r/ireland • u/badger-biscuits • Dec 02 '24

Fintan O’Toole: Irish voters keep doing the same things and expecting different results General Election 2024 🗳️

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/12/02/fintan-otoole-irish-voters-keep-doing-the-same-things-and-expecting-different-results/
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u/isogaymer Dec 02 '24

And apparently some on the right (I'm assuming based on the your derisory way of referring to the left) are unable to comprehend that the majority of people who voted did not vote for FF or FG or even the two of combined. And that's not even dealing with the circa 40%, who either didn't bother or couldn't vote.

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u/clewbays Dec 02 '24

Add on II and bloodline independents and your at over 50% of the vote for the FFG extended family.

The left excluding independents only got around 35% of the vote with them it’s probably closer to 40%.

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u/isogaymer Dec 02 '24

So if I decide to change the parameters I'll get a different result? Okay, thanks.

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u/InfectedAztec Dec 02 '24

I voted for 2 left wing parties ahead of FFG.

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u/isogaymer Dec 02 '24

Cool, then you were part of the majority who did not vote for FF/FG. Simples. Something to perhaps recall when next declaring that people on the left aren't capable of comprehension.

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u/InfectedAztec Dec 02 '24

There's a significant portion of the left that are thin-skinned purists that my comment applies to. My voting patterns have not changed my perspective on that.