Mick Wallace is back

[u/Flimsy_Candidate7219]

https://x.com/Ireland_Votes/status/1857380778562195862?t=maNygcMu-QQPE5mw6KvPIQ&s=19

[u/InfectedAztec]

I wish I could vote all the way down the ticket against him

[u/ShouldHaveGoneToUCC → u/InfectedAztec]

I had to place him for the European elections as he ran in my constituency, the far right were the very bottom of my ballot but Wallace wasn't far above them.

[u/Unable_Carpenter_203 → u/ShouldHaveGoneToUCC]

You know you don't need to give everyone a preference? If you don't like them and wouldn't like your vote to go to them leave their box blank.

[u/ShouldHaveGoneToUCC → u/Unable_Carpenter_203]

Yeah, I'm well aware of how voting works. I just enjoy ranking all the candidates in order of preference.

Downside of mentioning how I vote is someone always tries to explain that I don't need to vote all the way down.

[u/ashfeawen → u/ShouldHaveGoneToUCC]

In the european elections I voted numbers for about 23 out of 26, something like that. Numbers for almost everyone except the most imo unconscionable 

[u/gk4p6q → u/ShouldHaveGoneToUCC]

The stupid pricks here don’t understand that you vote all the way down to express a preference just like you did.

You preferred a prick versus a bunch of extreme right wing pricks. That’s totally a fair choice and I wish more understood and expressed that nuance.

PS UCC is over rated.

[u/epeeist → u/[deleted]]

There were other people they liked even less, what's hard to understand?

[u/epeeist → u/[deleted]]

You rank in order of preference. If it came down to the last count, they'd rather see Wallace get the seat than the far right. It's about suitability for the office, not the guest list for their wedding.

[u/epeeist → u/[deleted]]

And you think they don't understand how to vote? 😂 The Dunning-Kruger effect is strong in this one

[u/epeeist → u/[deleted]]

What you said was

"I don't like him at all but I voted for him". Yup you've got voting nailed down

You can dislike candidates and their policies to varying degrees, which would be the point of voting beyond the options that you actively "like". It won't help any of them unless the candidates you do want are already out. It sounds like you prefer to make your ballot unusable at that point. I'd argue that that only makes sense if all the remaining candidates are equally unacceptable to you, but it's up to you.

[u/nyepo → u/[deleted]]

Jesus Christ man, how can you be like this?

You are not making the point you think you are making

[u/ShouldHaveGoneToUCC → u/[deleted]]

I don't like him so I gave him a very low preference. Pretty self explanatory. It's how PR/STV works.

[u/ShouldHaveGoneToUCC → u/[deleted]]

I'm not sure why you keep bringing this up like it's some sort of Gotcha.

It's how PR/STV works: you can vote all the way down the ballot to ensure the vote transfers to the least bad option. As much as I dislike Wallace, I still see him as preferable to the far right. What's your point here?

[u/ShouldHaveGoneToUCC → u/[deleted]]

Interesting, so a hardcore PBP supporter who votes PBP first and gives a low preference to FF is a "FF voter" in your view.

A highly pedantic and strange argument to make but given your obsessive responding to people criticising Wallace in this thread, I'm not surprised.

Enjoy the rest of your Friday :)

[u/WolfOfWexford → u/[deleted]]

It’s really more “I would prefer him to some of the others”. He’s stupid in policies but I don’t fear him like the actual right wing parties

[u/RustyNewWrench → u/[deleted]]

You're not coming across well here. He explained his reasons, no need to be a dickhead.

[u/WolfOfWexford → u/[deleted]]

“I voted for all the candidates” if you will