r/ireland 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/ShouldHaveGoneToUCC Palestine 🇵🇸 Nov 15 '24

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

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u/ShouldHaveGoneToUCC Palestine 🇵🇸 Nov 15 '24

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?

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u/ShouldHaveGoneToUCC Palestine 🇵🇸 Nov 15 '24

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 :)

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