March 8th - What’s your vote? **Mod Note In Post #677**

Former Labour politician Kevin Humphreys says it's leaning towards a no on early boxes in Dublin South Central...but remember, it's still very early days. As per Irish Indo

No difference. The trend is too heavy to make any impact

I did clerk in a rural village booth and can say imo it was a decesive no vot maybe as high as 80% so the result will boiil down to the diference in the rural/urban devide .Dublin working class with strong no so at this stage the result is only looking one way!!

They had this rule in UL for any student union votes, think it was a 15% of the student population threshold

People who didn't want something to change just ran "don't vote" campaigns and often nothing got done for the benefit of the majority

Similarly we can't have minorities in this country dictating how the majority live

Glasnevin Tally here from Dublin North West

43% Yes 57% No - Family

30% Yes 70% No - Care

Not bothering to show up to vote is entirely on the electorate. If people aren't happy with the wording, messaging or anything else then get off thr couch and vote to reject it. Laziness should not be rewarded or encouraged.

4 boxes in Kingscourt Cavan showed only a handful of Yes votes

Sample in Birr Offaly showed 80% No in Family vote

In Mountmellick Laois 65% No for Family

Early indications in Meath East and Mayo are for a strong No

I think the last line could also apply to the government in this case. It was a hair brained idea to have these referendums.

If you took 15 of the dumbest weirdos in the country and placed them in the cabinet . . . you'd still have the same cabinet.

Looks like it's a resounding No No

...since the nice treaty.

Absolutely and that is entirely on Government.

The longer this current Government drags on (FG have been in power since 2011) the more arrogant and out of touch they've become. Leo blatantly campaigning outside a polling station is just the latest example.

That's also reflected in the stance on immigration, the complete failure on housing, the most expensive children's hospital in the world that STILL isn't complete (and will probably not be fit for purpose in the end anyway in part because of the location they chose), and lots of other key issues.

It's only right that these should fail. Not as a kicking to them but as a reflection on how they failed on even putting together a coherent argument for them in the first place.

Government and assumption seem to go hand in hand, especially when the electees are so far removed from reality. Cant wait for the general elections, we direly need a change of government.

That turned out to be prophetic - from the wiki page :

However, many Irish voters were critical of the Treaty contents, believing that it marginalised smaller states.

... Which is exactly what happened during the financial crisis.

I am not one to look for conspiracy theories when there clearly isn't one, like people bringing there own pens as they dont trust that their choice wont be rubbed out (not a joke). I honestly don't think people care that much. Exit polls make zero difference. It always seemed like a waste of money.

Hence the low turn out, a lot of people had no idea what they were voting for so I don't blame them. I eventually voted yes/no.