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

WikiHow wrote: »

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

Fixing the roads and such like :rolleyes:

I'm not saying I would definitely vote for Sinn Féin, I would obviously want to read all the program for government of all the parties and see which one I think would best suit Ireland interests.

I just think the, ABSF thing is a bit hypocritical. Our government supports power sharing in Northern Ireland where the vast majority of the troubles took place. If they are such an unvotable party based on the past of some members, why was our policy not to support direct rule from London?

Shane Ross will get my number one, I'm just happy I have the chance to vote for someone I believe in.

Deedsie wrote: »

I just think the, ABSF thing is a bit hypocritical. Our government supports power sharing in Northern Ireland where the vast majority of the troubles took place. If they are such an unvotable party based on the past of some members, why was our policy not to support direct rule from London?

Our government supports power sharing in Northern Ireland because of various circumstances that prevailed in NI since 1921. In order to put a stop to the killings in the six counties, the Irish, British, and American governments worked together to put in place a legislature that was in some way representative of most of the people of NI. When this was done it was the Ulster Unionist Party and the SDLP who were the major parties involved. Sadly, the voters of NI decided to retreat towards their various hardliners so the DUP and Sinn Fein subsequently came to power.


I believe Sinn Fein will never get anywhere in the Republic of Ireland while Gerry Adams is in charge. His constant denials of IRA membership fly in the face of a huge body of evidence that says otherwise. If the lower levels of Sinn Fein are happy to keep Adams as leader they can't expect to be taken seriously. It's absolutely not hypocritical to say anyone but Sinn Fein.


To answer OPs question, I'm in a dilemma. For most of my adult life I have voted Labour. I'm seriously disappointed by their performance during this administration. They made ridiculous promises prior to the last election such as Labour's way or Frankfurt's way. I have the impression that some of them such as Gilmore, Quinn, Howlin, etc know they are on their last period of being in government and are working out their notice before heading off to the happy pastures of retired-former-minister-land.


I may end up writing none of the above on the ballot paper.

Fine Gael without a doubt. By far the best party on the economy; policies have brought stability, much new investment to the country, reduced unemployment and improved the image of Ireland abroad. Reckon they will go a second term now.

I don't normally vote based on a party but I take it into consideration. First I get a list of all the candidates and start eliminating from that list, first I cross off all candidates which do not have a college education relevant to government, then I eliminate candidates that practice a religion, then any that I disagree with and then vote on whoever is left based on reading over their website.

Judean Peoples Front!

Filibuster wrote: »

Haha "Reform Alliance" - pretty ironic name

What a damp squip that has been. The real headline from yesterday's talk shop was the 2 loudest cheers came from the audience when the Abortion issue came up. Just about sums them up really; Narrow minded, mind-numbingly socially conservative (I'd even go as far as backward) and as far as I'm concerned even anti-democratic (this Legislation was voted through by the majority of our democraticlly elected reps and from what I garner from various opinion polls also supported directly by the majority).

This is going no-where. Lucinda can't even decide whether she wants a party of her own. I'd say she won't put her money where her mouth as it would cost a fortune to set up, and she is not going to spend a penny of her fat state-paid salary on it. That much is obvious.

Phoebas wrote: »

Whatever else you think about Lucinda, she already has put her money where her mouth is when she gave up her big ministerial salary and pension over the abortion issue.

Still has her more than adequate TD salary to keep her going. Forfeiting some salary is not the same as spending your own money at all.