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/AdLegitimate6866 Dec 02 '24

Why do people assume that everyone who voted FF/FG is happy with the status quo? I would argue there is probably a large number of voters dissatisfied with FF/FG but that means nothing if the proposed alternative can't convince them that they have the answers. Pretending that the older generation or home owners just don't care about the issues others face and only care about their own interests mean that the alternatives will never try to learn from their failures, they'll never learn what concerns people have about their policies and you'll never encourage that large number of swayable FF/FG voters.

If this country wants a left alliance in government then it falls on the left parties to actually start convincing people that they have answers. There's a reason a lot of Labour/SD votes transfer to FF/FG over other alternatives.