Abysmal election for the far right and Daly and Wallace both did horrendously. Fantastic.
Obviously I’d have preferred for FF/FG to do worse but decent result for Labour and the SocDems.
Wonderful-Travel-626 on
National Party: Leader “Disputed”. Lol
LordyIHopeThereIsPie on
Maybe Reddit will finally accept a lot of people are happy with the two main parties in government.
cohanson on
The best thing the Soc Dems can do now is avoid going into government, if the offer is put out.
Labour will jump at it and be punished in the next election, and Soc Dems will soak up the Labour votes.
I can see them being a big contender in the next election, if it plays out like that.
FunkLoudSoulNoise on
FF on top. That’s fucked up. They’ll be no change here now only an acceleration of neo liberalist economics. For those who didn’t vote, fuck ye, ye deserve to be screwed over.
fenderbloke on
Irish Freedom having a typo in their count (no comma) makes me think someone is editing the numbers
More-Investment-2872 on
I’d imagine that the two largest parties by first preference, FF & FG, will probably do a deal with some independents to form a government. Niche parties like PBP, Labour, and Social Democrats, will most likely have minimal influence in the next government.
Chemical_Sir_5835 on
Is the Aontú vote coming from Sinn Féin?
Margrave75 on
SEVEN new parties this election?
TheStoicNihilist on
The Greens and PBP are less popular than Aontú 💀
Orange__And__Green on
National party, leader disputed… You can’t make this sh*t up….
shorelined on
I feared the worst and thought that the four dickhead parties (National, Ireland First, Irish People, Irish Freedom) could be in for big gains. Their overall first-preference votes are still half of PBP, but just flicking through random results you can see big transfers between them and Sinn Fein, which makes me wonder about the disconnect between SF’s traditional base and their leadership.
The far-right are useful idiots designed to drag Irish politics as a whole to the right. In other countries they’ve become electable, Ireland seems a way from that but they have an influence that seemingly outweighs their polling day impact, because there’s an awful lot of people who aren’t voting at all. The figureheads and terminally online vloggers and dog-kickers will still get their pay cheques, but the winner here is the people who have paid them a pittance to scare the major parties into adopting more right-wing to talking points, as a response to their own crap policies.
sandybeachfeet on
Party for Animal Welfare, never heard of them, but I like the sound of them
amadan_an_iarthair on
So, 0.6% of the voting population voted for the out-and-out Far Right. Quality.
CheraDukatZakalwe on
It’s funny, a lot of the commentary here is how awful FF & FG are, and how SF are our only hopes.
And yet, SF have 100K fewer first preference votes than last time round, while FF and FG are as popular as ever.
I honestly think that SF are one of the worst opposition parties this country has ever had and that FG should go into opposition and be an honest alternative.
I think the shinners should be part of the next government as the junior party, like what should have happened in 2020, and let them get their hands dirty and be forced to make and defend controversial policies.
FleetingMercury on
More of the same shite. Thank fuck I’m emigrating.
Old_Gregg97 on
Social Democrats got a decent boost to their numbers, i wonder how many seats they are gona end up with at the end of the counting.
snazzydesign on
“National Party” can’t even agree on who’s the leader? FFS 🤣
cavityarchaic on
time for me to pack my bags then so. i’m 20 years old, i feel so defeated. like my future in this country is over before it even began. what an absolute embarrassment these results are
twistingmelonman on
Heard a journalist who characterised the election as people saying ‘Mé Féin rather than Sinn Féin’.
Neat_Expression_5380 on
What a job from the Soc Dems
Natural-Audience-438 on
Lorna Bogue has gotten serious screen time over the years relative to how many people actually vote for her.
Oldestswinger on
Marie Shrlock saves the day in Dublin Central🍾🍾🍾
NotAnotherOne2024 on
Concerning that combined the far right leaning parties have achieved a 35k+ votes as new parties.
Given their infancy they’re obviously operating amateur setups and have anyone they can get as candidates standing for them but caution is seriously needed.
If the far right movement here was able to attract a handful of competent individuals, who could properly organise and merge the parties, we could very well see a rise of party similar to AfD in Germany.
CreditorsAndDebtors on
The support for independents went up slightly despite the fact that several formerly independent TDs formed the new Independent Ireland party.
Combine55Blazer on
Aontu sixth most popular.
GreenElectronic8873 on
This sunk the nail for me I’m emigrating I won’t be having four more years.of this
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Greens have taken a hammering this election.
Abysmal election for the far right and Daly and Wallace both did horrendously. Fantastic.
Obviously I’d have preferred for FF/FG to do worse but decent result for Labour and the SocDems.
National Party: Leader “Disputed”. Lol
Maybe Reddit will finally accept a lot of people are happy with the two main parties in government.
The best thing the Soc Dems can do now is avoid going into government, if the offer is put out.
Labour will jump at it and be punished in the next election, and Soc Dems will soak up the Labour votes.
I can see them being a big contender in the next election, if it plays out like that.
FF on top. That’s fucked up. They’ll be no change here now only an acceleration of neo liberalist economics. For those who didn’t vote, fuck ye, ye deserve to be screwed over.
Irish Freedom having a typo in their count (no comma) makes me think someone is editing the numbers
I’d imagine that the two largest parties by first preference, FF & FG, will probably do a deal with some independents to form a government. Niche parties like PBP, Labour, and Social Democrats, will most likely have minimal influence in the next government.
Is the Aontú vote coming from Sinn Féin?
SEVEN new parties this election?
The Greens and PBP are less popular than Aontú 💀
National party, leader disputed… You can’t make this sh*t up….
I feared the worst and thought that the four dickhead parties (National, Ireland First, Irish People, Irish Freedom) could be in for big gains. Their overall first-preference votes are still half of PBP, but just flicking through random results you can see big transfers between them and Sinn Fein, which makes me wonder about the disconnect between SF’s traditional base and their leadership.
The far-right are useful idiots designed to drag Irish politics as a whole to the right. In other countries they’ve become electable, Ireland seems a way from that but they have an influence that seemingly outweighs their polling day impact, because there’s an awful lot of people who aren’t voting at all. The figureheads and terminally online vloggers and dog-kickers will still get their pay cheques, but the winner here is the people who have paid them a pittance to scare the major parties into adopting more right-wing to talking points, as a response to their own crap policies.
Party for Animal Welfare, never heard of them, but I like the sound of them
So, 0.6% of the voting population voted for the out-and-out Far Right. Quality.
It’s funny, a lot of the commentary here is how awful FF & FG are, and how SF are our only hopes.
And yet, SF have 100K fewer first preference votes than last time round, while FF and FG are as popular as ever.
I honestly think that SF are one of the worst opposition parties this country has ever had and that FG should go into opposition and be an honest alternative.
I think the shinners should be part of the next government as the junior party, like what should have happened in 2020, and let them get their hands dirty and be forced to make and defend controversial policies.
More of the same shite. Thank fuck I’m emigrating.
Social Democrats got a decent boost to their numbers, i wonder how many seats they are gona end up with at the end of the counting.
“National Party” can’t even agree on who’s the leader? FFS 🤣
time for me to pack my bags then so. i’m 20 years old, i feel so defeated. like my future in this country is over before it even began. what an absolute embarrassment these results are
Heard a journalist who characterised the election as people saying ‘Mé Féin rather than Sinn Féin’.
What a job from the Soc Dems
Lorna Bogue has gotten serious screen time over the years relative to how many people actually vote for her.
Marie Shrlock saves the day in Dublin Central🍾🍾🍾
Concerning that combined the far right leaning parties have achieved a 35k+ votes as new parties.
Given their infancy they’re obviously operating amateur setups and have anyone they can get as candidates standing for them but caution is seriously needed.
If the far right movement here was able to attract a handful of competent individuals, who could properly organise and merge the parties, we could very well see a rise of party similar to AfD in Germany.
The support for independents went up slightly despite the fact that several formerly independent TDs formed the new Independent Ireland party.
Aontu sixth most popular.
This sunk the nail for me I’m emigrating I won’t be having four more years.of this
How are the top 3 still getting so many votes
This country deserves it punishment