all the old flyers from his party that i had stacked near the doorway, he took them too to be fair.

NoDice

I'm in Blackrock and we've nothing but canvasser ****e! Weve 20-30 leaflets at this stage, mostly for Martin and McGrath!

We've had at least ten people to the door, they seem to be forgetting which houses they've been to becausesome have called twice.

Worst was a few days ago, this old fella calls to the door and my boyfriend answers. To make him go away my boyfriend told him he wasn't voting but thanks anyway. The canvasser started to get really cheeky with him and said "so you mean to tell me after the civil war after all those men died so that you could vote and you're not going to?". My BF said "yeah it's a right to vote, it's also a right not to vote and that's what I'm going to do." The man started huffing and puffing and then stormed off out of our driveway with his arm up in the air! F-ing cheek of him!

From then on my BF has taken to answering the door holding our German Shepherd up by his collar and pretending he's going to go for them (he's really half asleep most of the time and lets birds sit on his bone in the garden...). that gets rid of them quick enough!

Milly33

Haha scare them with the pooch.. Were in Ballintemple and weve only got one caller so far Buttimore, mer who seemed very nice just said the basic's didnt start ranting but just introduced himself. All the rest have just been throwing silly flyers through the door..

Im going to make my decision on who to vote for tonight for defo. Michael Martin and Enda Kenny will defianlty not be on my list I still cant believe people back them it is like the Lisbon treaty all over again they lie to get votes and wait then the F**k the counrty up. I dont know a lot about politics but I know not to vote for them.

Im either going Labour becuase I think a lot of the young people are going to vote for them which could bump up their chances, and I am half considering Sinn Fein fine some stuff happened but that is always the case they cant do much worse and at least they like Ireland

SeaFields

Slightly off topic but on the election theme...

Could someone tell me where the New Inn National School in Glanmire is? That's where I must vote. Tried to figure out its location via google to no avail.

rymus

here - http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=New+Inn&aq=&sll=51.920294,-8.413038&sspn=0.019719,0.034118&g=New+Inn&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=New+Inn,+County+Cork,+Ireland&ll=51.912932,-8.404284&spn=0.039444,0.068235&z=14&layer=c&cbll=51.920294,-8.413037&panoid=GEJi8J0f4vr_jfolMEr1Rg&cbp=12,158.02,,0,28.93 Found by typing New Inn National School, Glanmire, Cork into google.

SeaFields

rymus wrote: »

Found by typing New Inn National School, Glanmire, Cork into google.

Cheers. I tried that too but got a different location. A consequence of being after a long day me thinks.