Irish Presidential Election 2025

[Wolf]

94% of the electorate did not spoil their votes either.

And, Pervert?
Whats your point?

 

[Haven]

The momentum is with the protesters, a candidate with full backing of almost 45% of sitting TDs/parties. and all promotion that goes with it, got 25% of electorate.

Because 54% of the electorate stayed home.
You are lucky to see 60 to 70% of the electorate come out to vote anyway.

Grass roots (no funding) movement got 6%,

Grass roots for what? Are you suggesting 6% are all anti-immigrant, far-right voters? I understand some of them wanted Dustin the Turkey which could be a real vote getter.

another 3% voted Gavin knowing that's a wasted vote also

They voted for an FF candidate which is all you can say about that.

 

[Declan]

It is not correct to say that 94% did not spoil their vote because 55% did exactly that by not bothering at all

 

[Haven]

It is not correct to say that 94% did not spoil their vote because 55% did exactly that by not bothering at all

The spoilt vote gets larger and larger all the time!

Since we are heading firmly into la la land, Ill drop out of this thread now.

 

[Wolf]

It is not correct to say that 94% did not spoil their vote because 55% did exactly that by not bothering at all

65%

 

[clarke-connolly]

The spoilt vote gets larger and larger all the time!

Since we are heading firmly into la la land, Ill drop out of this thread now.

You are = = La La Land.

 

[Anderson]

94% of the electorate did not spoil their votes either.

Well, technically you could argue that most of the electorate didn’t spoil their votes — but that’s only because more than half of them didn’t vote in the first place. In truth, 54% of eligible voters stayed home, and of those who did turn out, around 19% deliberately spoiled their ballot or voted for a withdrawn candidate — that’s roughly 9% of the entire electorate. The real story here is that only about 25% of all eligible voters actually voted for Catherine Connolly. We’ve no way of knowing how many of those people simply felt pressured to choose what they saw as the lesser of two options, but it’s clear she doesn’t carry the will of the majority of Irish people. Connolly may have won a legal majority under the rules, but she certainly doesn’t command a moral one.

 

[Anderson]

213,738 or 13% of the total ballot spoilt!

id argue its much worse, many voted for Gavin in the hope it would force a new election, anyone who voted for a withdrawn candidate did technically spoil their vote, thus the true figure is actualy 19.2% of the turnout spoilt their vote in some way.

 

[Mad as Fish]

Leftists are complete morons


View: https://x.com/theflarenews/status/1982075275329343565

213,000 spoilt votes according to a tabloid headline this morning (can't remember which one), but that is an impresive number, when 6% of the electorate turn out to spoil their vote there is something seriously amiss, but I doubt that it will penetrate the thick ugly skin of FFG/SF.

 

[Anderson]

In 2018, Michael D. Higgins won with around 822,000 votes in a six-horse race, taking 55.8% of valid votes. Connolly, by comparison, received about 914,000 votes in 2025 — but from a much larger electorate of 3.6 million (up from 3.3 million in 2018). When you work it out, her share of the total electorate comes to roughly 25%, only slightly higher than Higgins’s 20%. And unlike Higgins, who faced a wide field of candidates and still managed to win outright, Connolly was effectively in a two-horse race after Jim Gavin withdrew. So while her headline percentage looks similar, it’s not a sign of greater popularity — it’s simply the result of fewer options on the ballot. Add in the fact that over half the electorate didn’t bother to vote, and nearly one in five of those who did either spoiled their ballot or voted for a withdrawn candidate, and it’s clear her support is far from overwhelming. Connolly may have secured a legal victory, but it’s hard to claim she carries the moral or popular mandate of the Irish people. She won the election, yes — but not the country.

 

[jpc]

id argue its much worse, many voted for Gavin in the hope it would force a new election, anyone who voted for a withdrawn candidate did technically spoil their vote, thus the true figure is actualy 19.2% of the turnout spoilt their vote in some way.

It couldn't have been that high?
That said it was a severe boot in the nuts to the establishment and media.
The question now is what future for Meehole and the tik tok cretin?

 

[AN2]

The spoilt vote gets larger and larger all the time!

Since we are heading firmly into la la land, Ill drop out of this thread now.

lol Worst rage quit ever

 

[BIG FAT HOOR]

It couldn't have been that high?
That said it was a severe boot in the nuts to the establishment and media.
The question now is what future for Meehole and the tik tok cretin?

i am not happy with how it went and i was shocked when the court challenge failed,
as we all know there was a diktat from not one but two parties forbidding the FREE democratic will of the people .
the courts are not what you would expect in this state.
the only thing i am happy about is Catherine Connolly fired a broadside at the government in the past week when she stated she was fully supportive of the occupied territories bill and VEHEMENTLY OPPOSSED to the triple lock/neutrality issue which clearly means she will never allow the constitution to be altered for NATO EU VON DER LYING .

 

[Declan]

Why were you shocked at the court???

did you come down in the last shower