E-I General Election 2011 Exit Poll: Poll closes at midnight

[Morpheus]

I've always in the past voted FF.
This time around I had firmly decided that I wouldnt and would vote for what I thought to be the only realistic alternative, i.e. FG.
Then I saw Kenny the other night and the thought of him leading the country sent a chill down my spine.
So who was I going to vote for now?

Labour would get into bed with the unions and be their puppets and therefore obstruct established businesses/entrepenuers etc, i.e. the very people that take the risks required to generate employment and drag the country out of the sewer.

The monster raving Green party would obvuiously be a wasted vote.

Too many independants would destabilise goverment at a time when it most needs stability.

So who's left?

I voted FF.

You hit the nail on the head Willyup. We are screwed every which way!

I'd never vote Labour because of the reasons you've outlined, and also the fact that they've promised to criminalize escort clients (i.e me!!).

The Greens are fair weather and likely to pull out of any coalition for a good sulk.

I cant even contemplate voting for Sinn Fein. I'd seriously consider leaving the country if they were part of a power sharing government.

The independants are a disparate group of ultra left wingers and socialists. Realistically they would just destabilize any government.

So that just leaves FF and FG.

I'm probably more of an FF person (I'm fairly right wing even though I hate to admit it). However, I do think we need a change of government, and FF don't stand a hope of getting in any way.

So I voted FG. Even though Enda Kenny is a muppet and I cant' stand James O'Reilly. (Gave my second preference to FF though purely to spite Labour and the others).

[Forrest]

A bunch of knobs in my area. Didn't really want to give any of them a vote, but ended up giving the fine girls my no 1.

[Rayden]

Voted SF just for the sake of voting different. Couldnt vote FG/Labour and FF werent getting my vote. Not that said vote really makes a difference anyhow.

Democracy blows.

[benin]

Voted SF just for the sake of voting different. Couldnt vote FG/Labour and FF werent getting my vote. Not that said vote really makes a difference anyhow.

Democracy blows.

have a look at libya mate ...your vote does make a difference...trust me.

[carlos marvado]

Thank you to everyone who took part in the E-I Exit Poll. Any votes cast after midnight will be recorded, but the results below are based on votes at the close of the exit poll at midnight. Althought it is quite a small sample, it looks as if it could end up being more accurate than some larger polls conducted on other sites. For comparison purposes I am posting the results of polls conducted on boards.ie and politics.ie. Unlike our poll which requested that you only take part after casting your vote, these other polls asked respondents who they intended voting for. The number of respondents in each poll was: EI: 43; boards.ie: 251; politics.ie: 1210. Only politics.ie had a section headed: Did you spoil your vote.

The results of these polls are as follows:

Results now include the Exit Poll conducted for RTE of 3500 voters leaving polling stations.


.............................Escort-Ireland.......boards.ie........politics.ie....................RTE

Fianna Fail.....................23.3%.................7.3%..............5.5%........... ........15.1%

Fine Gael.......................34.9%................37.1%............34.9%.......... .........36.1%

Labour Party..................16.3%................32.3%............16.8%.............. .....20.5%

Greens...........................0.0%..................3.9%..............4.8%... ...................2.7%

Sinn Fein.......................11.6%..................6.5%............23.6%......... ...........10.1%

United Left Alliance...........4.7%..................2.6%..............4.6%.......}
(Socialist Party + PBP)....................................................................}
................................................................................ ....................}..........15.5%
Others/Independents.........9.3%.................10.3%.............8.9%.......}

Spoilt Votes...................no option.............no option..........1.0%


RTE's exit poll will be available for the 8:00 am news on RTE Radio 1 tomorrow.

[benin]

Thank you to everyone who took part in the E-I Exit Poll. Althought it is quite a small sample, it looks as if it could end up being more accurate than some larger polls conducted on other sites. For comparison purposes I am posting the results of polls conducted on boards.ie and politics.ie. Unlike our poll which requested that you only take part after casting your vote, these other polls asked respondents who they intended voting for. The number of respondents in each poll was: EI: 43; boards.ie: 251; politics.ie: 1210. Only politics.ie had a section headed: Did you spoil your vote.

The results of these polls are as follows:


.............................Escort-Ireland.......boards.ie........politics.ie

Fianna Fail.....................23.3%.................7.3%..............5.5%

Fine Gael.......................34.9%................37.1%............34.9%

Labour Party..................16.3%................32.3%............16.8%

Greens...........................0.0%..................3.9%..............4.8%

Sinn Fein.......................11.6%..................6.5%............23.6%

United Left Alliance...........4.7%..................2.6%..............4.6%
(Socialist Party + PBP)

Others/Independents.........9.3%.................10.3%.............8.9%

Spoilt Votes...................no option.............no option..........1.0%


RTE's exit poll will be available for the 8:00 am news on RTE Radio 1 tomorrow.

fair play carlos that took a lot of your time..thanks mate im looking forward to the tallys and results

now ireland we await king enda.....ohh goodieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...lol

[john connor]

fianna fail doing very well here.
makes me suspicious many of EI members are property developers!!!

[Jrice]

fianna fail doing very well here.
makes me suspicious many of EI members are property developers!!!

Lol, EXACTLY what I was thinking!
A bit scary that 23% of the lads on here are FFers.

I had never voted FF or FG but this time round I gave it to FG just because I think we needed a strong government for the next couple of years who could focus on sorting out big issues rather than having to deal with petty local squabbles... I may never give it to them again.

Overall, we need to change the system. Our government have to worry about the country as a whole & be shielded from local issues.

[BACMAN36]

Nice one Carlos, lot of work....well done

[westcorklad]

RTE EXIT POLL: FG 36% - FF 15% - LAB - 20% GP 2.7% - SF 10% - Ind 15.5%