If there was an election tomorrow, who would you vote for?

token101 · 25-01-2014 09:24PM

Me? wrote: »

Sinn Fein. I believe they are the only one's with the guts to take on the establishment.

What establishment?? What does that actually mean?? Who are they taking on??

25-01-2014 09:31PM

Anyone voting for sinn fein has to be a troll!

Hedgemeister · 25-01-2014 09:32PM

SF would promise anything to get bums on seats on the rostrum outside the GPO for the 1916/2016 marchpast.
That's why Gerry is hanging on by his fingernails.

PropJoe10 · 25-01-2014 09:32PM

Ned Flanders

Annasopra · 25-01-2014 09:34PM

I think the locals and Europeans on May 23rd will be fascinating.

I reckon a huge plethora of independents will get elected and that long term 2 new left and right parties could form from these before the 2016 election.

keano_afc · 25-01-2014 09:37PM

Independents, primarily. Fine Gael have flattered to deceive, they are utterly spineless. Enda cant even debate in public, and they have helped the rich get richer and done very little to move us towards an era of honest politics. The Irish Water scandal just being the latest example

Annasopra · 25-01-2014 09:37PM

I can't take Sinn Fein seriously. In the North they implement many of the policies they claim to oppose down south.

To me they seem to be on the way to becoming FF lite. Populist.

diomed · 25-01-2014 09:37PM

Shane Ross

Sunnyisland · 25-01-2014 09:38PM

Hedgemeister wrote: »

SF would promise anything to get bums on seats on the rostrum outside the GPO for the 1916/2016 marchpast.
That's why Gerry is hanging on by his fingernails.

Yes your right,

That's why I am so glad we have other parties that keep all there promises and to there manifesto,s,

This seems to be turning into another SF bashing thread, Wonder what there doing right ?

Widescreen · 25-01-2014 09:41PM

To put it simply;I will not be voting for either a Fine Gael or Labour candidate

Reason- Property Tax farce whereby someone who sold an investment property before the end of 2013 had to pay the 2014 tax .. that was just a blatant rip off.

One bully boy step too far by the government (Ooops I mean the revenue commisioners whose responsibility that is

Sunnyisland · 25-01-2014 09:42PM

mango salsa wrote: »

I think the locals and Europeans on May 23rd will be fascinating.

I reckon a huge plethora of independents will get elected and that long term 2 new left and right parties could form from these before the 2016 election.

That pylon issue will cost the goverment a few votes.

Galwayguy35 · 25-01-2014 09:42PM

ahnowbrowncow wrote: »

Why would you vote for her?

She's a straight talker, a rare commodity in Dail Eireann.

Arthur Beesley · 25-01-2014 09:43PM

BanAllFirearms wrote: »

Sinn Fein
Gerry Adams would do a great job running this country

Well he knows how to keep secrets anyway.

hatrickpatrick · 25-01-2014 09:45PM

Clandestine wrote: »

None.

The socially liberal parties are too socialistic
The capitalist parties are too socially conservative and not free enough for me.

This is exactly my issue.
It speaks volumes about Irish politics when an inevitable new party finally emerges, but is straight away blighted by absolute muppets such as Fidelma "Facebook Rape" Healy Eames.

This new reform alliance has demonstrated exactly what we need - a new party which pushes policies pretty much entirely the opposite of what these clowns are proposing.

RayM · 25-01-2014 09:46PM

mango salsa wrote: »

I can't take Sinn Fein seriously. In the North they implement many of the policies they claim to oppose down south.

To me they seem to be on the way to becoming FF lite. Populist.

That kind of thing is true of all parties though. Fine Gael and (particularly) Labour are implementing the kind of policies they'd be vehemently opposing if they weren't in government. And Fianna Fail are vehemently opposing the kind of policies that they'd be implementing if they were in government. Basically, every word uttered by any politician - from whatever party - can easily be countered with, "well, you would say that, wouldn't you?"

Deedsie · 25-01-2014 10:08PM

I would vote for Sinn Féin. This anyone but Sinn Féin lark gets tiresome.

What is wrong with voting for Sinn Féin?

Someone give me the top five reasons against it? Please leave out the troubles for this one.

Just keep it to policy issues for a moment?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 25-01-2014 10:10PM

Deedsie wrote: »

I would vote for Sinn Féin. This anyone but Sinn Féin lark gets tiresome.

What is wrong with voting for Sinn Féin?

Someone give me the top five reasons against it? Please leave out the troubles for this one.

Just keep it to policy issues for a moment?

Can't list 5 because they don't seem to have any real policies. Hence, anybody but SF!

Annasopra · 25-01-2014 10:13PM

January February March April wrote: »

I went to a certain carwash in Santry (I won't say which one) and it was ****. My car is making a funny noise after coming out of it and the car is still fucking dirty. I was essentially robbed of 6 Euro. Thieving scum.

Is that who you're voting for?

hatrickpatrick · 25-01-2014 10:55PM

Deedsie wrote: »

I would vote for Sinn Féin. This anyone but Sinn Féin lark gets tiresome.

What is wrong with voting for Sinn Féin?

Someone give me the top five reasons against it? Please leave out the troubles for this one.

Just keep it to policy issues for a moment?

"Leave out the troubles for this one" is a strange criterion. It'd be like saying "Give me five reasons not to vote for Stalin besides the genocides.

Arthur Beesley · 25-01-2014 10:59PM

Deedsie wrote: »

I would vote for Sinn Féin. This anyone but Sinn Féin lark gets tiresome.

What is wrong with voting for Sinn Féin?

Someone give me the top five reasons against it? Please leave out the troubles for this one.

Just keep it to policy issues for a moment?

Are we supposed to leave out The Disappeared also? And the continuing criminality of the IRA members?

jonnny68 · 26-01-2014 12:04AM

Independent or people before profit, I'll never in a million years again vote for any of the main party's, it's just like a vicious merry go round with them.

FG /FF /SF/Labour are all the same regardless who gets into power it'll be the same, impose more and more austerity and cuts, bail out bankers while many people struggle to keep a roof over their heads and put food on the table.

Young and old alike emigrate in their droves because of unemployment.

Independents and people before profit should try and merge together and I believe they would make a difference, you won't see them bailing out bankers

Axel Lamp · 26-01-2014 12:06AM

Deedsie wrote: »

Please leave out the troubles for this one.

ah come on

Teyla Emmagan · 26-01-2014 12:44AM

I suppose it'd have to be FG, although the prospect fills me with little pleasure. Best of a bad lot.

I'd also drop dead before I'd vote SF.

nice_very · 26-01-2014 12:49AM

OP, how long have you been a member of FG?

Deedsie · 26-01-2014 01:43AM

Okay I'll reduce it to 3 policy reasons not to vote Sinn Féin? Anyone?

The troubles were a terrible horrible thing. Shouldn't have happened but it did. I feel serious sympathy for victims and their families is it not better to try move on now though? It's been 15 years since the GFA. When will Sinn Féin be acceptable to the average voter?

We are a democracy... I'd also vote for a Fianna Fáil candidate if I thought he/she would be the best representative and had policies I believe in. This voting on party lines is a disaster.

There are some good and some bad in all the parties.

Bleating Lamb · 26-01-2014 01:52AM

As Richard Pryor said...NONE OF THE ABOVE!;)

Irish Steve · 26-01-2014 02:06AM

As has been mentioned by several others, the option I want is not on the present system.

None of the above, and it will stay that way until I see policies that will change the system in ways that will make it more accountable to the people, which means that there has to be a local and national recall option that will force a local or national referendum to be called if a number higher than a set % based on the size of the constituency and the number of seats makes a signed request about an issue.

Electronic voting would make management of this concept much simpler, but of course, the last attempt to bring that in was messed up by being so badly implemented, and of course, being able to get the result instantly took all the grandstanding opportunities out for some of the prima donnas that were in office at the time. Nothing like moving with the times, but they were having none of it.

If we had a proper identity card system, that would solve so many issues with voting, and make it possible to have local polls on issues, with voting based on the use of those cards, but that's going beyond the OP's original thread premise.

Zaph · 26-01-2014 02:16AM

Deedsie wrote: »

What is wrong with voting for Sinn Féin?

Please leave out the troubles for this one.

You've just answered your own question about what's wrong with Sinn Féin there. While you might be able to see past the troubles, a great many people in this country can't. It's going to take a long time before that part of their history becomes irrelevant for a lot of prospective voters and, you never know, by then they might even have come up with a credible policy or two.

Sir Arthur Daley · 26-01-2014 04:05AM

I would vote for the party who is doing the most in my area and looking after the people.

Phoebas · 26-01-2014 09:51AM

Deedsie wrote: »

Okay I'll reduce it to 3 policy reasons not to vote Sinn Féin? Anyone?

The troubles were a terrible horrible thing. Shouldn't have happened but it did. I feel serious sympathy for victims and their families is it not better to try move on now though? It's been 15 years since the GFA. When will Sinn Féin be acceptable to the average voter?

We are a democracy... I'd also vote for a Fianna Fáil candidate if I thought he/she would be the best representative and had policies I believe in. This voting on party lines is a disaster.

There are some good and some bad in all the parties.

I suspect SF wont break through until the current leadership who were involved in terrorism step aside.

If there was an election tomorrow, who would you vote for?

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