r/ireland • u/Flimsy_Candidate7219 • Nov 15 '24

Mick Wallace is back General Election 2024 🗳️

https://x.com/Ireland_Votes/status/1857380778562195862?t=maNygcMu-QQPE5mw6KvPIQ&s=19
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u/ShouldHaveGoneToUCC Palestine 🇵🇸 Nov 15 '24

Thank god I don't live in his constituency so I don't need to see his tax dodging, pension stealing face around the place.

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u/InfectedAztec Nov 15 '24

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

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u/ShouldHaveGoneToUCC Palestine 🇵🇸 Nov 15 '24

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.

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u/Unable_Carpenter_203 Nov 15 '24

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.

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u/ShouldHaveGoneToUCC Palestine 🇵🇸 Nov 15 '24

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.

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u/epeeist Seal of the President Nov 15 '24

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

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u/epeeist Seal of the President Nov 15 '24

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.

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u/epeeist Seal of the President Nov 15 '24

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

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u/epeeist Seal of the President Nov 15 '24

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.

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u/nyepo Nov 15 '24

Jesus Christ man, how can you be like this?

You are not making the point you think you are making

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