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Exit poll: The post referendum thread. No electioneering.

Ozymandius2011

This is for people who have already voted in the referendum. How did you vote? I voted yes.

Mod: This thread is little more than a survey about how you voted. Please don't the ins and outs of abortion.

Mod: This is not a reiteration of the previous 8th threads. If you were threadbanned from those, you are not threadbanned here.

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DavyD_83

Donnielighto wrote: »

How long are they away on holidays?

If they don't live here they shouldn't be voting here.

I don't entirely disagree, but if any change like this was to be made, you would need to allow those non-nationals who do live here to vote. As your view is that the rules should be made by the people who have to live by them.
I would fully support this by the way.

A system where only the Irish citizens who stay on the island permanently get to vote how it is run for all those living here would be almost more ridiculous than the current system

Nettle Soup

Larbre34 wrote: »

I knew this, but I must say Im aware of plenty of folk personally who are coming home to vote that have been living permanently out of Ireland for far longer than 18 months. They usually get their parents to keep them registered at the home place whenever the register is updated each year.

I know too these folk will be a much greater mass of Yes than No voters, but all the same it has to be stopped. It makes a mockery of the electoral act and true representative democracy.

There should be a heavy fine for anyone who attests to someone being resident in a home when they arent, just so they can vote illegally.

Why do you think that is?

_Dara_

eviltwin wrote: »

Well my daughter is only away for the year so she's eligible.

Brother and his wife work abroad but spend 4-5 months of the year here

The in-laws all live in the UK but they still have family here and I guess they want to do their bit to support their loved ones.

Your bro would need to be here six months of the year to gain ordinary residence. And the bottom group are not eligible either.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

Yes, but this poll is going to bear no resemblance whatsoever to the end result. I've seen it before when Boards have held these sorts of polls. The boardsies demographic is not reflective of the general public.

True, but I still think the Yes side will coast this.

About 60-40 in the end I'd imagine.

ArmaniJeanss

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

Yes, but this poll is going to bear no resemblance whatsoever to the end result. I've seen it before when Boards have held these sorts of polls. The boardsies demographic is not reflective of the general public.

Maybe someone who understands the vagaries of the search engine can find if we did an SSM exit poll.
From memory our Yes vote was around 13 points higher than the actual result, but don't know if that was exit poll or ongoing thread poll. Would be some sort of guide anyway.

Gloomtastic!

Wouldn’t it be great if it was an 80% yes vote - is Boards a true representation of Ireland today?

Voted Yes! Polling Station was full of aul wans though, you could virtually see them counting their rosary beads.

Come on the Yes’s!! :nervous:

Sierra Oscar

I reckon we're heading for a big yes vote, in the region of 60%. It could even be higher than that.

At the start of the campaign I thought the no side would edge it, but there's a real sense of energy around the yes campaign. I'm also taken aback by how shaky the no vote is outside of the large urban areas where it was assumed it would be solid. I can see most constituencies voting yes, 50 - 52% with Dublin and large urban areas approaching 70%. The no vote is far too weak in the rural areas for the referendum to be rejected.

Mutant z

Hector Bellend wrote: »

This votes seems rather brexit-ish to me.

In the sense that we are being a straight yes or no vote.

I'm very much open to correction but why wasnt the legislation drafted before the vote

We could then see what we are actually voting for..

It seems pretty straight forward to me.

mach1982

I think this poll will be slightly skew as most people on broads are very liberal , and a lot people who will vote no may not feel safe expressing that they voted no especially on social media. Honestly I think it will probably pass, it will be very close 40/50 or closer, so just remember what ever way it goes respect the other side, be gracious in either defeat or victory because the battle will be over but the debate will go on .

theyoungchap

Plenty (not all) of the #HomeToVote people are egotistic, narcissistic tool boxes who just want to post about it on Facebook and everybody to like what they are doing.

Next week they will be up in arms about climate change/Trump/etc.

Donnielighto

Nettle Soup wrote: »

Nonsense.

Under the 1992 Electoral Act, Irish citizens who have left Ireland for no longer than 18 months are still entitled to vote

To be clear I meant ones like that. It read like a family living overseas came home to vote.

c68zapdsm5i1ru

Larbre34 wrote: »

I knew this, but I must say Im aware of plenty of folk personally who are coming home to vote that have been living permanently out of Ireland for far longer than 18 months. They usually get their parents to keep them registered at the home place whenever the register is updated each year.

I know too these folk will be a much greater mass of Yes than No voters, but all the same it has to be stopped. It makes a mockery of the electoral act and true representative democracy.

There should be a heavy fine for anyone who attests to someone being resident in a home when they arent, just so they can vote illegally.

These people are idiots. It has already been stated that if it is suspected that a significant number of votes have been cast by people no longer eligible, the losing side will very likely take a legal case to have the result declared void.

Why would you risk this after all the hassle, expense and emotion that has been poured into this referendum? It is a totally selfish act to vote when you know you shouldn't.

o1s1n

mach1982 wrote: »

I think this poll will be slightly skew as most people on broads are very liberal , and a lot people who will vote no may not feel safe expressing that they voted no especially on social media. Honestly I think it will probably pass, it will be very close 40/50 or closer, so just remember what ever way it goes respect the other side, be gracious in either defeat or victory because the battle will be over but the debate will go on .

What about the remaining 10%?!

Gloomtastic!

mach1982 wrote: »

I think this poll will be slightly skew as most people on broads are very liberal , and a lot people who will vote no may not feel safe expressing that they voted no especially on social media. Honestly I think it will probably pass, it will be very close 40/50 or closer, so just remember what ever way it goes respect the other side, be gracious in either defeat or victory because the battle will be over but the debate will go on .

Poll on The Journal.ie gives 80% as well.....

theyoungchap

Donnielighto wrote: »

Schrodingers idiot/asshole everyone!

Chill out, I was having a bit of a laugh. No need to be so sensitive!!

c68zapdsm5i1ru

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Wouldn’t it be great if it was an 80% yes vote - is Boards a true representation of Ireland today?

Voted Yes! Polling Station was full of aul wans though, you could virtually see them counting their rosary beads.

Come on the Yes’s!! :nervous:

I think it will be a Yes win, but are childish and rude statements like this one really necessary?

cagefactor

theyoungchap wrote: »

Plenty (not all) of the #HomeToVote people are egotistic, narcissistic tool boxes who just want to post about it on Facebook and everybody to like what they are doing.

Next week they will be up in arms about climate change/Trump/etc.

Totally agree about this. Attention seekers looking for as many likes as possible to gratify whatever miserable lives they have abroad.

_Dara_

eviltwin wrote: »

they have voting cards and they voted. they are adults do it's their choice and I love choice

My sister was on the register in a polling station she hasn’t voted at in well over a decade. Happens all the time. Being issued a polling card doesn’t confer eligibility.

ELM327

cagefactor wrote: »

So if you can get an abortion or not is high up your list of criteria for choosing where to live. The mind boggles and I am a Yes voter.

Perhaps s/he was more concerned with the health impacts of the 8th, and not abortion itself.

Donnielighto

AtomicHorror wrote: »

If they lived here before and plan to, even possibly, again, they have a right and would be fools not to take an interest in their home.

What I suspect you don't like is that the people open-minded enough to see the world are much much more likely to vote yes.

I'm for the change but I also think laws are important, I know, crazy.

questionmark?

Yes. Fairly brisk at the polling station at 10am. East Cork.

Cantona's Collars

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Wouldn’t it be great if it was an 80% yes vote - is Boards a true representation of Ireland today?

Voted Yes! Polling Station was full of aul wans though, you could virtually see them counting their rosary beads.

Come on the Yes’s!! :nervous:

My local one was being invaded by auld folk. I then realized that mass was just over.
Walking in,there was one old woman saying to a group that she knew "I hope ye voted No".
Even with all the old voters, there was a lot of younger ones too. Many were people that I'd know to see and the type that normally wouldn't be seen near a polling booth if it was an election.
Here's hoping this demographic are voting Yes.

c68zapdsm5i1ru

eviltwin wrote: »

they have voting cards and they voted. they are adults do it's their choice and I love choice

Getting a voting card does not mean they are automatically entitled to vote. They are adults who should ascertain for themselves whether they should be voting. By voting illegally they, and their ilk, could be putting the legality of the result in jeopardy.

Especially with people like you openly stating on the internet that members of your family, who do not fulfill the criteria to vote, went ahead and voted anyhow.

ebbsy

Voted Yes.

I am not sure how many young people will vote No, and they seem to be very active in this vote. Could make a very big difference.

I think it will be at least 60/40, a comfortable margin.

theyoungchap

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

My local one was being invaded by auld folk. I then realized that mass was just over.
Walking in,there was one old woman saying to a group that she knew "I hope ye voted No".
Even with all the old voters, there was a lot of younger ones too. Many were people that I'd know to see and the type that normally wouldn't be seen near a polling booth if it was an election.
Here's hoping this demographic are voting Yes.

Regardless of how they are voting, people deciding what they want to vote in and when is exactly the reason we have the same old same old governing us.

If people want change, like they say they do, there is no point turning out today in huge numbers and not setting foot in a polling booth at the next general election and waiting until the next referendum that interests them to vote again.

The status quo know to look after the old fogy's as they know they are the only guaranteed voters - this is causing more problems than we think.

If we have another general election later this year (which is likely), people need to vote then as well.

freshpopcorn

I voted for Maire Geoghegan Quinn!

eviltwin

Mavis Some Insignia wrote: »

Getting a voting card does not mean they are automatically entitled to vote. They are adults who should ascertain for themselves whether they should be voting. By voting illegally they, and their ilk, could be putting the legality of the result in jeopardy.

Especially with people like you openly stating on the internet that members of your family, who do not fulfill the criteria to vote, went ahead and voted anyhow.

Feel free to put in a complaint if it doesn't go your way

An Ri rua

Neon_Lights wrote:

This is going to turn into a herbal essences ad " yes, yes, YES, YESSS!!!"

Nope. Non, pas de tout.

I voted No this morning and I'll vote No later on tonight again.

readyletsgo

ewc78 wrote: »

I voted No.

Well, I don't agree, but at least you used your right to vote. That's a good thing either way.

seamus

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Beautiful morning for a stroll down memory lane to my old primary school to help put something else down memory lane.

Indeed. My polling station is my old primary school but also my duaghter's current one. I enjoyed the symbolism of us both using the same building to secure her future.

Mavis Some Insignia wrote: »

Getting a voting card does not mean they are automatically entitled to vote. They are adults who should ascertain for themselves whether they should be voting.

Well, no. Presuming that someone has been registered in good faith - i.e. without falsifying or omitting information, then they do not have to do anything further to ensure they're entitled to vote.

If they have the voting card they are entitled to vote.