New Posts For Thread: A few observations on GE'16https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30660753/a-few-observations-on-ge16Noticed a few interesting items while scanning through the counts.* Some TDs got elected with as little as 8.8% and even 6.6% (!! )of the 1st preference vote. Zappone was the 6.6 candidate - Dermody was 3% or 2000 votes ahead of her but lost out.*We are supposed to elect people to legislate not to look after parish pumps - thats what local politicians are for. FG and Lab ran bad campaigns but had put the country first - five years ago no one would lend us money and if it hadnt been handled wehttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30660753/a-few-observations-on-ge16?post_id=547987685#547987685We are supposed to elect people to legislate not to look after parish pumps - thats what local politicians are for. FG and Lab ran bad campaigns but had put the country first - five years ago no one would lend us money and if it hadnt been handled weFri, 04 Mar 2016 08:06:15 -0600For me, the purpose of a GE should be to elect representatives capable of acting in the national good for all. As I said in my deleted post what's the point of County Councillors otherwise?My part of the constituency suffers from a lack of direct polhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30660753/a-few-observations-on-ge16?post_id=547987057#547987057For me, the purpose of a GE should be to elect representatives capable of acting in the national good for all. As I said in my deleted post what's the point of County Councillors otherwise?My part of the constituency suffers from a lack of direct polFri, 04 Mar 2016 06:32:38 -0600My apologies, that should read 'if we hadn't local TD's'https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30660753/a-few-observations-on-ge16?post_id=547981865#547981865My apologies, that should read 'if we hadn't local TD's'Thu, 03 Mar 2016 12:56:16 -0600The term parish pump is over used. TD's are supposed to look after the interests of their particular constituencies. I would assume that is why the electorate is split into constituencies. As bad as rural Ireland is now I can only imagine the neglecthttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30660753/a-few-observations-on-ge16?post_id=547981851#547981851The term parish pump is over used. TD's are supposed to look after the interests of their particular constituencies. I would assume that is why the electorate is split into constituencies. As bad as rural Ireland is now I can only imagine the neglectThu, 03 Mar 2016 12:55:10 -0600Great post Wildman. The Healy Rae vote is easily understandable. They do great work for their constituents. People may call this parish pump but thats what happens in constituency elections. The cabinet decides national policies so why should TDs likhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30660753/a-few-observations-on-ge16?post_id=547979349#547979349Great post Wildman. The Healy Rae vote is easily understandable. They do great work for their constituents. People may call this parish pump but thats what happens in constituency elections. The cabinet decides national policies so why should TDs likThu, 03 Mar 2016 07:32:10 -0600In fairness to wildman while I wouldn't agree with many of his views he does have an ability to appraise many situations fairly and accurately.His summation of the election results is one which I would broadly concur with(except the minority governmehttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30660753/a-few-observations-on-ge16?post_id=547979273#547979273In fairness to wildman while I wouldn't agree with many of his views he does have an ability to appraise many situations fairly and accurately.His summation of the election results is one which I would broadly concur with(except the minority governmeThu, 03 Mar 2016 07:23:03 -0600Fine Gael.They should have gone to the country in November,ran a poor campaign yet their vote management was sensational.Carlow Kilkenny,Clare,Dun Laoghaire and Lucinda Creightons constituency were prime examples.They got no reward for their Dail refhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30660753/a-few-observations-on-ge16?post_id=547978357#547978357Fine Gael.They should have gone to the country in November,ran a poor campaign yet their vote management was sensational.Carlow Kilkenny,Clare,Dun Laoghaire and Lucinda Creightons constituency were prime examples.They got no reward for their Dail refThu, 03 Mar 2016 04:43:55 -0600There is a need for Independents imo, Dublin could do with a lot more , for years we in Dublin have been held to ransom by partys more concerned with farmers rights than anything else . Having also worked for the Dept of Agri for a time , and seeinghttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30660753/a-few-observations-on-ge16?post_id=547973473#547973473There is a need for Independents imo, Dublin could do with a lot more , for years we in Dublin have been held to ransom by partys more concerned with farmers rights than anything else . Having also worked for the Dept of Agri for a time , and seeingWed, 02 Mar 2016 13:00:21 -0600Fianna Fail promised to get rid of Irish Water in there Manifesto and hey presto people voted them back into a position of strength.I am not happy that they didnt spend longer in limbo in light of the mess we had to deal with, which no matter what wahttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30660753/a-few-observations-on-ge16?post_id=547973261#547973261Fianna Fail promised to get rid of Irish Water in there Manifesto and hey presto people voted them back into a position of strength.I am not happy that they didnt spend longer in limbo in light of the mess we had to deal with, which no matter what waWed, 02 Mar 2016 12:25:25 -0600PR voting is an absolute joke. People harp on about FPTP and how it affected UKIP in the British elections but similar was seen here with Renua and the GP getting similar % yet Renua end up with nothing. Some of those independent candidates were a dihttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30660753/a-few-observations-on-ge16?post_id=547972847#547972847PR voting is an absolute joke. People harp on about FPTP and how it affected UKIP in the British elections but similar was seen here with Renua and the GP getting similar % yet Renua end up with nothing. Some of those independent candidates were a diWed, 02 Mar 2016 11:35:02 -0600