Well, the results are in:
The actual results for my constituency: http://www.rte.ie/news/el...results/dublin-west.html
The poll results:
http://www.boards.ie/vote/pr-calc.php?c_id=21
Not that well actually. While the three main elections are correct, they're in the wrong order. The e-poll also gives the final seat as going to Patrick Nulty, rather than Brian Lenihan, though by a close margin. The actual margin ended up being much larger and in the opposite direction.
Otherwise... things appear to be much as was expected. The sitting parties have been absolutely mullered by voters, and there's been a strong shift towards Fine Geal and the Labour party. That could make for a very interesting Dáil, considering that both parties are ideologically somewhat opposite of each other. They may well end up going into coalition together because the other option is an unstable alliance of Independants who will suddenly find themselves very powerful indeed, or Sinn Féin, neither of which are very attactive.
Ah, but such is the beauty of PR-STV to have such a colourful parliament.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?
The actual results for my constituency: http://www.rte.ie/news/el...results/dublin-west.html
The poll results:
http://www.boards.ie/vote/pr-calc.php?c_id=21
Not that well actually. While the three main elections are correct, they're in the wrong order. The e-poll also gives the final seat as going to Patrick Nulty, rather than Brian Lenihan, though by a close margin. The actual margin ended up being much larger and in the opposite direction.
Otherwise... things appear to be much as was expected. The sitting parties have been absolutely mullered by voters, and there's been a strong shift towards Fine Geal and the Labour party. That could make for a very interesting Dáil, considering that both parties are ideologically somewhat opposite of each other. They may well end up going into coalition together because the other option is an unstable alliance of Independants who will suddenly find themselves very powerful indeed, or Sinn Féin, neither of which are very attactive.
Ah, but such is the beauty of PR-STV to have such a colourful parliament.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?