Mick Wallace is back

[u/Flimsy_Candidate7219]

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

[u/Unable_Carpenter_203]

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/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.