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Poll: So, how did you vote?

  • 01-06-2012 08:11AM
    #1
    Scofflaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,283 ✭✭✭✭


    Our own entirely unscientific exit poll. How did you vote yesterday?

    cordially,
    Scofflaw

    How did you vote in the Fiscal Treaty referendum? 287 votes

    Voted Yes
    0% 0 votes
    Voted No
    50% 146 votes
    Spoiled my vote
    48% 140 votes
    Didn't vote
    0% 1 vote


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Comments

  • #2
    beeftotheheels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,675 ✭✭✭beeftotheheels


    Voted yes just before 08.00 yesterday.


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 53,068 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Voted yes in the end, though it saddened me to do so.


  • #4
    PopeBuckfastXVI
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,155 ✭✭✭PopeBuckfastXVI


    Didn't vote as I was taken off the register.

    It's a conspiracy I tells ya!


  • #5
    stefanovich
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,490 ✭✭✭stefanovich


    Voted no.


  • #6
    Bringbackrafa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 ✭Bringbackrafa


    I was all set to Vote Yes. But certain campaigners have really annoyed me so I changed my mind. Still don't think No has a hope.


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  • #7
    mathie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭mathie


    Bringbackrafa wrote: »
    I was all set to Vote Yes. But certain campaigners have really annoyed me so I changed my mind. Still don't think No has a hope.

    You'er dead right...

    "0943 A tally in Dublin North has Yes at 40% and No at 60%.

    0939 With 10% of boxes open in Dublin North West, the tally has Yes at 47% and No at 52%."

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0601/fiscal-treaty-referendum-count-to-begin.html


  • #8
    celticbest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭celticbest


    Voted NO & used a pen instead of the stupid 'pencils' supplied....


  • #9
    quaalude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,198 ✭✭✭quaalude


    20120531-170955.jpg


  • #10
    maddragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 589 ✭✭✭maddragon


    Voted No.


  • #11
    FutureGuy
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 15,263 Mod ✭✭✭✭FutureGuy


    With all factors weighed in, voted Yes. Disliked doing it, but would have hated voting No so much more.


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 534 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    mathie wrote: »
    You'er dead right...

    "0943 A tally in Dublin North has Yes at 40% and No at 60%.

    0939 With 10% of boxes open in Dublin North West, the tally has Yes at 47% and No at 52%."

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0601/fiscal-treaty-referendum-count-to-begin.html

    Voted yes. Dublin north and north west is hardly representative of the rest of the country. Id safely say a no vote was expected in those areas
    No boxes opened in cork have favoured a no vote!


  • #13
    meglome
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,978 ✭✭✭meglome


    Bringbackrafa wrote: »
    I was all set to Vote Yes. But certain campaigners have really annoyed me so I changed my mind.

    Yeah right.
    celticbest wrote: »
    Voted NO & used a pen instead of the stupid 'pencils' supplied....

    What is this ridiculous stuff that has popped up in no circles about using a pen instead of a pencil?


    I voted Yes.... unenthusiastically.


  • #14
    Ronin247
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,256 ✭✭✭Ronin247


    Reluctant NO vote from me.Wish the yes side had inspired confidence in me but they didnt.


  • #15
    stefanovich
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,490 ✭✭✭stefanovich


    meglome wrote: »
    What is this ridiculous stuff that has popped up in no circles about using a pen instead of a pencil?
    The people counting the votes have been infiltrated by FG/FF black ops with erasers.


  • #16
    meglome
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,978 ✭✭✭meglome


    stefanovich wrote: »
    The people counting the votes have been infiltrated by FG/FF black ops with erasers.

    Unfortunately I fear that is what people do actually believe, no matter how ridiculous it is.


  • #17
    stefanovich
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,490 ✭✭✭stefanovich


    Some coordinated attempt to subvert the will of the people is definitely far-fetched and trending toward the ridiculous but I would not be so surprised if there was some level of fraud going on, even if it was one or two corrupt tally men.


  • #18
    CptMackey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭CptMackey


    Voted yes in the end. Read and read on the treaty and ignored the bull on both sides in the end, both the yes for jobs and no to everything


  • #19
    Battered Mars Bar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 672 ✭✭✭Battered Mars Bar


    Voted no, informed decision on my part with a broader long term perspective.


  • #20
    Mance Rayder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Mance Rayder


    Voted yes.


  • #21
    johngalway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    I voted yes :)


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  • #22
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 29,760 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    meglome wrote: »
    What is this ridiculous stuff that has popped up in no circles about using a pen instead of a pencil?

    Well to be fair, what IS the reason for it? Why AREN'T pens used??


  • #23
    Diamond_Ninja
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 223 ✭✭Diamond_Ninja


    I didn't vote, it went against everything I believe about voting and it's the first time ever but after dedicating my entire day yesterday to researching this treaty, reading facts, articles, peoples opinions.. I realised that I still had absolutely no idea whether I wanted to vote Yes or No.. That really scares me.. So I said rather than voting for something I wasn't convinced about that I would abstain. I hope that the low turn out was a result of not knowing rather than cant be bothered!


  • #24
    DoesNotCompute
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭DoesNotCompute


    I voted Yes, but grudgingly so. I felt the No side didn't provide a convincing argument as to where funds would be sought if we voted no. Also, the prospect of freaking out the markets and scaring away potential investors by rejecting the Treaty was a deciding factor in my decision.


  • #25
    Da Shins Kelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭Da Shins Kelly


    Voted no and it saddens me that it seems like people were scared into voting yes.


  • #26
    BluntGuy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,468 ✭✭✭BluntGuy


    Voted yes.

    Voted "no" to Lisbon but I can admit to being misinformed in some regards during that campaign. I'd probably vote "yes" to it were it held again now.


  • #27
    Zamboni
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,292 ✭✭✭Zamboni


    Da Shins Kelly wrote: »
    Voted no and it saddens me that it seems like people were scared into voting yes.

    Agreed.
    There is already a trend of begrudging yes votes.
    Smacks of a weak downtrodden electorate or a child being forced to do its homework or no supper.


  • #28
    apache6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65 ✭✭apache6


    Voted No, but looks like the Yes side have won. We will look back on this in years to come as the day the Irish surrendered Democracy.
    Shut up and pay up from here on in - anyone for property tax of 3,000 a year - Irish Times report today, great timing.


  • #29
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,865 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    stefanovich wrote: »
    ...I would not be so surprised if there was some level of fraud going on, even if it was one or two corrupt tally men.
    How could tally men change votes?
    Kaiser2000 wrote: »
    Well to be fair, what IS the reason for it? Why AREN'T pens used??
    I suspect it's because pencils are more reliable - they don't leak or run out of ink. I don't know for sure, though.


  • #30
    meglome
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,978 ✭✭✭meglome


    apache6 wrote: »
    Voted No, but looks like the Yes side have won. We will look back on this in years to come as the day the Irish surrendered Democracy.
    Shut up and pay up from here on in - anyone for property tax of 3,000 a year - Irish Times report today, great timing.

    People keep saying we're losing our democracy but when they explain why it's usually a fundamental misunderstanding of what the treaty actually does. I can't help but notice it was exactly the same with Lisbon.


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  • #31
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,865 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    oscarBravo wrote: »
    I suspect it's because pencils are more reliable - they don't leak or run out of ink. I don't know for sure, though.
    Actually, another reason occurred to me: a pencil (especially a fairly hard pencil like the one I used yesterday) doesn't leave quite such a dark mark on the paper, and makes it harder to see at a glance through the folded ballot paper which way the vote was cast.

    Again, pure speculation on my part.


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