Presidential Election.

Isnt that the point of requiring nominations, that they have genuine local support, not just Councillors trolling.

I live in Fingal, particularly the LEA Im in none of them are going to vote in anyone else. I'll email the handful of Indos just in case.

None of the councillors care what I think anyway, I don't have a relationship with them. They only listen to their kitchen cabinet and old biddies.

You can look at the comments under the Laois Councillors who've pledged for Gareth Sheridan, their 'xenophobic' supporters are going wtf are you doing who is this guy, nominate Nick Delehanty!, yet they say they are going to nominate Sheridan….

It's based on the vote % that similar candidates got in the LEs and GE.

Every single time there's been a social issues referendum, we've been told that some cohesive movement will form due to the large conservative vote. Every single time.

You can even find the posts on here or politics.ie after the SSM referendum with people insisting that it'd happen; or after the Repeal referendum predicting that Aontu would take a seat in every constituency as there was enough votes for them. There were people making those claims in the media after the Divorce referendum in 1995.

Every single time, nothing of the sort has occurred. It already has failed to happen from the 2024 ones; yet multiple people are still trying to bang the drum about it happening for Steen for some baffling reason.

Jim Gavin FTW apparently

Dana got 2.9%

It will though, as president she would also be representing those people she campaigned against. Basically she's a Christian fundamentalist and frankly most will have an issue with that.

You say it won't factor in but Joanna Donnelly was asked about how she voted in the likes of the Lisbon treaty. Steen campaigned on behalf of a think tank with a pretty terrible reputation and you don't think that would be a discussion point? Both referendums are still pretty fresh in the public's memories and that's the reality.

You've been pushing the idea that the 2024 referendums are going to come up and create support for Steen, but claiming that other referendums won't…

We have have the trans rights that the UK is scared to death of - self ID - for a decade here. Its as settled as same sex marriage. And regardless, it would be completely irrelevant in a Presidential campaign anyway.

She won't be on the ballot. If she was, no amount of being a "decent media performer" would break her beyond the 2% or so vote there is for fundamentalist right-wingers; for that is what she is and what everyone will know she is.

How she campaigned on two far more important referendums would come up though…

Laois was the only county council to endorse Gemma O'Doherty in 2018 when she was being deservedly ridiculed at every other council she showed up to, must be something in the water down there

why are you talking about steen as though she is an actual candidate? SHES NOT GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT!