Tallies Tallies Tallies

Sponge Bob

There are 43 Count Centres so this thread should be no more than 43 posts long, all going well...

Wicklow Live Tally

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0Ar7pcGP88I2RdE5zUm0yNVhsSWgzV2hnTXNuR3VfTEE&toomany=true#gid=0

Sponge Bob

The Advertiser Facebook Page is always a good one to watch.

http://www.facebook.com/GalwayAdvertiser?sk=wall

I will add more specific links if I get them. PM me if you have one and TIA.

Galway West

http://twitter.com/#!/darraghmcdonagh

Sponge Bob

http://pentagoncomputers.com/elect2011/csc.pdf

http://twitter.com/#!/spiller2

Sponge Bob

You can feel the warmth and love in this one

http://twitter.com/#!/geraldnash

GSF

some (credible!) people on twitter already calling it for MDH at this early stage

seamus

MMG polling better than I expected.

If the Cork city count is genuine, then Mickey D will likely walk away with it in most other urban areas. 40% of the urban poll is 24% of the total poll. Even without any rural polls, he'd be in the running on that one.

I'm calling this one definitively for Mickey D (assuming the above tallies are genuine).

Sponge Bob

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1028/vote_tracker.html

Raskolnikov

The odds for Michael D Higgins have collapsed on Betfair. He has almost certainly won by the looks of it.

http://sports.betfair.com/Index.do?mi=101985359&ex=1&origin=MRL

Sponge Bob

http://twitter.com/#!/GavinGrace

bleg

This is all over. Michael D will be the next president!

Raskolnikov

bleg wrote: »

This is all over. Michael D will be the next president!

Yep.

100/1 NOT to be president now.

It's all over.

ThisRegard

The Irish Times one, someone there is also already calling it for Higgins
http://www.irishtimes.com/indepth/vote2011/liveblog/53f8c00165

fishy fishy

good man michael D.

Sir Oxman

Newstalk @ 10am VERY EARLY

Dublin N/side - Higgins 2 to 1 over Gallagher
Dublin S/Side - Higgins 3 to 1 over Gallagher
Munster - SG 2 to 1 over Higgins

SG's own village of Blackrock in Louth looks like a no for him!

Raskolnikov

From RTE - Fine Gael seems to have collapsed in the Roscommon town area. In one box in Roscommon town Gay Mitchell only received four first preference votes.

This is looking like an embarassment for Fine Gael.

ThisRegard

gambiaman wrote: »

SG's own village of Blackrock in Louth looks like a no for him!

Around 2:1 to MDH apparently.

Snakeblood

gambiaman wrote: »

SG's own village of Blackrock in Louth looks like a no for him!

Maybe they've all met him.

Sir Oxman

Lokks like FG voters have plumped for Gallagher - cheeks of the same arse?

theteal

Current tally Dublin S. Central w/ 11% of boxes open. Via Radio1 twitter

Davis 3%,
Gallagher 15%,
Higgins 31%,
McGuinness 29%,
Mitchell 9%,
Norris 10%,
Dana 2%

I'm kinda proud of my old neighbours for not buying into Gallaghers bull. . .I could have probably predicted the above average McG popularity

Sponge Bob

Early Tally Lab: 26.1% FF: 22% SP: 20.3% FG: 14.4% SF: 7.5% GP: 5.3 Boxes opened favours Swords and Blanchardstown not Castleknock

Sir Oxman

theteal wrote: »

Current tally Dublin S. Central w/ 11% of boxes open. Via Radio1 twitter

Davis 3%,
Gallagher 15%,
Higgins 31%,
McGuinness 29%,
Mitchell 9%,
Norris 10%,
Dana 2%

I'm kinda proud of my old neighbours for not buying into Gallaghers bull. . .I could have probably predicted the above average McG popularity

My old place too
It's strongly leftwing so unexpected but still very heartwarming!
Mitchell's old constituency - look at him now!

jank

seamus wrote: »

MMG polling better than I expected.

If the Cork city count is genuine, then Mickey D will likely walk away with it in most other urban areas. 40% of the urban poll is 24% of the total poll. Even without any rural polls, he'd be in the running on that one.

I'm calling this one definitively for Mickey D (assuming the above tallies are genuine).

Are you surprised? McG was always going to get over 20% nationaly. Call it the shy-Sinn Fein vote. The media have a lot to answer for.

Sponge Bob

Last one from me. This is over.

http://twitter.com/#!/KCLRNEWSSPORT

Raskolnikov

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Early Tally Lab: 26.1% FF: 22% SP: 20.3% FG: 14.4% SF: 7.5% GP: 5.3 Boxes opened favours Swords and Blanchardstown not Castleknock

Wow!

Fianna Fáil will be feeling very good about the local elections in 2013.

jank

Raskolnikov wrote: »

From RTE - Fine Gael seems to have collapsed in the Roscommon town area. In one box in Roscommon town Gay Mitchell only received four first preference votes.

This is looking like an embarassment for Fine Gael.

Serves them right, negative up to the last minute. Enda must be loving it!!

brownswiss

gambiaman wrote: »

Lokks like FG voters have plumped for Gallagher - cheeks of the same arse?

....

Any chance you could explain this if it is actually true?

any harm to ask how you voted?

We would have fg or anti ff leanings and all voted MDH and i gave 2 to GM for pity sake.

jank

Well michael d will be in the Aras it looks. I think the SG vote was very soft anyway and over stated.

Sponge Bob

And Paddy Power have closed off their book at 10:36

http://twitter.com/#!/paddypower/status/129854029034569728

"In case there was any doubt - we've suspended betting on the Presidency. Congrats MDH!"

brownswiss

jank wrote: »

Serves them right, negative up to the last minute. Enda must be loving it!!

......

I do not think Enda is loving it... He is leader and the buck stops there.

It is a shame they handled it so badly.....defies explanation...


They could have chosen someone with cross party support and avoided the demeaning of the Presidential office...

No one should gloat about this happening.. we have enough troubles ahead of us

Sir Oxman

brownswiss wrote: »

....

Any chance you could explain this if it is actually true?

any harm to ask how you voted?

We would have fg or anti ff leanings and all voted MDH and i gave 2 to GM for pity sake.

Well, looking at the early tallies and opinion polls up to last weekend with transfer breakdowns, 40% of FG voters were giving 1st prefs to Gallagher.
I realsie it's a personality based election but that is a massive shift to a candidate with FF stamped all over him while there is an officvial FG candidate in the race.
It's only my guesswork. Both parties are virtually identical policywise.
I'd guess it was the business crapspeak nonsense that lured them.

I voted 1. McGuinness 2. Higgins

edanto

I'm delighted to read those tallies - and welcome Michael D as our new president. Happy days.

Zubeneschamali

brownswiss wrote: »

No one should gloat about this happening..

Ah, now, not even a little gloat?

Johnny_Fontane

maybe a little gloat.;) A little dance on your own time maybe....

I'm depressed not because he MDH won, I congratulate him heartily on that, but because gallagher came so close.

Feels like it was ripped from him....

bijapos

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Early Tally Lab: 26.1% FF: 22% SP: 20.3% FG: 14.4% SF: 7.5% GP: 5.3 Boxes opened favours Swords and Blanchardstown not Castleknock

WTF!! :eek::eek::eek::mad::mad::mad:

I know its early and its a sympathy vote but seriously..........

darkman2

edanto wrote: »

welcome Michael D as our new president. Happy

I don't. I think it is an embarrassing image for Ireland. A 70 year old deminuitive hobbit leprechaun looking President. The Washington post has already said he looks like an "elf".

It's the wrong image. He is too old. He may be minimally the better of an awful bunch. He is awful aswell.


This is no good day for Ireland.

Ironé

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

maybe a little gloat.;) A little dance on your own time maybe....

I'm depressed not because he MDH won, I congratulate him heartily on that, but because gallagher came so close.

Feels like it was ripped from him....

He has noone to blame but himself - he should have been up front from the start. Still it isn't over yet.

Snakeblood

darkman2 wrote: »

I don't. I think it is an embarrassing image for Ireland. A 70 year old deminuitive hobbit leprechaun looking President. The Washington post has already said he looks like an "elf".

It's the wrong image. He is too old. He may be minimally the better of an awful bunch. He is awful aswell.


This is no good day for Ireland.

What if he was younger but had polio? would that be a better image? Or the same age, but had a facelift and wore stilts?

livinginkorea

darkman2 wrote: »

I don't. I think it is an embarrassing image for Ireland. A 70 year old deminuitive hobbit leprechaun looking President. The Washington post has already said he looks like an "elf".

It's the wrong image. He is too old. He may be minimally the better of an awful bunch. He is awful aswell.


This is no good day for Ireland.

That's ageism...the next generation will be working until they are 70 at least. Dev was 90 when he was finished. We want someone who is experienced, most people seem to believe it.

fishy fishy

again good man Michael D.

MMG is polling great as usual - despite the witch-hunt. Ya gotta admire the SF'ers on that.

And I hope Michael and Martin head off into the sunset tonight after a job well done and congratulate each other, and Im sure MDH will be ever so grateful about Martin ousting gombeen man. :p

ThisRegard

darkman2 wrote: »

It's the wrong image. .......
This is no good day for Ireland.

And a terrorist elected would have been so much better,

fishy fishy

darkman2 wrote: »

I don't. I think it is an embarrassing image for Ireland. A 70 year old deminuitive hobbit leprechaun looking President. The Washington post has already said he looks like an "elf".

It's the wrong image. He is too old. He may be minimally the better of an awful bunch. He is awful aswell.


This is no good day for Ireland.

who cares what the washington post says - since when do we have to rely on american newsprint - this is Ireland, IRELAND.

anyway I'm sure they're a bit sore, after MIchael D's "wan*er" rant.

jank

brownswiss wrote: »

......

I do not think Enda is loving it... He is leader and the buck stops there.

It is a shame they handled it so badly.....defies explanation...


They could have chosen someone with cross party support and avoided the demeaning of the Presidential office...

No one should gloat about this happening.. we have enough troubles ahead of us

Em not really, this is a boast for Enda. Pat Cox was his pick and I think he would have done a fair bit better than that tool they put forward. The FG PP wont be so brave next time to go against him.

Sponge Bob

darkman2 wrote: »

He may be minimally the better of an awful bunch.

That is exactly what he is, minimally the best. We should thank FF and FG, the two largest parties in the state since its foundation, for the choice they left us with when nominations closed.

Ironé

darkman2 wrote: »

I don't. I think it is an embarrassing image for Ireland. A 70 year old deminuitive hobbit leprechaun looking President. The Washington post has already said he looks like an "elf".

It's the wrong image. He is too old. He may be minimally the better of an awful bunch. He is awful aswell.


This is no good day for Ireland.

I think it would be a sad day for Ireland if we chose our president because he is young and handsome with a pretty young wife regardless of suspicious stories. It seems most people value MDH's broad experience and his intelligence. I think perhaps these are attributes we should be more focussed on than photo friendly 'entrepreneurs'. I am very proud that we went for substance instead of style (and I use that term lightly)

As for his age he is only 70. He is clearly very capable - even SG was scared to stand up in front of him on a one on one debate. I think it's a disgrace that so many people think this ageism is totally acceptable.

fishy fishy

Ironé wrote: »

I think it would be a sad day for Ireland if we chose our president because he is young and handsome with a pretty young wife regardless of suspicious stories. It seems most people value MDH's broad experience and his intelligence. I think perhaps these are attributes we should be more focussed on than photo friendly 'entrepreneurs'. I am very proud that we went for substance instead of style (and I use that term lightly)

As for his age he is only 70. He is clearly very capable - even SG was scared to stand up in front of him on a one on one debate. I think it's a disgrace that so many people think this ageism is totally acceptable.

but there was no young and "handsome" candidates. And if you thought there was then you shudda gone to specsavers.

Ironé

jank wrote: »

Em not really, this is a boast for Enda. Pat Cox was his pick and I think he would have done a fair bit better than that tool they put forward. The FG PP wont be so brave next time to go against him.

Agreed this is great for Kenny. The Bruton camp in FG will be put in their place after this. Pat Cox could have walked this election.

gizmo555

darkman2 wrote: »

I don't. I think it is an embarrassing image for Ireland. A 70 year old deminuitive hobbit leprechaun looking President. The Washington post has already said he looks like an "elf".

It's the wrong image. He is too old.

Someone should remind the Washington Post that one of the most popular post war US presidents, Ronald Reagan, was the same age as Michael D when he took up office.

Would it help if Michael D dyed his hair jet black, like Ronnie?

Ironé

fishy fishy wrote: »

but there was no young and "handsome" candidates. And if you thought there was then you shudda gone to specsavers.

I actually reread that after I posted it and was thinking where was I going with handsome Lets just say young.

dav3

darkman2 wrote: »

I don't. I think it is an embarrassing image for Ireland. A 70 year old deminuitive hobbit leprechaun looking President. The Washington post has already said he looks like an "elf".

It's the wrong image. He is too old. He may be minimally the better of an awful bunch. He is awful aswell.


This is no good day for Ireland.

Well we are lucky that the majority of people are not as shallow and superficial as you.
But you could just be honest and admit that it's not really his looks that you have a problem with.

darkman2

dav3 wrote: »

Well we are lucky that the majority of people are not as shallow and superficial as you.
But you could just be honest and admit that it's not really his looks that you have a problem with.

Well, there is his anti Americanism aswell. But make no mistake, shallow or not, it's a bad image internationally. I don't care what anyone says. That's reality. When you have him being compared to a leprechaun and an elf in foreign media outlets and he is not even elected yet. Don't pick up a British newspaper tomorrow. I certainly won't.

Laughing stock. The stereotypical old delicate Irish President. Well done those who turned it back into a retirement home.

ThisRegard

darkman2 wrote: »

Don't pick up a British newspaper tomorrow. I certainly won't.

Eh, why would I normally anyway ? Who cares what any other country thinks, it's only a figure head position anyway, what do you think it going to happen, all economic ties are going to be broken as a result ?