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    Affluenza nazionale al 10%, 12:30.

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    1. Environmental-Net286 on

      Like 5 people at the polling station this morning

    2. AmadanBod on

      Dont worry lads ill be out to vote in a sec, that should pump up the numbers a good bit!!

    3. lamahorses on

      My polling place was very busy when I went to vote. It will be interesting to see the turnout

    4. LucyVialli on

      They always say that bad weather keeps people from voting, but are people really that fickle that they’d let some showers keep them from getting to the polling station?

      Most people are probably driving there, so what does the rain matter? They’d think nothing of hopping in the car to go out the shop, or to drop their kids off for a sleepover tonight.

      Does anyone actually know anyone who would not bother to go vote just because it’s raining?

    6. AUX4 on

      Uninspiring candidates and a campaign defined more by who isn’t running, than is.

    9. jacqueVchr on

      12:30 is still relatively early. No doubt we’re in for a very low turnout, but 10% will be far from the final figure

    10. EchoOfSingularity on

      I mean it’s Catherine vs Heather. Like poopy and a poopier choice. You can’t blame folks being uninterested.

    11. One_Campaign_2592 on

      Yiz are strange in the head, work hasn’t gotten out yet! My ward during the general climbed by nearly 20% after 18.00

    12. mistermightguy on

      It will pick up this evening when people finish work. Turnout will likely end up in the high 30% range.

      I’d have voted after work too only for the fact I worked from home today.

    13. Wonderful_Flower_751 on

      I don’t understand why people are so reluctant to use their hard won vote. You’d swear we were being asked to decide between Hitler and Stalin the way everyone is going on.

      Your vote is important. People lost their lives for it. Use it.

    14. Rumpsfield on

      Voting is terribly important. But I will not be voting today. I just don’t care enough to load the kids into the car to pass a vote for someone I care nothing for.

      Humphreys, Connolly – it is all the same to me. I prefer Connolly very slightly, but again, not enough to vote. What good will my vote do?

      My lack of a vote will join the chorus of apathy the public feel for this election. That is democracy in action. it is just sometimes the action itself is lethargic, meek and impotent.

    16. nursewally on

      We really need to figure out a safe and effective way to let people vote without going to poll booths.

      I had a holiday booked to turkey this time last year and can’t vote.

      How many others are in similar boats or just physically find it difficult to get to the booth, and don’t qualify for postal voting.

    17. ThreeTreesForTheePls on

      Time for the “bad candidates, no turnout” brags as if most of the population is not currently in work.

    18. Daenarys1 on

      Ill be voting after work. I think its open till 10pm so plenty of time for people

    19. CurrencyDesperate286 on

      Are our electoral registers still a terrible benchmark for calculating turnout, or have they actually succeeded in cleaning them up since the last election?

    20. iHyPeRize on

      Lowest turnout in Irish Presidential history was 2018 at 43.9%, partially due to the fact everyone knew Michael D couldn’t lose.

      This one is going to be in that 40/50% too I think. Just 2 poor candidates, I suspect a lot of people will just stay at home.

    21. Character_Pizza_4971 on

      It was busy enough around 10.00am at my polling station. Steady father than as busy at the same time in the GE.

    22. Mammoth-Peanut-8271 on

      I had a Mayo polling station to myself but the lady in charge said it was busy all morning.

    24. whereohwhereohwhere on

      Reminder that the register of electors is woefully out of date so the true figure is higher than this. I live abroad but there was still a polling card sent to me. Also for a dead relative.

    25. GreenHummingBird30 on

      Who cares, honestly? The government don’t give a damn what the public want, I can’t see them caring if we don’t vote.

    26. AwesomeNoodlez on

      myself and my family go later on in the day when everyone’s done with work, i imagine lots more do the same

    27. PalladianPorches on

      Pointless, futile vote and probably the best example of apathy fatigue. We should be **made** to vote in general elections, and the president selected by the dail for the next 4 year period, unlinked to the dail term.

      I guarantee you ZERO people were thinking over the last decade or year that, either of these candidates would be either good at the role, or were in the back of their mind to replace higgins.

      We should keep it like the first president – let’s pick Hyde to give a non-catholic a non-political role during his retirement.

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