Kathy Sinnot doing bad.

Dr. Baltar

According to RTE's exit polls Kathy Sinnot is failing miserably.

Crowley apparantly has the lead followed closely by Seán Kelly, and where as these two are almost guaranteed the first two seats it appears that Toiréasa Ferris is in third with 13% followed by Colm Burke (FG) with 12%.

That third seat is going to be very close to call. But thank the Gods that Sinnot is failing!

BlitzKrieg

celebration now come on!

Dr. Baltar

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

celebration now come on!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfxCnZ4Dp3c

TheInquisitor

Excellent!!!! . Kathy u so crazy!!

Amalgam

Great!

She's in this clip, happy go lucky..

(I can't embed it, go to it..)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnMtc_QJ4-E

turgon

The only fly in the ointment is Ferris doing so well.

The reason most voted for her is be cause shes hot - stupid democracy.

Anyway, any day Kathy Sinnot loses is a victory for rationalism over ignorance.

Oafley Jones

Amalgam wrote: »

Great!

She's in this clip, happy go lucky..

(I can't embed it, go to it..)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnMtc_QJ4-E

Had to mute the presenter, it really can be a harsh language to listen to.

Delighted she's doing poorly.

Dr. Baltar

turgon wrote: »

The only fly in the ointment is Ferris doing so well.

The reason most voted for her is be cause shes hot - stupid democracy.

Anyway, any day Kathy Sinnot loses is a victory for rationalism over ignorance.

I gave Ferris my number 1 for different reasons. Although, granted, she is hot!

KnifeWRENCH

I am also pleased with this development.

I would rather Ferris or Kelly get elected instead of Burke, but I reckon Burke will nab it. Still, better him than Sinnott!

EKRIUQ

Why the hate rid for Cathy Sinnot here ?

BlitzKrieg

there's a thread further down outlining the dislike.

but to put it in simple terms...Only Irish MEP to be caught stealing.

DDC1990

Hope Treasa Ferris gets in but she's not far enough ahead of Kelly unfortunatly.
She got my number 1 for a few reasons.
1) She's Hot as has been mentioned
2) She's from Kerry and went to my school.
3) I actually like Sinn Féin. The past is the past etc + their stance on the Gaeilge is admerable.
4) F**k the Government!


That is all!

The Mad Hatter

DDC1990 wrote: »

3) I actually like Sinn Féin. The past is the past etc

I don't think this is true - it takes a long time for parties to change.

Your fourth point I can't argue with, though.

is_that_so

Count suspended for the night.

BlitzKrieg

zzz

damn

King of Kings

i think sinott is great - she fought the government for years on an issue that shows how morally bankrupt this state is in it's quest to ignore anything that is not economically benefical - like resources for kids and kids with extra needs.

She is better that a lot of the other shower esp the shinner who think they're mightier than the rest cos they have a few rebel songs and glorify garda killers...not to mention their support of gnagster bullboys in various pasts of the state.

ejmaztec

I suppose that, thanks to the GAA fans, we'll probably end up replacing one lousy MEP with an even lousier one. Even worse than voting FF, and that's saying something.:o

Dr. Baltar

RTÉ reckon it's a battle between Alan Kelly and Sinnott for the final seat.
I gave Ferris my number 1 and Kelly my number 2 in order to make sure Sinnot didn't get elected.

KnifeWRENCH

Knife-WREEENCH wrote: »

I am also pleased with this development.

I would rather Ferris or Kelly get elected instead of Burke, but I reckon Burke will nab it. Still, better him than Sinnott!

Well all the talk about Burke taking the third seat proved to be nonsense. Guess I shouldn't have paid so much attention to those exit polls!

I'm still hoping Ferris picks up enough transfers to push her into third but I know that's probably wishful thinking and it's much more likely that Kelly will get the third seat. Nonetheless, Kelly is definitely more favourable than Sinnott; I gave him my second preference (after Ferris) so that he'd have at least one transfer over Sinnott.

sceptre

Results after count 6 (distribution of Burke's votes) just in:
Ferris: 73389
Kelly A: 78651
Sinnott: 71349

Sean Kelly's surplus is up for distribution next. That's 10180 to be divvied up if my subtraction is still good.

Hitman Actual

Just heard that because the distribution of Sean Kellys surplus is so close, they're doing a recount of the distribution. It's shaping up to be a real battle for the last seat.

Ferris has been eliminated.

Hitman Actual

Deleted User wrote: »

Ferris has been eliminated.

Interesting, they obviously didn't do the recount at all. Apparently Ferris declined the option to recount.

Kelly leading Sinnott by nearly 9,000 votes for the last seat. [Link]

CantGetNoSleep

Hitman Actual wrote: »

Interesting, they obviously didn't do the recount at all. Apparently Ferris declined the option to recount.

Kelly leading Sinnott by nearly 9,000 votes for the last seat. [Link]

But surely Sinnot could get more of Ferris' transfers?

sceptre

Indeed.

Post-count 7:
Ferris: 74480 (elim)
Kelly A: 83921
Sinnott: 75168

688 votes of a gap wasn't much there, I suspect a recount at some point.

Obviously it's close to winner takes all with the Ferris redistribution - with 8753 separating her and Kelly, ignoring non-transferables, Sinnott needs 56% of the transfers to win while Kelly needs 44%.

CantGetNoSleep

sceptre wrote: »

Results after count 6 (distribution of Burke's votes) just in:
Ferris: 73389
Kelly A: 78651
Sinnott: 71349

Sean Kelly's surplus is up for distribution next. That's 10180 to be divvied up if my subtraction is still good.

Just wondering how exactly they distribute this surplus?

Is it the last 10,180 votes he received which are distributed, or is it just 10,180 votes taken randomly?

Hitman Actual

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

But surely Sinnot could get more of Ferris' transfers?

Probably, yeah. But I'm still hoping that the whack-job Sinnott doesn't make it.

ShooterSF

sceptre wrote: »

Indeed.

Post-count 7:
Ferris: 74480 (elim)
Kelly A: 83921
Sinnott: 75168

688 votes of a gap wasn't much there, I suspect a recount at some point.

Obviously it's close to winner takes all with the Ferris redistribution - with 8753 separating her and Kelly, ignoring non-transferables, Sinnott needs 56% of the transfers to win while Kelly needs 44%.

But what if Sinnott gets 56 and Kelly gets 44?

sceptre

ShooterSF wrote: »

But what if Sinnott gets 56 and Kelly gets 44?

Half an hour of extra time, first person to score wins.

Please, don't reply to this anyone, I know what you're thinking so you don't have to say it.

CantGetNoSleep

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

Is it the last 10,180 votes he received which are distributed, or is it just 10,180 votes taken randomly?

Afaik it's the last 10,180 votes he received.

sceptre

Conor's correct.

It's called the Hare method and it's what we use here. We use it mostly because it's the easiest method to use. We're simple folk it seems.

Counting them all and reducing them all proportionally is called the Gregory method (btw, it's named after the Australian guy who came up with it and has nothing to do with Tony Gregory).