Referendum 2024: Exit poll reveals anger behind No vote – and how supporters of political parties voted in both referendums
by nitro1234561
Referendum 2024: Exit poll reveals anger behind No vote – and how supporters of political parties voted in both referendums
by nitro1234561
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>the exit poll also reveals that on the care proposal, a majority of Sinn Féin (88pc), Fianna Fáil (71pc) Independent (94pc), Social Democrats (70pc) and Solidarity/PBP (83pc) supporters voted No. In contrast, a majority of Fine Gael (51pc) and Green Party (53pc) supporters voted Yes. Labour Party supporters, meanwhile, were split down the middle (50pc).
>On the family amendment, the exit poll found Sinn Féin (78pc), Fianna Fáil (76pc) and Independent (90pc) supporters again voted No and a majority of Fine Gael (53pc), Greens (60pc), Labour (67pc), Social Democrats (58pc) and Solidarity/PBP (83pc) voted Yes.
Very interesting to see the party brakedowns. Interesting to see such a big difference between Fine Gael supporters and Fianna Fail supporters given Fine Gael would usually have the reputation of being the more conservative of the two. I would have expected their results to be closer and for Fine Gael to be the larger majority for no.
Interesting, that is some difference in voting trends in our Governing parties. Completely fractured.
Wonder will FF grassroots now start kicking up they need to begin to distance themselves from their coalition partners. I think most of people’s discontent is with FG and the Greens these days. Leo and Roderic are seen as too arrogant in the manner in which they do things.
They’ll probably avoid scrutiny because the focus will rightly be on the government parties but Sinn Féin seem to be completely out of touch with their base.
An 88% no vote on care amongst their supporters when they advocated for yes should ring alarm bells for them. That alongside declining polling numbers and the flack they’re getting over immigration must have them worried.
I hope this is the beginning of the end of leaky Leo.
FFG are incompetent and embarrassing.
its funny after seeing the breakdown, you see all the far right guys laughing at lefties that they were the winners. litterally people responded “im left wing and voted you, you idiot!”
Wonder if Sinn Fein saying they would re-run the referendum if it failed had any impact on their numbers? After all, if anyone is going to be swayed by that it’s their own supporters.
Otherwise it points to another disconnect between Sinn Fein and their base. Something we also see on immigration, where Sinn Fein have long counted more people with anti-immigration sentiment among their support than the other parties.
I think it’s wrong to frame that as their leadership being “out of touch” though. Instead it’s actually been part of their success. They’ve long known they’ve traditionally attracted that element anyway, so their strategy has been to try and target a mainstream vote too. And until immigration raised its head as an issue it worked.
Ultimately these seeming disconnects are only as much of an issue as it costs them votes in the next election.
Ok, so no party did well, getting about half your voters to support your position on referendums does not count as victory even if your parties are in government. Legitimate criticism for the government but SF’s policy of being just being catch all anti government is showing some problems.
People are focusing on what it means for Sinn Fein. I’m more interested in the fact that only 50% of Labour voters voted along the party line even though they’re such a homogeneous party at this stage. So much for the Bacik rally.