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Would you vote differently?

johnnyskeleton · 2016-03-01 00:33:45

Theres a lot of talk in the media abouqt the results being a mess, too many independents, nit enough new parties, too left wing, too right wing etc. Theres also talk of a new election before the end of the year or possibly in April. If you knew in advance how it would shake out, would you have voted differently? Maybe in…

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#62 11-03-2016 07:48PM

Fr Tod Umptious

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Jakey Rolling wrote: »

I would hope that if another GE is called then the Social Democrats will get their act together and field a lot more candidates - in which case they would be getting my No. 1 vote.

I imagine Labour would suffer further losses, if not complete wipeout, with existing supporters seeing them as a spent force and going for SDs as a fresher untarnished alternative.

The overall dynamics are very interesting. Do the disaffected non-voters turn out once they see that they have FG on the run, perhaps upping the vote on the left? Or do latent FG supporters turn out in greater numbers or move them further up their preferences, cancelling out the increase in votes for the left.

I imagine a rally in FF voters outweighing both the above - so overall stalemate again. Would think that a lot of independents could lose out, if people realise that at least one strong party is needed for stable government, never mind their limited resources for conducting a second campaign.

What is it with people and the SDs ?

They had lots of time to get ready for this election and all they returned was their sitting TDs.

What makes people think they will do better in a few months in an election that will be less favourable to small parties ?

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